Dysons
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| Parent | Dyson family |
|---|---|
| Founded | June 1952 |
| Headquarters | Bundoora |
| Service area | Melbourne Regional Victoria New South Wales Australian Capital Territory |
| Depots | Bairnsdale Bundoora Euroa Kyneton Mallacoota Moama Omeo Reservoir Shepperton Wandong Wangaratta Wodonga |
| Fleet | 542 (March 2019) |
| Website | www |
Dysons is an Australian operator of buses and coaches in Victoria.
History
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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[1]
- Kinglake to Melbourne from Heather & Co in 1959[1]
- a 50% shareholding in Northcote Bus Service in 1966, later increased to 100%, operated as a separate brand until January 1982[1][2]
- Lockington to Melbourne from Harrison, Echuca in 1968[1]
- Barham and Moama to Melbourne from Andersons Coaches, Moama[1]
- 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[1][3][4]
- Bega to Melbourne was from Gil Toplis in December 1982[2]
- Deniliquin - Moama - Melbourne from Ansett Pioneer in 1987[1][5]
- Bairnsdale - Lakes Entrance from Lextours, Lakes Entrance in 1987[5]
- Reids Metropolitan Services in December 1991[1][6]
- Albury - Mildura from Arms & Bell in July 1992[1][7]
- Sale - Bairnsdale and Bairnsdale - Orbost from Florance, Orbost in January 1994[1][8]
- Eastern Roadlines, Bairnsdale in January 1994[8]
- 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[9]
- Entered a joint venture with Cobb & Co and Sid Fogg's to operate services on behalf of Australian Pacific Tours in 2001[10]
- Bell Street Bus Company including the Cobb & Co coach business in August 2003[11]
- In 2003 Dyson’s commenced operating services in Alice Springs, sold in May 2012 to Australian Transit Group[1][12]
- Kyneton Bus Lines in March 2006[13]
- Mylon Motorways, Wodonga in July 2008[14][15]
- Northern Bus Lines, Glenroy from the Pulitano Group in July 2008[16]
- Reservoir Bus Company and Midland Tours in November 2012[17]
- Wangaratta Coachlines in July 2014[18]
- O'Connell's Omeo Bus Service in April 2017[19]
- Shepparton Transit/Fallons Bus Service on 1 June 2017 with nine regional bus routes, one V/Line route and 44 vehicles[20][21]
- The Corowa-Albury Rutherglen operation acquired by from R & L Webster in September 2017, the bus operated becomes 1029 in the fleet
- Bunnaloo Bus Lines in Bunnaloo in January 2018
- McDonald’s Euroa in January 2018
- Wandong Bus & Coach in March 2018
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.[22] Dyson operate V/Line services as far afield as Batemans Bay, Canberra, Griffith and Adelaide.[23]
Until December 2007, Dyson operated a service in New South Wales between Parkes and Condobolin under contract to CountryLink.[24] 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.[25][26]
Fleet
As at March 2019, the Dyson Group fleets consisted of 542 buses and coaches. Fleet livery is white with green stripes, 37 coaches are painted in V/Line livery and eight in NSW TrainLink livery.[27]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "The Dyson Story" Australian Bus Panorama issue 11/6 March 1996 page 6
- ^ a b "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/2 September 1990 page 11
- ^ "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/1 July 1990 page 12
- ^ Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. p. 19.
- ^ a b "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/8 May 1991 page 12
- ^ "Reids" Australian Bus Panorama issue 7/7 April 1992 page 42
- ^ "Dysons" Australian Bus Panorama issue 8/2 September 1992 page 43
- ^ a b "Dysons" Australian Bus Panorama issue 9/6 February 1994 page 48
- ^ "Historic Reforms for Melbourne's Buses" Australian Bus Panorama issue 13/3 December 1997 page 35
- ^ Australian Pacific Tours sell to consortium Archived 15 June 2013 at archive.today Australasian Bus & Coach
- ^ Dyson's buys Cobb & Co, Bell St & Rambler Archived 28 June 2013 at archive.today Australasian Bus & Coach 2003
- ^ Alice Springs Depot Dyson Group May 2012
- ^ Kyneton Bus Lines Australian Bus Fleet Lists
- ^ Mylon Motorways to change hands The Border Mail 20 June 2008
- ^ Mylon Motorways Australian Bus Fleet Lists
- ^ p Northern Buslines Australian Bus Fleet Lists
- ^ Press Release – Reservoir Bus Company Dyson Group October 2012
- ^ Media, Australian Community Media - Fairfax (11 July 2014). "Dysons gears up with buy-out of Wangaratta coaches". The Border Mail. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "Dyson Group Acquire O'Connell's Omeo Bus Service | Bus Charters Melbourne - Dyson Group". dysongroup.com.au. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ Dyson Group acquires Shepparton Transit Dysons
- ^ Dyson Group Expnding Australasian Bus & Coach 13 October 2017
- ^ "Dysons" Australian Bus Panorama issue 4/5 March 1989 page 35
- ^ V/Line timetables Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Dyson Group
- ^ Western Road Liners Australian Bus Fleet Lists
- ^ New contracts cost Wagga based coach company Daily Advertiser 30 December 2014
- ^ "New NSW TrainLink Rural Coach Service Contracts" Australian Bus issue 68 March 2015 page 20
- ^ Dyson Group of Companies Australian Bus Fleet Lists
External links
Media related to Dyson's Bus Services at Wikimedia Commons
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