Dysons

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Dysons
Dyson Group logo.png
Dysons Bus Route 504 February 2021 (cropped).jpg
Volgren bodied Scania K310UB on route 504 in Carlton North
Commenced operationJune 1952
Headquarters Bundoora
Service area Melbourne
Regional Victoria
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Depots Bairnsdale
Bundoora
Deniliquin
Euroa
Finley
Hay
Kyneton
Mallacoota
Moama
Omeo
Reservoir
Sale
Shepparton
Wandong
Wangaratta
Wodonga
Fleet690 (June 2024) [1]
Website www.dysongroup.com.au

Dyson Group of Companies, operating as Dysons, is a bus and coach operator in Victoria, Australia. The oldest of its subsidiary companies is L.C. Dysons Bus Services, which was founded in June 1952 and is based in Bundoora in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.

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History

Volgren bodied Scania K230UB in Carlton North in November 2013 Dyson's number 496 (7951AO) Scania on route 504 in Carlton North, 2013.JPG
Volgren bodied Scania K230UB in Carlton North in November 2013
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

L.C. Dysons 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:

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. [34] Dyson operate V/Line services as far afield as Batemans Bay, Canberra, Griffith and Adelaide. [35]

From 2002 until December 2007, Dyson operated a service in New South Wales between Parkes and Condobolin under contract to CountryLink. [36] [37] 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. [38] [39]

Fleet

As of June 2024, the fleet consisted of 690 buses and coaches. Dyson's official fleet livery is white with green stripes however newer buses which operate route services in Melbourne are painted in the Public Transport Victoria livery. Some coaches are painted in V/Line livery and NSW TrainLink livery. [1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 The Dyson Story Australian Bus Panorama issue 11/6 March 1996 page 6
  3. Victorian Buses in the Eighties Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/2 September 1990 page 11
  4. Victorian Buses in the Seventies Fleetline issue 56 March 1980 page 6
  5. Victorian Buses in the Eighties Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/1 July 1990 page 12
  6. Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. p. 19.
  7. Metropolitan Changes Flletline issue 82 May 1982 page 76
  8. 1 2 Victorian Buses in the Eighties Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/8 May 1991 page 12
  9. Reids Australian Bus Panorama issue 7/7 April 1992 page 42
  10. Dysons Australian Bus Panorama issue 8/2 September 1992 page 43
  11. 1 2 Dysons Australian Bus Panorama issue 9/6 February 1994 page 48
  12. Coach services co-ordinated Truck & Bus Transportation February 1994 page 90
  13. Historic Reforms for Melbourne's Buses Australian Bus Panorama issue 13/3 December 1997 page 35
  14. Australian Pacific Tours sell to consortium Australasian Bus & Coach
  15. Dyson's buys Cobb & Co, Bell St & Rambler Australasian Bus & Coach
  16. Dyson's Acquires the Nixon Group Australian Bus Panorama issue 19/1 July 2003 page 26
  17. Alice Springs Depot Dysons May 2012
  18. Kyneton Bus Lines Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Australian Bus Fleet Lists
  19. Mylon Motorways to change hands The Border Mail 20 June 2008
  20. Mylon Motorways Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine Australian Bus Fleet Lists
  21. Northern Buslines Archived 23 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine Australian Bus Fleet Lists
  22. Press Release – Reservoir Bus Company Archived 12 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine Dysons October 2012
  23. "Company announcement". Dysons. Archived from the original on 11 April 2014.
  24. Dysons gears up with buy-out of Wangaratta coaches The Border Mail
  25. Dysons acquire services and vehicles from Wangaratta Coachlines Australian Bus issue 66 November 2014 page 6
  26. Dyson Group Acquire O'Connell's Omeo Bus Service Dysons 5 April 2017
  27. Dyson Group acquires Shepparton Transit Dysons 30 June 2017
  28. Dyson Group Expnding Australasian Bus & Coach 13 October 2017
  29. Iconic NSW Riverina bus company sold to Victoria's Dysons Australasian Bus & Coach 25 October 2019
  30. Deniliquin firm sells to Dyson Australian Bus issue 98 March 2020 page 4
  31. Dyson Group Expands Gippsland Operations Dysons 5 October 2021
  32. Dyson Group expands rural Victoria operations Australasian Bus & Coach 7 October 2021
  33. Dysons announces acquisition of Moonee Valley route services Australasian Bus & Coach 1 March 2024
  34. Dysons Australian Bus Panorama issue 4/5 March 1989 page 35
  35. V/Line timetables Dysons
  36. Countrylink Contractors Announced Ausralian Bus Panorama issue 18/3 November 2002 page 29
  37. New Countrylink contracts effective 1 November 2002 Fleetline issue 281 December 2002 page 190
  38. New contracts cost Wagga based coach company Archived 31 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine Daily Advertiser 30 December 2014
  39. New NSW TrainLink Rural Coach Service Contracts Australian Bus issue 68 March 2015 page 20

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