Dysons

Dyson Group, trading as Dysons, is a bus and coach operator in Victoria, Australia.

This article is about the Melbourne bus company in Australia. For the household appliance company, see Dyson (company).

Dysons

Dysons Volgren bodied Scania K310UB at Mernda station in August 2018
Parent	Dyson family
Founded	June 1952
Headquarters	Bundoora
Service area	Melbourne Regional Victoria New South Wales Australian Capital Territory
Depots	Bairnsdale Bundoora Deniliquin Euroa Kyneton Mallacoota Moama Omeo Reservoir Shepperton Wandong Wangaratta Wodonga
Fleet	607 (May 2020)
Website	www.dysongroup.com.au

History

Volgren bodied Scania K230UB in Carlton North in November 2013

V/Line liveried Coach Design bodied Scania K124EB at Wagga Wagga station in November 2012

Australian Pacific Touring liveried Coach Design bodied Mercedes Benz O500RF-3 in Wagga Wagga in December 2009

Dysons was founded in June 1952 when Laurie Dyson purchased the business of Ned Gastin with route 46A Regent station to Janefield Hospital. Over the years a number of routes and businesses were purchased both within Melbourne and in regional Victoria:

• Nathalia to Melbourne from HE Taylor in August 1957[1]
• Kinglake to Melbourne from Heather & Co in 1959[1]
• a 50% shareholding in Northcote Bus Service in 1966, later increased to 100%, operated as a separate brand until January 1982[1][2]
• Lockington to Melbourne from Harrison, Echuca in 1968[1]
• Barham and Moama to Melbourne from Andersons Coaches, Moama[1]
• Dyson's entered a joint venture with Reservoir Bus Company to form East West Bus Company to operate route 560 Broadmeadows station to Greensborough in August 1980[1][3][4]
• Bega to Melbourne was from Gil Toplis in December 1982[2]
• Deniliquin - Moama - Melbourne from Ansett Pioneer in 1987[1][5]
• Bairnsdale - Lakes Entrance from Lextours, Lakes Entrance in 1987[5]
• Reids Metropolitan Services in December 1991[1][6]
• Albury - Mildura from Arms & Bell in July 1992[1][7]
• Sale - Bairnsdale and Bairnsdale - Orbost from Florance, Orbost in January 1994[1][8]
• Eastern Roadlines, Bairnsdale in January 1994[8]
• In partnership with Reservoir Bus Company, formed Melbourne Bus Link in April 1998 after being awarded a contract to take over provision of services in the western and south-east regions of Melbourne from Met Bus[9]
• Entered a joint venture with Cobb & Co and Sid Fogg's to operate services on behalf of Australian Pacific Tours in 2001[10]
• Bell Street Bus Company including the Cobb & Co coach business in August 2003[11]
• In 2003 Dyson’s commenced operating services in Alice Springs, sold in May 2012 to Australian Transit Group[1][12]
• Kyneton Bus Lines in March 2006[13]
• Mylon Motorways, Wodonga in July 2008[14][15]
• Northern Bus Lines, Glenroy from the Pulitano Group in July 2008[16]
• Reservoir Bus Company and Midland Tours in November 2012[17]
• Wangaratta Coachlines in July 2014[18]
• O'Connell's Omeo Bus Service in April 2017[19]
• Shepparton Transit/Fallons Bus Service on 1 June 2017 with nine regional bus routes, one V/Line route and 44 vehicles[20][21]
• The Corowa-Albury Rutherglen operation acquired by from R & L Webster in September 2017, the bus operated becomes 1029 in the fleet
• Bunnaloo Bus Lines in Bunnaloo in January 2018
• McDonald’s Euroa in January 2018
• Wandong Bus & Coach in March 2018
• Purtills, Deniliquin in December 2019 with 55 vehicles[22]

Services

As well as route services in Melbourne, since the late 1970s Dyson have operated services under contract to V/Line. In February 1989, all of Dyson's existing long coach services were integrated into the V/Line network.[23] Dyson operate V/Line services as far afield as Batemans Bay, Canberra, Griffith and Adelaide.[24]

Until December 2007, Dyson operated a service in New South Wales between Parkes and Condobolin under contract to CountryLink.[25] In January 2015, Dyson commenced operating five-year contracts to operate services for NSW TrainLink from Wagga Wagga to Griffith, Cootamundra to Tumbarumba, Cootamundra to Bathurst/Dubbo and Parkes to Condobolin.[26][27]

Fleet

As at February 2020, the Dyson Group fleets consisted of 551 buses and coaches. Dyson's official fleet livery is white with green stripes however newer buses which operate route services in Melbourne are painted in the Public Transport Victoria livery. 37 coaches are painted in V/Line livery and four in NSW TrainLink livery.[28]

Melbourne routes

As of July 2020, Dysons operates the following routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

