11-476: National Bus Company may refer to: National Bus Company (Australia) , Australian bus company that operated between 1993 and 2013 National Bus Company (UK) , British bus company that operated between 1969 and 1988 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title National Bus Company . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
22-503: The May 1999 sale of National Bus Company to National Express . In August 1999 Redlands Transport was purchased with 20 buses. In September 2004 National Express sold the business to Connex and renamed Connex Brisbane. In January 2006 it was rebranded as Veolia Transport. In 2007 the business of Brooker's Coaches, Beenleigh was purchased. In July 2013 Veolia Transport Queensland was rebranded as Transdev Queensland. As at December 2022,
33-749: The Melbourne operations, while the Brisbane operations were rebranded Connex Brisbane, now known as Transdev Queensland . In April 2013 Transdev Melbourne won the tender to operate the Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Franchise from August 2013. The franchise operates 30% of Melbourne's services including those of National Bus Company. National Bus Company ceased operating on 3 August 2013. At the time of cessation, National Bus Company operated 276 buses from Doncaster East and Fitzroy North depots. Upon formation in 1993, National Bus Company adopted
44-625: The Translink banner. It is a subsidiary of Transdev Australasia . In the 1960s Bayside Buslines was formed when Black & White Safety Bus Line and Blue & Silver Buses merged. In 1985 Bayside Buslines was sold to current Transit Systems owners Lance Francis, Graham Leishman and Neil Smith who owned Peninsula Bus Lines on the New South Wales Central Coast . In 1989 Bayside handed in its licences to operate in Lota , Manly and Wynnum ,
55-641: The lines of the Nepean Nipper scheme introduced in 1993 by Westbus in Penrith , the O405s were to replace older buses inherited from the Public Transport Corporation. In August 1997 National Bus Company purchased the services of Bayside Buslines , Capalaba from Geoff Todd, marking the beginning of its Brisbane operations. In May 1999 National Bus Company was purchased by National Express . Included in
66-416: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Bus_Company&oldid=1208965407 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Bus Company (Australia) National Bus Company
77-510: The purchase is its main subsidiary, Bosnjak Holdings, which owned Jim and Carol's 57% shareholding of Westbus. After the purchase, Jim Bosnjak continued to be Chairman of National Bus Company. In September 2004, National Express sold the Brisbane operations to Connex , and the Melbourne operations to Ventura Bus Lines . At this time the Melbourne operations operated 268 buses along 44 northern and eastern suburbs bus routes. The National Bus Company branding and logo were retained by Ventura for
88-530: The same cream and red colours as related company Westbus . It later adopted an all yellow livery used by Westbus. The Melbourne bus fleet adopted the two shades of blue of Ventura Bus Lines in 2004. Transdev Queensland Transdev Queensland Bus is an Australian operator of bus services in the Redland City region of Brisbane . It operates 31 services under contract to the Government of Queensland under
99-501: The services having become unprofitable following the reopening of the Cleveland railway line retaining its Redland City services. In February 1991 Bayside along with Sunliner Express was placed in administration. The business continued to be operated by its administrator until sold in July 1992 to Geoff Todd. In August 1997 Bayside was sold to National Bus Company . It was included in
110-558: The shares in Sydney operator Westbus . National Bus Company commenced operations on 27 December 1993 with a fleet of 61 Volvo B59 and 170 MAN SL200 former Public Transport Corporation buses and two depots located at Doncaster and Fitzroy North . National Bus Company placed an order for 157 Newnham Custom bodied Mercedes-Benz LO812 and O405 buses. The LO812s were introduced under National's plan to introduce bus services in local areas previously not serviced by bus routes, along
121-581: Was an Australian bus operator in Melbourne until August 2013. It also formerly operated buses in Brisbane between August 1997 and September 2004. At the time of cessation, it was a subsidiary of Ventura Bus Lines . In 1993 the Kennett state Government put the state owned Public Transport Corporation services up for privatisation. The tender was won by Jim Bosnjak and sister in law Carol, who together held 57% of
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