East West Bus Company
Volgren bodied Volvo B7RLE in the East West Bus Company livery
ParentDyson Group
FoundedAugust 1980
Ceased operationFebruary 2014
HeadquartersReservoir
Service areaNorthern Melbourne
Service typeBus operator
Routes3
HubsCoburg North Village, La Trobe University
RMIT University, Bundoora
StationsMacleod
Pascoe Vale
Reservoir
Thomastown
Fleet17 (May 2013)[1]
Websitewww.reservoirbus.com.au/uewbc

East West Bus Company was a privately owned bus operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operated three bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria.

History

East West Bus Company was formed in August 1980 as a joint venture between Dysons Group and Reservoir Bus Company operating route 560 Broadmeadows station to Greensborough.[2][3] Route 560 ceased in April 2010 being replaced by SmartBus route 902.

In February 2014 the Dyson Group became the sole owner,[4] and bus services ran in Dysons branding.[5] As of March 2019, all routes are shown in the Public Transport Victoria website as being operated by Dysons.[6][7][8]

Fleet

As of May 2013 East West Bus Service operated a fleet of 17 buses.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "East - West Bus Co, Reservoir". Australian Bus Fleet Lists (Bus Australia). Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama 6/1 July 1990 page 12
  3. Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. p. 19.
  4. "Dysons & East West" Australian Bus issue 63 May 2014 page 7
  5. "Reservoir Bus Company". Reservoir Bus Company. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017.
  6. "301 Reservoir Station - La Trobe University (Bundoora Campus)". Public Transport Victoria.
  7. "561 Macleod - Pascoe Vale via La Trobe University". Public Transport Victoria.
  8. "570 Thomastown - RMIT Bundoora". Public Transport Victoria.
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