Sita Buslines
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| Parent | George Sita |
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| Founded | January 1972 |
| Headquarters | West Footscray |
| Service area | Western Melbourne |
| Service type | Bus & coach operator |
| Routes | 16 |
| Hubs | Altona Gate Shopping Centre Brimbank Central Shopping Centre Footscray |
| Stations | Ascot Vale Footscray Melton Newport Sunshine Williamstown Yarraville |
| Fleet | 174 (March 2015) |
| Website | www.sitabus.com.au |
Sita Buslines is a privately owned bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates 16 bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria.
History
In 1966 Frank Bono and George Sita purchased route 406 Footscray - East Keilor. In 1968 Sita sold his share to Bono.[1] In January 1972 Sita purchased Graingers Bus Lines with route 472 Moonee Ponds Junction - Williamstown Beach. Subsequently purchased were Murrays Coaches in 1975, Nidis in 1979, West Newport Bus Service in November 1980, Sunshine Bus Lines in April 1982 and Starline Coaches in 1985.[2][3][4]
Sita commenced coach operations in 1982 initially with second hand Dennings before building up a large Austral Tourmaster fleet from 1984.[3][5] In 1995 Sita purchased the Coachtrans coach operation on the Gold Coast and commenced operations in Sydney.[6] These latter has since ceased.
Routes
- 400 Sunshine – Laverton via Ardeer station, Derrimut & Laverton North (Daily), operated by Sita Bus Lines & CDC Melbourne
- 401 North Melbourne – University of Melbourne via Royal Melbourne Hospital (Monday to Friday)
- 402 Footscray – East Melbourne via Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Royal Women's Hospital & Carlton Gardens (Daily)
- 404 Footscray – Moonee Ponds Junction via Flemington, Ascot Vale & Newmarket (Monday to Saturday)
- 431 Yarraville – Kingsville (Monday to Saturday)
- 432 Yarraville – Newport via Altona Gate Shopping Centre (Daily)
- 451 Sunshine – Brimbank Central Shopping Centre via Ardeer station & Deer Park (Daily)
- 453 Melton station – Melton via Woodgrove Shopping Centre (Daily)
- 454 Sunshine – West Sunshine via The Avenue Shopping Centre (Daily)
- 455 Melton station – Micasa Rise/Roslyn Park via Woodgrove Shopping Centre (Daily)
- 456 Sunshine – Woodgrove Shopping Centre via Albion station, Burnside Shopping Centre, Caroline Springs & Melton (Daily)
- 457 Melton station – Melton via Woodgrove Shopping Centre (Daily)
- 458 Melton station – Kurunjang via Woodgrove Shopping Centre (Daily)
- 459 Melton station – Arnolds Creek via Woodgrove Shopping Centre & Melton West (Daily)
- 471 Sunshine – Williamstown via Altona Gate Shopping Centre & Newport (Daily)
- 472 Moonee Ponds Junction – Williamstown via Ascot Vale, Flemington Racecourse, Footscray & North Williamstown station (Daily)
- Avalon Airport to Southern Cross station (Daily)
Fleet
As at March 2015, the fleet consisted of 174 buses and coaches.[7] Sita's bus livery is white at the top and fawn at the bottom with an orange stripe. A special orange, white and black livery is seen on buses dedicated to the 401 shuttle. Coaches were painted in a red, yellow and white livery, but are now painted white.
See also
References
- ↑ "Firefly" Fleetline November 1990 page 171
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/2 September 1990 page 13
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- ↑ "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/4 November 1990 page 5
- ↑ "Sita" Australian Bus Panorama issue 11/6 March 1996 page 39
- ↑ Sita Bus Lines Australian Bus Fleet Lists
External links
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