Dyson Group

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Dyson Group
Dyson's number 496 (7951AO) Scania on route 504 in Carlton North, 2013.JPG
Volgren bodied Scania K230UB in Carlton North in November 2013
ParentDyson family
FoundedJune 1952
Headquarters Bundoora
Service area Melbourne
Regional Victoria
Southern New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Depots Alice Springs (formerly)
Bairnsdale
Bundoora
Euroa
Kyneton
Leongatha (formerly)
Mallacoota
Moama
Omeo
Reservoir
Shepperton
Wandong
Wangaratta
Wodonga [1]
Fleet500 (December 2017)
Website www.dysongroup.com.au

The Dyson Group is an Australian operator of buses and coaches in Victoria.

Victoria (Australia) State in Australia

Victoria is a state in south-eastern Australia. Victoria is Australia's smallest mainland state and its second-most populous state overall, thus making it the most densely populated state overall. Most of its population lives concentrated in the area surrounding Port Phillip Bay, which includes the metropolitan area of its state capital and largest city, Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city. Victoria is bordered by Bass Strait and Tasmania to the south, New South Wales to the north, the Tasman Sea to the east, and South Australia to the west.

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History

V/Line liveried Coach Design bodied Scania K124EB at Wagga Wagga station in November 2012 Dyson's Bus Services (5597 AO), in VLine livery, Coach Design bodied Scania K124EB at Wagga Wagga Railway Station.jpg
V/Line liveried Coach Design bodied Scania K124EB at Wagga Wagga station in November 2012
Australian Pacific Touring liveried Coach Design bodied Mercedes Benz O500RF-3 in Wagga Wagga in December 2009 Dyson's Bus Service (in APT livery) - Coach Design bodied Mercedes Benz O500RF-3 13-5m.jpg
Australian Pacific Touring liveried Coach Design bodied Mercedes Benz O500RF-3 in Wagga Wagga in December 2009

Dyson's Bus Services was founded in June 1952 when Laurie Dyson purchased the business of Ned Gastin with route 46A Regent station to Janefield Hospital. Over the years a number of routes and businesses were purchased both within Melbourne and in regional Victoria:

Dysons Bus Services

Dyson's Bus Services is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates 31 bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria. It is the main subsidiary of the Dyson Group.

Melbourne City in Victoria, Australia

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Its name refers to an urban agglomeration of 9,992.5 km2 (3,858.1 sq mi), comprising a metropolitan area with 31 municipalities, and is also the common name for its city centre. The city occupies much of the coastline of Port Phillip bay and spreads into the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon ranges, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley. It has a population of approximately 4.9 million, and its inhabitants are referred to as "Melburnians".

Northcote, Victoria Suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Northcote is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District. It is part of the local government area of the City of Darebin. At the 2016 Census, Northcote had a population of 24,561.

Lockington, Victoria Town in Victoria, Australia

Lockington is a town in northern Victoria, Australia in the Shire of Campaspe local government area, 198 kilometres north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2016 census, Lockington had a population of 808.

Echuca Town in Victoria, Australia

Echuca is a town on the banks of the Murray River and Campaspe River in Victoria, Australia. The border town of Moama is adjacent on the northern side of the Murray River in New South Wales. Echuca is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Shire of Campaspe. At the time of the 2016 census, Echuca had a population of 12,906, and the population of the combined Echuca and Moama townships was 20,424 at June 2016.

Services

As well as route services in Melbourne, since the late 1970s Dyson have operated services under contract to V/Line. In February 1989, all of Dyson's existing long coach services were integrated into the V/Line network. [22] Dyson operate V/Line services as far afield as Batemans Bay, Canberra, Griffith and Adelaide. [23]

V/Line regional passenger train and coach operator in Victoria, Australia

V/Line is a government-owned corporation that operates regional passenger train and coach services in Victoria, Australia. It provides passenger train services on 5 commuter lines and 8 long-distance routes from its major hub at Southern Cross railway station in Melbourne, as well as bus services across Victoria and into New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia. In addition, V/Line is responsible for the maintenance of much of the Victorian freight and passenger rail network, outside of the areas managed by Metro Trains Melbourne and Australian Rail Track Corporation.

Batemans Bay Town in New South Wales, Australia

Batemans Bay is a town in the South Coast region of the state of New South Wales, Australia. Batemans Bay is administered by the Eurobodalla Shire council. The town is situated on the shores of an estuary formed where the Clyde River meets the South Pacific Ocean.

