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MELBOURNE BUS CONTRACTS

THREE METROPOLITAN

Melbourne bus operators,

making up around two thirds of

the services to be re-contracted,

signed new 10-year deals with

Public Transport Victoria.

The new bus contracts begin

1 July, 2018, and will run for 10

years if the operators meet strict

performance targets, the State

Labor Government states.

In a move claimed to ‘put

passengers first’ and ‘improve

services’, Minister for Public

Transport Jacinta Allan

MP announced the Labor

Government had signed new

contracts with Ventura, CDC

Victoria and Donric.

More than 117 million trips

are taken on Melbourne’s

extensive bus network

every year, with the industry

supporting more than 4500

Above:

Nick Yap,

CEO of CDC

Victoria (Pic

courtesy CDC

Victoria).

local jobs. The new contracts

provide more flexibility to improve

and expand services where they

are needed most, according to

the Government.

The contracts also emphasise

on-time running and customer

service, to provide passengers with

a more professional and reliable

service, it’s stated.

The Cornwall family (trading as

Ventura) has been operating bus

services since 1924, growing from

a single route between Box Hill

and Melbourne CBD to become

Victoria’s largest bus operator.

Donric, another local family

operated business, has been

delivering bus services in and

around Sunbury and Diggers Rest

since the early 1980s.

CDC Victoria began providing bus

services in 2009 to passengers in the

inner-east and western suburbs of

Melbourne and the Greater Cities of

Ballarat and Geelong.

Contract negotiations with

the remaining metropolitan bus

operators are progressing and are

expected to be finalised before

the contracts expire in June 2018,

it’s stated.