Parent | Pulitano Group |
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Founded | April 2009 |
Headquarters | Wilsonton |
Service area | Toowoomba |
Routes | 9 |
Hubs | Toowoomba CBD Toowoomba Hospital University of Southern Queensland |
Depots | 1 |
Fleet | 80 (October 2021) |
Website | www.busqld.com.au |
Bus Queensland was formed in April 2009 when the Pulitano Group purchased both the Garden City Sunbus and Kynoch Coaches operations. [1] [2] [3]
Kynoch Coaches was a family-owned business, previously owned by Jason Ward, operated urban, school and long-distance services from its base, in Stephen Street, Toowoomba.
Garden City Sunbus was a division of Sunbus and formed in September 2003 after Hagan's City Bus handed back its licence due to Queensland Transport rejecting requests for higher subsidies. [4]
Bus Queensland operated a network of long-distance coach services from Toowoomba to Cunnamulla, Lightning Ridge and Rockhampton. [5] In January 2015, further contracts commenced for services from Brisbane to Charleville and Mount Isa and from Townsville to Mount Isa. [6] [7]
On 10 December 2021, Bus Queensland's contracts passed to the operators listed below: [8]
Bus Route | New Operator |
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Brisbane to Charleville via Toowoomba, Miles and Roma | Greyhound Australia |
Brisbane to Mount Isa via Toowoomba, Roma and Charleville | Greyhound Australia |
Toowoomba to Rockhampton via Miles | Greyhound Australia |
Mount Isa to Townsville | Greyhound Australia |
Toowoomba to Cunnamulla via St George (via Moonie Hwy) | Murrays |
Toowoomba to Lightning Ridge via St George (via Gore Hwy) | Murrays |
Townsville to Charters Towers | Trans North Bus & Coach |
As at October 2021, the fleet consisted of 80 buses and coaches. [9]
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