Australasian Bus & Coach – May 2019

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BRANDED COACHES
According to the Victorian State
government-run entity, V/Line is
Australia’s largest regional public
transport operator. In 2016-17 more
than 19.3 million train and coach
passenger trips were taken, it states. 
Every week, it is said to schedule
more than 2,000 train services
betweenMelbourneand:

• GeelongandWarrnambool;


• Ballarat,MaryboroughandArarat;


• Bendigo,SwanHillandEchuca;


• Seymour,SheppartonandAlbury;


• Traralgon, Sale and Bairnsdale.
  It says more than 1,300 V/Line
  branded coach services connect with
  the rail network and serve regional
  Victorian communities where trains
  do not operate. Some coach services
  also travel to South Australia, New
  South Wales and the Australian Capital

ABOUT

GOLD BUS

Sunbury Bus Service and the Donric

Group was established in 1980 under

the direction of Don McKenzie and

Richard Baird, the company states.

The initial fleet of eight vehicles has

grown to in excess of 300 buses and

coaches today. The Donric Group

consists of the following businesses:

Sunbury Bus Service; Coach Tours of

Australia; Bacchus Marsh Coaches;

Gold Bus Ballarat; Organ’s Coaches

Kyneton; and Trans North Bus &

Coach.

It adds that each business

within the Group enjoys an

excellent transport industry record

of catering for a diversified range

of people movement activities and

specialisingin:

• Met route services – V/Line route
  services


• School bus services – Extended
  tours


• Safaritours– Groupcharter


• Conferences– Educationaltours,


• Snow trips – Express coaches.
  The company states it is also a
  founding member of the Coachlink
  Network, a national body established
  to co-ordinate integrated transport
  requirements across Australia.