Sunbus Sunshine Coast

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Sunbus Sunshine Coast
Operator Information
Service Region	Sunshine Coast
Hub/s	Sunshine Plaza, Caloundra & Noosa
Depot/s	Marcoola
TransLink zone/s	13-23
Total number of bus routes	21
Route Number allocation	600-639
Train transfer	yes, Landsborough or Nambour
10 Trip Tickets	no
NightLink/Late night Service	yes* - Route 601
Wheelchair Access	yes, most routes

Sunbus is the principal provider of public transportation on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. It operates bus routes under the TransLink scheme in southeast Queensland.

Contents 1 Service area 2 TransLink services 3 Interchanges 4 Fleet 5 Livery 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Service area

Sunbus operates from Noosa Heads and Tewantin in the north, and as far south as Caloundra and Landsborough Rail Station. The area with the best service coverage is the coastal strip between Caloundra and Noosa Heads.

[edit] TransLink services

Bus route numbers and destination information are displayed on the front of the buses. In addition, route numbers are also displayed on the side and back on the majority of buses.

For a complete list of Sunbus Sunshine Coast routes, please refer to the Sunshine Coast section of the TransLink services page.

For accurate travel information, see the TransLink website linked below

[edit] Interchanges

The main interchanges are:

• Maroochydore (Sunshine Plaza)
• Hastings Street (Noosa Heads)
• Nambour Rail
• Caloundra Interchange
• Kawana Waters (Kawana Shoppingworld)
• Landsborough Rail
• University of the Sunshine Coast

Plans to upgrade CityTrain's North Coast Line and to construct the CAMCOS rail corridor into the Sunshine Coast will see an increase in feeder services to rail stations.

[edit] Fleet

Sunbus operates a large fleet of minibuses, medium and large sized buses. The fleet comprises of many large low-floor accessible Volvo B12BLE & Mercedes OC500LE buses with VST bodywork, manufactured by Bustech. There are many other wheelchair accessible buses in the fleet such as the Volvo B7RLE and the Mercedes O815D minibus using CB20 bodywork, manufactured by Custom Coaches. Most of their non-accessible fleet are progressively being replaced with newer accessible buses.

[edit] Livery

Blue and white; with the Sunbus logo displayed on the front and sides of the buses.

[edit] See also

• TransLink (South East Queensland)
• CityTrain
• Sunbus Townsville

[edit] External links

• Sunbus Homepage
• TransLink