Ryan Brothers Bus Service

Last updated

Ryan Brothers Bus Service
Ryan Brothers Bus Service logo.png
Ryan's buses.jpg
Ryan's buses at Aberfeldie in 2015
Commenced operation1947
Headquarters Tullamarine
Service areaNorth-western Melbourne
Service typeBus operator
Fleet29 (July 2022)
Chief executivePatrick Ryan
Website www.ryansbus.com.au
Ryans buses at Moonee Ponds railway station in 2022 Ryan Bus Service BS05TF November 2022.jpg
Ryans buses at Moonee Ponds railway station in 2022

Ryan Brothers Bus Service (often styled as Ryan's or Ryans) is a bus operator in Melbourne, Australia. Until 30 June 2025, it operated three routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria (PTV). Ryans continue to operate charter and school bus services.

Contents

History

Ryan Brothers Bus Services was formed in 1947 when PJ Callaghan Motor Service was purchased with route 467. In January 1970 the business of G&E Hills was purchased, with route 465. [1] [2]

As of 2023 the company operated three bus routes for PTV. The 465 route ran between Essendon station and Keilor Park via Buckley Street and Milleara Road. The 467 route ran between Moonee Ponds station and Aberfeldie. And the 468 route connected Essendon station with Highpoint Shopping Centre via Maribyrnong Road. [3]

The three Ryans PTV route services, 465, 467 and 468 were transferred to CDC Melbourne effective 1 July 2025, as the latter was successful in its tender to operate the three routes. [4] [5] As CDC was impacted by driver industrial action on 1 July 2025, CDC operations did not commence on the these routes until the following day, 2 July 2025. [6] Ryans continues to operate charter and school bus services.

Fleet

As at July 2022, the fleet consisted of 29 buses and coaches. [7] The fleet livery is light blue with white signwriting.

References

  1. ↑ Victorian Buses in the Seventies Fleetline issue 53 December 1979 page 9
  2. ↑ Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. p. 58.
  3. ↑ "Ryans Bus Lines – Routes". ryansbus.com.au. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Metropolitan Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Franchise - Purple & Orange - North West Melbourne". Buying for Victoria. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "UN 185: Network synergies from our new ZEB bus contracts". Melbourne on Transit. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Industrial action to disrupt bus services on Tuesday 1 July 2025". PTV. 1 July 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  7. ↑ Ryan Brothers Bus Service Australian Bus Fleet Lists

Commons-logo.svg Media related to Ryan Brothers Bus Service at Wikimedia Commons

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.