Love's Bus Service

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Love's Bus Service
Founded1975
Service area Bunbury
Service typeCharter bus services
HubsPeels Place, Albany WA
Fleet92 (July 2012)

Love's Bus Service is an Australian school bus service, operating in Cairns. It will soon begin a slow transition into Sunbus.

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History

Love's Bus Service was established in 1975 when the business of Cooper, Benger was acquired. [1] [2] Love's operated the Bunbury urban services until it was put out to tender, and passed to South West Coach Lines. [3]

By 2002, Love's had an operation in Kerang, Victoria. [4] In 2002, Love's commenced operating in Queensland, purchasing the Cairns based school services of Stagecoach. [4] [5]

In July 2013, Love's commenced operating the TransAlbany network under contract to the Public Transport Authority. [6] Upon being re-tendered, the TransAlbany services were taken over by Swan Transit in July 2017 with 17 buses. [7] [8] [9] The Cairns business was sold to the Kinetic Group in January 2020 but is still operating under the Love's Bus Service name. [10] [11] This is a separate operation to Sunbus Cairns which is also owned by the Kinetic Group. The Love's brand will be replaced by the Sunbus brand in early 2022. [12]

Fleet

As at July 2012 the fleet consisted of 92 buses (Albany 46), [13] Bunbury (11) [14] and Cairns (35). [15]

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References

  1. ↑ Private Operators Fleetline issue 7 February 1976 page 4
  2. ↑ Loves of Albany Fleetline issue 58 May 1980 pages 4-7
  3. ↑ Bunbury Electric Traction October 1985 page 160
  4. 1 2 Queensland Fleetline issue 280 October 2002 page 155
  5. ↑ Operating Review Stagecoach Group annual report for year ended 30 April 2002 page 11
  6. ↑ New TransAlbany buses get SmartRider technology Public Transport Authority 22 July 2013
  7. ↑ Regional Town Bus Services Public Transport Authority RTBS Timetables
  8. ↑ TransAlbany Australian Bus Panorama issue 33/1 July 2017 page 25
  9. ↑ World News Buses Worldwide issue 207 October 2017 page 38
  10. ↑ "Kinetic Acquires Second Cairns Company: Love's Bus Service". Australasian Bus & Coach. 22 January 2020. Archived from the original on 28 January 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  11. ↑ Love's Bus Service Qld Kinetic Group
  12. ↑ "Love's Bus Service Qld". Love's Bus Service Qld. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  13. ↑ Loves Bus Service (Albany) Western Australia Fleet Lists
  14. ↑ Loves Bus Service (Bunbury) Western Australia Fleet Lists
  15. ↑ Love's Bus Service - Cairns Bus Australia
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