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 Deniliquin Euroa Finley Hay Kyneton Mallacoota Moama Omeo Reservoir Shepperton Wandong Wangaratta Wodonga |
| Fleet | 607 (May 2020) |
| Website | www |
Dyson Group, trading as Dysons, is a bus and coach operator in Victoria, Australia.
History[]
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.
- 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[22]
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.[23] Dyson operate V/Line services as far afield as Batemans Bay, Canberra, Griffith and Adelaide.[24]
Until December 2007, Dyson operated a service in New South Wales between Parkes and Condobolin under contract to CountryLink.[25] 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.[26][27]
Fleet[]
As at February 2020, the Dyson Group fleets consisted of 551 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. 37 coaches are painted in V/Line livery and four in NSW TrainLink livery.[28]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k "The Dyson Story" Australian Bus Panorama issue 11/6 March 1996 page 6
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ Jump up to: 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
- ^ Jump up to: 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Iconic NSW Riverina bus company sold to Victoria's Dysons Australasian Bus & Coach 25 October 2019
- ^ "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
- Bus companies of Australia
- Bus transport in Melbourne
- Transport companies established in 1952
- Australian companies established in 1952