• 301 – Reservoir station to La Trobe University (Bundoora)[29]
• 356 – Epping station to Wollert East via Hayston Boulevard[30]
• 357 – Wollert West to Thomastown station via Epping station[31]
• 358 – Epping station to Wollert via Pacific Epping[32]
• 382 – Whittlesea to Northland Shopping Centre via South Morang station[33]
• 383 – Palisades to University Hill[34]
• 384 – Kinglake to Whittlesea via Humevale[35]
• 385 – Whittlesea to Greensborough via Mernda station[36]
• 386 – Mernda station to Bundoora RMIT via South Morang[37]
• 387 – Mernda station to Bundoora RMIT via Hawkstowe Parade and South Morang[38]
• 388 – Mernda station anti-clockwise loop via Doreen[39]
• 389 – Mernda station clockwise loop via Doreen[40]
• 504 – Moonee Ponds to Clifton Hill station via East Brunswick[41]
• 505 – Moonee Ponds to Melbourne University via Parkville Gardens[42]
• 508 – Alphington station to Moonee Ponds via Northcote and Brunswick[43]
• 509 – Brunswick West to Barkly Square Shopping Centre via Hope Street and Sydney Road[44]
• 513 – Eltham station to Glenroy station via Greensborough or Lower Plenty[45]
• 517 – Northland Shopping Centre to St Helena via Viewbank and Greensborough[46]
• 518 – Greensborough to St Helena West via St Helena[47]
• 534 – Glenroy station to Coburg via Boundary Road and Sydney Road[48]
• 536 – Gowrie station to Glenroy station via Gowrie Park[49]
• 538 – Somerset Estate to Broadmeadows station via Camp Road[50]
• 540 – Upfield station to Broadmeadows station via Coolaroo[51]
• 541 – Broadmeadows station to Craigieburn North[52]
• 542 – Roxburgh Park station to Pascoe Vale station via Meadow Heights, Broadmeadows and Glenroy[53]
• 546 – Heidelberg station to City (Queen Victoria Market) via Clifton Hill, Carlton and Melbourne University[54]
• 552 – North East Reservoir to Northcote Plaza via High Street[55]
• 553 – Preston to West Preston via Reservoir[56]
• 554 – Thomastown station clockwise loop via West Lalor[57]
• 555 – Pacific Epping to Northland Shopping Centre via Lalor, Thomastown and Reservoir[58]
• 556 – Pacific Epping to Northland Shopping Centre via Keon Park[59]
• 557 – Thomastown station anti-clockwise loop via West Lalor[60]
• 558 – Reservoir station loop via North West Reservoir[61]
• 559 – Thomastown station loop via Darebin Drive[62]
• 561 – Macleod to Pascoe Vale station via La Trobe University (Bundoora)[63]
• 564 – Bundoora RMIT to South Morang station[64]
• 566 – Lalor to Northland Shopping Centre via Childs Road, Plenty Road and Grimshaw Street[65]
• 567 – Northcote to Regent station via Northland Shopping Centre[66]
• 569 – Pacific Epping to South Morang station[67]
• 570 – Thomastown station to Bundoora RMIT[68]
• 577 – Pacific Epping to South Morang station via Findon Road[69]
• 609 – Fairfield to Hawthorn station via Kew[70]

Dysons also operates the following Night Bus services under contract to Public Transport Victoria:

• 941 – City to Watergardens station via Footscray, Sunshine North and Taylors Lakes[71]
• 942 – City to St Albans station via Footscray, Sunshine and Deer Park[72]
• 943 – Watergardens station to Melton via Caroline Springs[73]
• 944 – City to Point Cook via Newport, Altona and Altona Meadows[74]
• 945 – City to Wyndham Vale station via Geelong Road, Tarneit, Hoppers Crossing and Werribee[75]
• 951 – City to Glenroy station via Moonee Ponds, Brunswick West and Pascoe Vale[76]
• 952 – City to Broadmeadows station via Footscray, Maribyrnong, Airport West and Gladstone Park[77]
• 953 – Broadmeadows station to Craigieburn station via Meadows Heights and Roxburgh Park[78]
• 955 – City to Mernda via Brunswick, Ivanhoe, Bundoora, Mill Park and South Morang[79]
• 961 – City to Doncaster via Collingwood, Eastern Freeway and Templestowe[80]

References

1. "The Dyson Story" Australian Bus Panorama issue 11/6 March 1996 page 6
2. "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/2 September 1990 page 11
3. "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/1 July 1990 page 12
4. Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. p. 19.
5. "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/8 May 1991 page 12
6. "Reids" Australian Bus Panorama issue 7/7 April 1992 page 42
7. "Dysons" Australian Bus Panorama issue 8/2 September 1992 page 43
8. "Dysons" Australian Bus Panorama issue 9/6 February 1994 page 48
9. "Historic Reforms for Melbourne's Buses" Australian Bus Panorama issue 13/3 December 1997 page 35
10. Australian Pacific Tours sell to consortium Archived 15 June 2013 at Archive.today Australasian Bus & Coach
11. Dyson's buys Cobb & Co, Bell St & Rambler Archived 28 June 2013 at Archive.today Australasian Bus & Coach 2003
12. Alice Springs Depot Dyson Group May 2012
13. Kyneton Bus Lines Australian Bus Fleet Lists
14. Mylon Motorways to change hands The Border Mail 20 June 2008
15. Mylon Motorways Australian Bus Fleet Lists
16. Northern Buslines Australian Bus Fleet Lists
17. Press Release – Reservoir Bus Company Dyson Group October 2012
18. Media, Australian Community Media - Fairfax (11 July 2014). "Dysons gears up with buy-out of Wangaratta coaches". The Border Mail. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
19. "Dyson Group Acquire O'Connell's Omeo Bus Service | Bus Charters Melbourne - Dyson Group". dysongroup.com.au. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
20. Dyson Group acquires Shepparton Transit Dysons
21. Dyson Group Expnding Australasian Bus & Coach 13 October 2017
22. Iconic NSW Riverina bus company sold to Victoria's Dysons Australasian Bus & Coach 25 October 2019
23. "Dysons" Australian Bus Panorama issue 4/5 March 1989 page 35
24. V/Line timetables Archived 6 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Dyson Group
25. Western Road Liners Australian Bus Fleet Lists
26. New contracts cost Wagga based coach company Daily Advertiser 30 December 2014
27. "New NSW TrainLink Rural Coach Service Contracts" Australian Bus issue 68 March 2015 page 20
28. Dyson Group of Companies Australian Bus Fleet Lists
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External links

Media related to Dyson's Bus Services at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website