Industry | Bus manufacturing |
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Defunct | 1990 |
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Centurion Transport Engineering was an Australian bus bodybuilder in Upfield, Melbourne.
Centurion Transport Engineering originally built specialist bodies for transport disabled passengers. In 1980 it began bodying route buses. Originally based in Sunshine it later relocated to Upfield. It bodied over 400 buses including many for the Australian Defence Forces [1] and 4x4 Unimogs for AAT Kings. [2] Centurion ceased operations in 1990. [3]
Campbellfield is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km (8.1 mi) north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Campbellfield recorded a population of 4,977 at the 2021 census.
Coolaroo is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 km (11 mi) north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Coolaroo recorded a population of 3,193 at the 2021 census.
Somerton is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km (13 mi) north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Somerton recorded a population of 6 at the 2021 census.
Fawkner is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km (7.5 mi) north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities of Hume and Merri-bek local government areas. Fawkner recorded a population of 14,274 at the 2021 census.
Flemington Bridge railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the inner-northern Melbourne suburbs of Flemington and North Melbourne, and opened on 10 April 1885 as Flemington. It was renamed Flemington Bridge on 3 December of that year.
Coburg railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of the same name and opened on 9 September 1884.
Batman railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Coburg North and it on 8 October 1889 as Bell Park. It closed on 13 July 1903, and reopened on 1 October 1914 as Batman.
Merlynston railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Coburg North and opened on 8 October 1889 as North Coburg. It closed on 13 July 1903, and reopened on 1 October 1914. On 6 February 1922, it was renamed Merlynston.
Fawkner railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburbs of Hadfield and Fawkner the station opened on 8 October 1889 as Fawkner. It closed on 13 July 1903, and reopened on 12 December 1906 as Fawkner Cemetery. It was renamed Fawkner in 1914.
Gowrie railway station is located on the Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Fawkner and opened on 17 May 1965.
Upfield railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Upfield line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Campbellfield. A station at the site opened on 8 October 1889 as North Campbellfield. It was closed on 13 July 1903, was reopened on 5 March 1928, and was closed again on 5 May 1956. On 17 August 1959 the current station opened as Upfield.
Dallas is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km (11 mi) north of the central business district, located within the City of Hume local government area. Dallas recorded a population of 6,762 at the 2021 census.
The Upfield line is a commuter railway line in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Operated by Metro Trains Melbourne, it is the city's fifth shortest metropolitan railway line at 20.1 kilometres (12.5 mi). The line runs from Flinders Street station in central Melbourne to Upfield station in the north, serving 19 stations via North Melbourne, Brunswick, Coburg, and Fawkner. The line operates for approximately 19 hours a day with 24 hour service available on Friday and Saturday nights. During peak hours, headways of up to 15 minutes are operated with services every 20–30 minutes during off-peak hours. Trains on the Upfield line run with a two three-car formations of Comeng or Siemens Nexas trainsets.
Hadfield is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km (7.5 mi) north of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Merri-bek local government area. Hadfield recorded a population of 6,269 at the 2021 census.
London Country Bus Services was a bus company that operated in South East England from 1970 until 1986, when it was split up and later sold as part of the bus deregulation programme.
Broadmeadows Bus Service is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. It operates eight routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria. It is owned by Northern Transit Holdings, which also operates Kastoria Bus Lines, Nationwide Tours and Seymour Bus Lines.
Coolaroo railway station is located on the Craigieburn line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the northern Melbourne suburb of Coolaroo, and it opened on 6 June 2010.
Austral was an Australian bus manufacturer in Geebung, Brisbane, Australia. Austral merged with it primary competitor, Denning, in the 1980s and was sold to the Clifford Corporation in 1996 before closing its manufacturing plant in 1998.
AAT Kings is an Australian and New Zealand coach tour operator offering both short and long distance tours.
The Launceston tramway network served the city of Launceston, Tasmania in Australia from 1911 until 1952.