Canberra capital city of Australia

Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of 410,301, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory, 280 km (170 mi) south-west of Sydney, and 660 km (410 mi) north-east of Melbourne. A resident of Canberra is known as a Canberran. Although Canberra is the capital and seat of government, many federal government ministries have secondary seats in state capital cities, as do the Governor-General and the Prime Minister.

Until December 2007, Dyson operated a service in New South Wales between Parkes and Condobolin under contract to CountryLink. [24] In January 2015, Dyson commenced operating five-year contracts to operate services for NSW TrainLink from Wagga Wagga to Griffith, Cootamundra to Tumbarumba, Cootamundra to Bathurst/Dubbo and Parkes to Condobolin. [25] [26]

New South Wales State of Australia

New South Wales is a state on the east coast of Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Tasman Sea to the east. The Australian Capital Territory is an enclave within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. In September 2018, the population of New South Wales was over 8 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Just under two-thirds of the state's population, 5.1 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. Inhabitants of New South Wales are referred to as New South Welshmen.

Parkes railway station

The Parkes railway station is an heritage-listed former locomotive depot and railway station and now locomotive roundhouse and railway station located on the Broken Hill line in May Street, Parkes in the Parkes Shire local government area of New South Wales, Australia. The railway station serves the town of Parkes and was built from 1881 to 1893. It is also known as the Parkes Railway Station group. The property is owned by RailCorp, an agency of the Government of New South Wales. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999.

Condobolin Town in New South Wales, Australia

Condobolin is a town in the west of the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, on the Lachlan River. At the 2016 census, Condobolin had a population of 3,486.

Fleet

As at March 2015, the Dyson Group fleets consisted of 499+ buses and coaches. Fleet livery is white with green stripes, 30 coaches are painted in V/Line livery and four in NSW TrainLink livery. [27]

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References

  1. ↑ http://dysongroup.com.au/about/depots
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "The Dyson Story" Australian Bus Panorama issue 11/6 March 1996 page 6
  3. 1 2 "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/2 September 1990 page 11
  4. ↑ "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/1 July 1990 page 12
  5. ↑ Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. p. 19.
  6. 1 2 "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/8 May 1991 page 12
  7. ↑ "Reids" Australian Bus Panorama issue 7/7 April 1992 page 42
  8. ↑ "Dysons" Australian Bus Panorama issue 8/2 September 1992 page 43
  9. 1 2 "Dysons" Australian Bus Panorama issue 9/6 February 1994 page 48
  10. ↑ "Historic Reforms for Melbourne's Buses" Australian Bus Panorama issue 13/3 December 1997 page 35
  11. ↑ Australian Pacific Tours sell to consortium Archived 15 June 2013 at Archive.today Australasian Bus & Coach
  12. ↑ Dyson's buys Cobb & Co, Bell St & Rambler Australasian Bus & Coach 2003
  13. ↑ Alice Springs Depot Dyson Group May 2012
  14. ↑ Kyneton Bus Lines Australian Bus Fleet Lists
  15. ↑ Mylon Motorways to change hands The Border Mail 20 June 2008
  16. ↑ Mylon Motorways Australian Bus Fleet Lists
  17. ↑ p Northern Buslines Australian Bus Fleet Lists
  18. ↑ Press Release – Reservoir Bus Company Dyson Group October 2012
  19. ↑ Media, Australian Community Media - Fairfax (2014-07-11). "Dysons gears up with buy-out of Wangaratta coaches". The Border Mail. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  20. ↑ "Dyson Group Acquire O'Connell's Omeo Bus Service | Bus Charters Melbourne - Dyson Group". dysongroup.com.au. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
  21. ↑ http://dysongroup.com.au/news/dyson-group-acquires-shepparton-transit
  22. ↑ "Dysons" Australian Bus Panorama issue 4/5 March 1989 page 35
  23. ↑ V/Line timetables Dyson Group
  24. ↑ Western Road Liners Australian Bus Fleet Lists
  25. ↑ New contracts cost Wagga based coach company Daily Advertiser 30 December 2014
  26. ↑ "New NSW TrainLink Rural Coach Service Contracts" Australian Bus issue 68 March 2015 page 20
  27. ↑ Dyson Group of Companies Australian Bus Fleet Lists
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