Founded | early 1850s (as Kefford Corporation) 23 February 2009 (as CDC Victoria) |
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Headquarters | 28 Prosperity Street Truganina, Victoria |
Service area | Melbourne Ballarat Geelong |
Service type | Bus & coach operator |
Depots | Altona Ballarat Geelong Oakleigh Sunshine Werribee |
Chief executive | Jeff Wilson [1] |
Website | cdcvictoria |
CDC Victoria is a transport company which operates in Victoria and is a subsidiary of ComfortDelGro Australia. It was renamed from Kefford Corporation, which was acquired by ComfortDelGro Cabcharge (predecessor of ComfortDelGro Australia) in February 2009. [2]
The head office of CDC Victoria and its Operations and Customer Centre (OCC) are located in CDC Melbourne's Wyndham depot in the suburb of Truganina, opened in December 2017. [3] [4]
CDC Victoria's subsidiaries are:
CDC Victoria also formerly operated CDC Fleet taxi services in Melbourne but this ceased in early 2021. [9] [10]
As at June 2022, the entire CDC Victoria fleet consisted of 610 buses and coaches. [11]
The Kefford Corporation was started in the early 1850s when Richard Papworth Kefford began operating horse-drawn lorries in Collingwood. The business later began operating trucks but sold that side of its business in 1976. [12]
In January 1976, Kefford Corporation became a public transport operator, with the purchase of Point Cook - Werribee Passenger Service, Werribee.
In July 1987, Bono Bus Lines, Maidstone was purchased with route 406 Footscray – Keilor East and operated from a new depot in Footscray. [13] As of 2021 [update] , the Bono family continues to operate Firefly Express in Maidstone.
In January 1988, Kefford Corporation purchased the Sitch Group and its subsidiaries: [14] [15]
In May 1991, St Kilda Bus Service was purchased with route 606 Port Melbourne - St Kilda and rebranded Werribee Bus Lines. [16]
The Point Cook - Werribee, Bono, Sitch and Weribee operations were rebranded as Westrans in Westrans.
In January 1988 Kefford Corporation also purchased routes 605 Melbourne City Centre − Elsternwick and 630 Elwood − Monash University from Sinclair's Bus Service. [15] The operation was rebranded as Eastrans in the 1990s.
In December 1981, Davis Motor Service in Ballarat was purchased. [17] It was later known as Davis Bus Lines.
In March 1999, Benders Buslines in Geelong was purchased. [18] [19]
In November 2008, ComfortDelGro Cabcharge (CDC) announced the acquisition of Kefford Corporation for A$149 million. [2] At the time Kefford was the fourth-largest bus operator in Victoria, with a fleet of 328 buses and six depots, and with a 16% market share. The acquisition was finalised on 23 February 2009. [20] All Kefford Corporation brands were retained by CDC until 2014.
In February 2009, when ComfortDelGro Cabcharge entered the Victorian bus market with the acquisition of Kefford Corporation for A$149 million, with its fleet of 328 buses and six depots. [21] [22] Kefford was the fourth largest bus operator in Victoria, with a 16% market share. The fleets retained their individual identities and liveries, with small CDC Victoria markings. Initially, the fleet continued to operate as Eastrans and Westrans in Melbourne, Benders Busways in Geelong and Davis Bus Lines in Ballarat.
In July 2013, the route operations of the Driver Group were acquired for A$22 million comprising five routes (612 and 623 - 626) and 42 buses, and integrated into the Eastrans brand. [23] [24] [25]
On 14 July 2014, CDC Victoria launched a new website for its four Victorian brands. Benders Busways was renamed as CDC Geelong and Davis Bus Lines to CDC Ballarat. [26] In October 2014, Westrans and Eastrans were united and rebranded as CDC Melbourne. At the time, CDC Victoria had six depots and operated 446 buses. [27]
In May 2018, CDC Victoria acquired Tullamarine Bus Lines, with its six routes (477-479, 484, 490 and 543) and 36 buses, and integrated it into CDC Melbourne in August 2018. [28] [29] [30] Also included in the purchase is Tullamarine's small taxi management business called Cabways, which was renamed CDC Fleet in November 2018, and operates 13cabs and Silver Top branded taxis. [31] [32] [33] The taxi business ceased in early 2021. [9] [10]
On 1 July 2022, CDC Victoria's Regional Bus Services Contracts to operate bus services in Geelong, Ballarat and Mildura were renewed for 10 years. [34] It would be subject to new performance measures and service standards for the Geelong and Ballarat operations, consistent with the bus services in Melbourne. [35]
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