Parent | Kinetic Group |
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Founded | 1995 |
Defunct | 2022 |
Service area | Sunshine Coast |
Service type | Bus operator |
Routes | 27 |
Hubs | Kawana Shoppingworld Noosa Heads Noosa Junction Sunshine Plaza University of the Sunshine Coast Landsborough Nambour |
Depots | 2 |
Fleet | 91 (May 2018) |
Website | www.sunbus.com.au https://www.wearekinetic.com/ |
Sunbus Sunshine Coast was an Australian operator of bus services on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It operated 25 services under contract to the Government of Queensland under the Translink banner. It was one of Sunbus' operations. As of 2022, Sunbus has changed its name as part of a business re-brand by the parent company, Kinetic. Sunbus has now been dissolved into the Kinetic brand with its fleet of buses reflecting this change. [1]
In 1995, Harry Blundred, the proprietor of Thames Transit in the United Kingdom, was awarded the operating rights to route services in the Sunshine Coast region, taking over the services around Caloundra and Maroochydore that had been provided by Sunshine Coast Coaches. [2] In 1996, Tewantin Bus Service was purchased with the services between Maroochydore and Noosa. [3]
As part of the deal, Sunbus was also responsible for the operation of school bus services in the region, however these were sold in 1997 to fellow British bus operator Stagecoach. [4] [5]
In April 2008, Blundred sold Sunbus Sunshine Coast along with the other Sunbus operations to Transit Australia Group. [6]
In April 2019, Transit Australia Group was purchased by AATS Group, parent company of Skybus and majority owned by OPTrust. [7] In August 2019, AATS Group was rebranded the Kinetic Group. [8]
In late 2022, Sunbus was officially branded as KINETIC with all new advertising now showing the Kinetic Brand. All new buses will display the Kinetic logo with the current fleet of Sunbus slowly being updated to reflect the new brand name. The current website for Sunbus will stay active until early 2023 before it will be deactivated, directing customers to the new Kinetic website.
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