Hornibrook Bus Lines

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Hornibrook Bus Lines
Parent Keolis Downer
Founded 1935
Headquarters Clontarf
Service area Redcliffe Peninsula
Service type Bus operator
Routes 16
Hubs Peninsula Fair Shopping Centre
Stations Petrie
Strathpine
Depots 3
Fleet 73 (May 2015)
Website www.hornibrook.com.au

Hornibrook Bus Lines is an Australian operator of bus services in the Redcliffe Peninsula area of Brisbane. It operates 16 services under contract to the Government of Queensland under the TransLink banner.

History

In August 1935 Hornibrook Highway Bus Service commenced operating a service from Redcliffe to Sandgate station.[1]

In 1975 Hornibrook Bus Lines was purchased by Geoff Mountjoy.[2] By the late 1980s it had purchased Redcliffe-Brisbane Bus Service and Sandgate-Lutwyche Bus Service.[1]

In 1998 South Western Suburban Transit was purchased.[3]

Routes

Route No From To Via Notes
315 Scarborough Brisbane Clontarf, Virginia & Bowen Hills
680 Redcliffe Westfield Chermside Peninsula Fair Shopping Centre, Westfield North Lakes
Petrie station & Strathpine Centre
681 Mango Hill North Lakes
682 Mango Hill Petrie station North Lakes & Kallangur
683 Kallangur Petrie station
684 Kallangur North Lakes
686 Kallangur Petrie station Petrie
687 North Lakes Petrie station Kallangur peak hours only
688 North Lakes North Lakes clockwise loop
689 North Lakes North Lakes anti-clockwise loop
690 Redcliffe Sandgate station Peninsula Fair Shopping Centre, Scarborough, Margate & Brighton
693 Redcliffe Peninsula Fair Shopping Centre Woody Point & Clontarf clockwise loop
694 Peninsula Fair Shopping Centre Redcliffe Clontarf & Woody Point anti-clockwise loop
695 Rothwell Sandgate station Kippa-Ring, Peninsula Fair Shopping Centre, Clontarf & Brighton
696 Redcliffe Redcliffe Woody Point & Margate clockwise loop
697 Redcliffe Redcliffe Margate & Woody Point anti-clockwise loop

Fleet

As at May 2015, the fleet consisted of 73 buses.[4]

Depots

Depots are operated in Clontarf, Lawnton and North Lakes.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Hornibrook Highway Bus Service" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/7 March 1991 page 7
  2. 03 Mountjoy Geoff Road Transport Hall
  3. "Hornibrook Bus Lines" Australian Bus Panorama issue 14/3 December 1998 page 57
  4. Hornibrook Bus Lines Australian Bus Fleet Lists

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