Westside Bus Company

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Bus Queensland
Parent Pulitano Group
Service area Ipswich
Service typeBus operator
Routes16
Hubs Riverlink Shopping Centre
Orion Springfield
Stations Booval
Gailes
Goodna
Ipswich
Redbank
Springfield
Springfield Central
Thomas Street
Depots Redbank
Fleet104 (September 2021)
Website www.busqld.com.au

Westside Bus Company is an Australian operator of bus services in the western suburbs of Brisbane. It operates 16 services under contract to the Government of Queensland under the Translink banner.

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History

In 1998, the Pulitano Group purchased Westside Bus Company from the Doyle family. [1] In January 2000 the Heritage City Sunbus business was purchased from Harry Blundred and in 2002 the Ipswich-based school services of Stagecoach. [2] Westside has been part of the Bus Queensland group since at least 2010. [3] As at February 2019 routes are operated under the Bus Queensland name.

As of September 2021, the fleet consisted of 104 buses. [4]

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References

  1. "Doyle/Westside" Australian Bus Panorama14/3 December 1998 page 57
  2. "Sunbus Sells Out" Australian Bus Panorama 15/4 February 2000 page 25
  3. Bus Queensland Pulitano Group Retrieved 2 February 2019
  4. Bus Queensland - Ipswich Australian Bus Fleet Lists