Sita Buslines

Sita Buslines is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates 18 bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems. It is also known as Sita Group and Sita Coaches.

Sita Buslines

Volgren bodied Volvo B10M in June 2006
Parent	Transit Systems
Founded	January 1972
Headquarters	West Footscray
Service area	Western Melbourne
Service type	Bus & coach operator
Routes	19
Hubs	Altona Gate Shopping Centre Brimbank Central Shopping Centre Footscray
Stations	Ascot Vale Footscray Melton Newport Sunshine Williamstown Yarraville
Fleet	163 (March 2019)
Website	Sita Bus Co

History

In 1966, Frank Bono and George Sita purchased route 406 Footscray - East Keilor. In 1968, Sita sold his share to Bono.[1] In January 1972, Sita purchased Graingers Bus Lines with route 472 Moonee Ponds Junction - Williamstown Beach. Subsequently purchased were Murrays Coaches in 1975, Nidis in 1979, West Newport Bus Service in November 1980, Sunshine Bus Lines in April 1982 and Starline Coaches in 1985.[2][3][4]

Sita commenced coach operations in 1982 initially with second hand Denning vehicles, before building up a large Austral Tourmaster fleet from 1984.[3][5] In 1995 Sita purchased the Coachtrans coach operation on the Gold Coast and commenced operations in Sydney.[6] The latter operation has since ceased.

On 1 July 2018, Sita commenced a new ten-year performance-based contract to operate its bus services.[7]

In April 2019, Sita was purchased by Transit Systems.[8]

Fleet

As of March 2019, the fleet consisted of 163 buses and coaches.[9] Sita's bus livery is white at the top and fawn at the bottom with an orange stripe. A special orange, white and black livery is seen on buses dedicated to the 401 shuttle from North Melbourne station to Melbourne University via the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Coaches were painted in a red, yellow and white livery, but are now painted white.

Routes

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

• 400 – Sunshine station to Laverton station via Robinsons Road[10]
• 401 – North Melbourne station loop via Melbourne University and Royal Melbourne Hospital[11]
• 402 – Footscray station to East Melbourne via North Melbourne[12]
• 403 – Footscray station to Melbourne University via Royal Melbourne Hospital[13]
• 404 – Footscray station to Moonee Ponds via Newmarket[14]
• 420 – Sunshine station to Watergardens station via Deer Park[15]
• 422 – Sunshine station to Brimbank Central Shopping Centre via Deer Park[16]
• 427 – Sunshine station to Sunshine West via Forrest Street[17]
• 428 – Sunshine station to Sunshine West via Wright Street[18]
• 431 – Yarraville station to Kingsville via Somerville Road[19]
• 432 – Newport station to Yarraville station via Altona Gate Shopping Centre[20]
• 453 – Melton to Melton station via Brookfield[21]
• 455 – Miscasa Rise to Melton station[22]
• 456 – Sunshine station to Melton via Caroline Springs[23]
• 457 – Melton to Melton station via Melton West[24]
• 458 – Kurunjang to Melton station[25]
• 459 – Arnolds Creek to Melton station via Westake[26]
• 471 – Williamstown to Sunshine station via Newport and Altona Gate Shopping Centre[27]
• 472 – Williamstown to Moonee Ponds via Footscray[28]

References

1. "Firefly" Fleetline November 1990 page 171
2. Tilley, Bruce (1984). Melbourne Private Bus Fleets Vol 1. Berverley South Australia: Railmac Publications. p. 33. ISBN 0 949817 34 1.
3. "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/2 September 1990 page 13
4. Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. p. 59.
5. "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/4 November 1990 page 5
6. "Sita" Australian Bus Panorama issue 11/6 March 1996 page 39
7. "Metropolitan Bus Services Contract - Sita Bus Lines". Buying for Victoria. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
8. "Transit Systems Expands into Melbourne Bus Network". Transit Systems. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
9. Sita Bus Lines Australian Bus Fleet Lists
10. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
11. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
12. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
13. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
14. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
15. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
16. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
17. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
18. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
19. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
20. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
21. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
22. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
23. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
24. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
25. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
26. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
27. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
28. "Routes". classic.ptv.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

External links

• Company website
• Public Transport Victoria timetables