Tassielink Transit

Last updated

Tassielink Transit
Tassielink Transit -46 (XT 64 AV) Scania K310UB Express (52092573813).jpg
Headquarters Derwent Park
Service area Tasmania
Service typeCoach services
Fleet44 (November 2022)
Website www.tassielink.com.au

Tasslielink Transit is a bus and coach operator in Hobart and Launceston, Tasmania.

Contents

History

In July 1987 Melbourne based Invicta Bus Services purchased the business of Morse's Bus Service, Devonport. [1] This was sold in 1990.

The businesses of Tag Along Tours, Hobart, and Mountain Stage Line, Launceston along with a Devonport to Cradle Mountain service were purchased. These were combined under the Tasmanian Wilderness Travel brand.

In 1997 TRC Travel was purchased. In 1999 the Port Arthur, West Coast, East Coast and Huonville services were purchased from Tigerline. [2] In October 2005 the service between Cressy, Longford and Launceston was purchased.

Fleet

As at November 2022 the fleet consisted of 44 buses and coaches. [3]

Depot

Tassielink Transit operate out of a depot in Derwent Park. [4]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Surfside Buslines</span> Public transport operator on the Gold Coast of Australia

Surfside Buslines was an Australian bus operator on the Gold Coast in Queensland. It operated 56 services under contract to the Government of Queensland under the Translink banner. It also operates nine services in the adjoining Tweed Valley of northern New South Wales under contract to the Government of New South Wales. As of 2022, Surfside Buslines has changed its name as part of a business re-brand by the parent company, Kinetic. Surfside Buslines has now been dissolved into the Kinetic brand with its fleet of buses reflecting this change.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Redline Coaches</span> Tasmanian bus company

Redline Coaches was one of Tasmania's largest coach operators. It operated both route and charter services. As of late 2022, Redline coaches has changed its name as part of a business re-brand by the parent company, Kinetic, and has now been incorporated into the Kinetic brand with its fleet of buses reflecting this change.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Driver Group</span> Australian bus operator

Driver Group is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. In July 2013 the five bus routes it operated were sold to CDC Victoria and was rebranded CDC Melbourne afterwards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sunbus Sunshine Coast</span>

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Transit Systems Victoria</span>

Transit Systems Victoria, formerly Sita Buslines, is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems and operates 18 bus routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Transdev NSW</span>

Transdev NSW was a bus operator in the northern, southern and western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It was a subsidiary of Transdev.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Busways</span> Australian bus company

Busways is an Australian bus company operating services in Sydney, and in the Central Coast, Mid North Coast regions of New South Wales and Adelaide. It is the largest privately owned bus operator in Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rail transport in Tasmania</span>

Rail transport in Tasmania consists of a network of narrow gauge track of 1,067 mm reaching virtually all cities and major towns in the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Today, rail services are focused primarily on bulk freight, with no commercial passenger services being operated. The mainline railways of Tasmania are currently operated by TasRail, a Government of Tasmania-owned Corporation, who owns and maintains both rolling stock, locomotives, and track infrastructure.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sunbus Townsville</span> Australian bus operator

Sunbus Townsville was the principal bus operator in Townsville, Queensland, Australia, operating services under the Translink (Queensland) scheme in Regional Queensland. It is 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sunbus</span> Bus operator in Queensland, Australia

Sunbus was an Australian bus operator in the Australian state of Queensland. It operated in 5 regional areas across the state under contract to the Government of Queensland under the Translink banner. 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.

Invicta Bus Services was a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was a Melbourne bus company that operated 16 bus routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria. It was purchased by Grenda Corporation in March 2009. which in turn was acquired by Ventura Bus Lines in January 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Metro Tasmania</span> Tasmanian government bus operator

Metro Tasmania, commonly called Metro, a Tasmanian Government business enterprise, is the largest bus operator in the state of Tasmania, Australia, with operations in three of the four largest urban centres of Hobart, Launceston, and Burnie. Urban services in Devonport are provided by a private operator, Kinetic. Services are provided by Metro under a range of urban and non-urban contracts with the Transport Commission, a division within the Department of State Growth.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CDC Northern Territory</span> Bus operator

CDC Northern Territory is a bus operator providing services in Alice Springs, Bathchelor, Darwin, Palmerston, Jabiru and Humpty Doo. It is the largest operator in the Northern Territory and the sole operator of the Darwinbus network.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CDC Canberra</span>

CDC Canberra, formerly Qcity Transit, is an Australian bus operator based in Queanbeyan, New South Wales. It operates services from Queanbeyan to Canberra, Bungendore and Yass. It is a subsidiary of ComfortDelGro Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Custom Denning</span> Australian bus body manufacturer

Custom Denning is an Australian bus body builder based in St Marys, New South Wales.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Transdev Queensland</span> Bus operator in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Transdev Queensland Bus is an Australian operator of bus services in the Redland City region of Brisbane. It operates 31 services under contract to the Government of Queensland under the Translink banner. It is a subsidiary of Transdev Australasia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Transit Australia Group</span>

Transit Australia Group (TAG) was one of Australia's leading mass transit specialists headquartered on the Gold Coast in Queensland.

Hobart Coaches was a Tasmanian coach company. It was originally started as a subsidiary company of Hazell Bros with services starting in the Kingston and Blackmans Bay, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Huon, Richmond and New Norfolk areas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trolleybuses in Hobart</span>

The Hobart trolleybus system operated in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia from 1935 until 1968.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">CDC NSW</span> Australian bus company

CDC NSW is a bus operator in New South Wales, Australia. It is an umbrella brand of ComfortDelGro Australia established in 2017 to cover the latter's New South Wales operations, some of which had been owned by ComfortDelGro since 2005. It was subsequently established as a legal entity (company) in 2019. In early 2023, the Hillsbus and Forest Coach Lines brands were phased out in favour of the CDC NSW brand.

References

  1. "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama 6/8 May 1991 page 14
  2. "Tigerline, Hobart" Australian Bus Panorama issue 14/3 December 1998 page 40
  3. "Tassielink Transit - Hobart". Australian Bus Fleet Lists (Bus Australia). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  4. Tassielink Goes Greener Custom Coaches 10 July 2012