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Australian bus and coach operator
This article is about the Melbourne bus company in Australia. For the household appliance company, see
Dyson (company) .
Dysons is a bus and coach operator in
Victoria, Australia .
History
Volgren bodied
Scania K230UB in
Carlton North in November 2013
V/Line liveried
Coach Design bodied
Scania K124EB at
Wagga Wagga station in November 2012
Australian Pacific Touring liveried
Coach Design bodied
Mercedes Benz O500RF-3 in
Wagga Wagga in December 2009
Dysons was founded in June 1952 when Laurie Dyson purchased the business of Ned Gastin with route 46A Regent station to Janefield Hospital. Over the years a number of routes and businesses were purchased both within
Melbourne and in regional
Victoria :
Nathalia to
Melbourne from HE Taylor in August 1957
[2]
Kinglake to Melbourne from Heather & Co in 1959
[2]
a 50% shareholding in
Northcote Bus Service in 1966, later increased to 100%, operated as a separate brand until January 1982
[2]
[3]
Lockington to Melbourne from Harrison,
Echuca in 1968
[2]
Barham and
Moama to Melbourne from Andersons Coaches, Moama
[4]
Dyson's entered a joint venture with
Reservoir Bus Company to form
East West Bus Company to operate route 560
Broadmeadows station to
Greensborough in August 1980
[2]
[5]
[6]
Bega to Melbourne was from Gil Toplis in December 1982
[7]
Deniliquin - Moama - Melbourne from
Ansett Pioneer in 1987
[2]
[8]
Bairnsdale -
Lakes Entrance from Lextours, Lakes Entrance in 1987
[8]
Reids Metropolitan Services in December 1991
[2]
[9]
Albury -
Mildura from Arms & Bell in July 1992
[2]
[10]
Sale - Bairnsdale and Bairnsdale -
Orbost from Florance, Orbost in January 1994
[2]
[11]
[12]
Eastern Roadlines,
Bairnsdale in January 1994
[11]
In partnership with
Reservoir Bus Company , formed
Melbourne Bus Link in April 1998 after being awarded a contract to take over provision of services in the western and south-east regions of
Melbourne from
Met Bus
[13]
Entered a joint venture with
Cobb & Co and
Sid Fogg's to operate services on behalf of
Australian Pacific Tours in 2001
[14]
Bell Street Bus Company including the
Cobb & Co coach business in August 2003
[15]
[16]
In 2003 Dyson’s commenced operating services in
Alice Springs , sold in May 2012 to
Australian Transit Group
[2]
[17]
Kyneton Bus Lines in March 2006
[18]
Mylon Motorways,
Wodonga in July 2008
[19]
[20]
Northern Bus Lines,
Glenroy from the
Pulitano Group in July 2008
[21]
Reservoir Bus Company and Midland Tours in November 2012
[22]
Wangaratta Coachlines in July 2014
[23]
[24]
O'Connell's Omeo Bus Service in April 2017
[25]
Shepparton Transit/Fallons Bus Service on 1 June 2017 with nine regional bus routes, one V/Line route and 44 vehicles
[26]
[27]
The
Corowa -Albury Rutherglen operation acquired by from R & L Webster in September 2017
Bunnaloo Bus Lines in
Bunnaloo in January 2018
McDonald’s
Euroa in January 2018
Wandong Bus & Coach in March 2018
Purtills,
Deniliquin in December 2019 with 55 vehicles
[28]
[29]
Little’s Gippsland Coaches in October 2021 with 28 vehicles
[30]
[31]
Moonee Valley Coaches route services in March 2024 with 11 vehicles
[32]
Services
As well as route services in Melbourne, since the late 1970s Dyson have operated services under contract to
V/Line . In February 1989, all of Dyson's existing long coach services were integrated into the V/Line network.
[33] Dyson operate V/Line services as far afield as
Batemans Bay ,
Canberra ,
Griffith and
Adelaide .
[34]
From 2002 until December 2007, Dyson operated a service in
New South Wales between
Parkes and
Condobolin under contract to
CountryLink .
[35]
[36] In January 2015, Dyson commenced operating five-year contracts to operate services for
NSW TrainLink from
Wagga Wagga to
Griffith ,
Cootamundra to
Tumbarumba , Cootamundra to
Bathurst /
Dubbo and Parkes to Condobolin.
[37]
[38]
Fleet
As of November 2023, the fleet consisted of 676 buses and coaches. Dyson's official fleet livery is white with green stripes however newer buses which operate route services in Melbourne are painted in the
Public Transport Victoria livery. Some coaches are painted in V/Line livery and NSW TrainLink livery.
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