Transit Australia Group

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Parent Joe & Tony Calabro
Founded 2008
Headquarters Robina
Service type Bus services
Operator Bustech
Gold Coast Tourist Shuttle
Sunbus
Surfside Buslines
Website tagroup.net.au


The Transit Australia Group is an Australian bus transport group based on the Gold Coast in Queensland owned by Joe and Tony Calabro.[1] Transit Australia Group owns:

History

After selling their long established south-western Sydney bus operation to Westbus in June 1989,[2] Joe and Tony Calabro purchased Surfside Buslines from Greyhound owner Russell Penfold in October 1989 with 56 buses.[3][4] The Surfside operation grew with the Tweed Bus Service (1993),[5] Gold Coast Citybus (February 1995),[6] Gold Coast Tourist Shuttle (September 1998)[7] and Coomera Bus Lines (May 2001)[8] operations purchased. The Calabros also formed Bustech, a bus bodying business.

In April 2008 the Sunbus operations were purchased from Transit Australia and all of the Calabro's Queensland operations consolidated under the Transit Australia Group. In November 2008 Magnetic Island Bus Services was purchased and in April 2009 the Sunbus Toowoomba operation sold to the Bus Queensland group.[9][10][11]

In April 2010 the Townsville operation was expanded with the acquisition of Hermit Park Bus Service.[12]

The Calabro family also own Busabout and Hawkesbury Valley in Sydney and Busabout Wagga Wagga. Although not part of the Transit Australia Group, older buses from the former two have frequently been transferred to Surfside for use as school buses.[13]

References

  1. ↑ The List Sunday Mail (Adelaide) 26 August 2012
  2. ↑ "Calabro's Sold" Fleetline November 1989 page 176
  3. ↑ "Stateliner takes over Greyhound" Australian Bus Panorama issue 5/5 March 1990 page 23
  4. ↑ "Surfside Bus Lines" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/6 February 1991 page 45
  5. ↑ "Surfside Bus Lines" Australian Bus Panorama issue 9/5 January 1994 page 40
  6. ↑ "Surfside Bus Lines" Australian Bus Panorama issue 10/7 April 1995 page 54
  7. ↑ "Gold Coast Tourist Shuttle" Australian Bus Panorama issue 14/5 April 1999 page 56
  8. ↑ Major bus buys for Kefford & Hill Australasian Bus & Coach
  9. ↑ Sunbus Australian Bus Fleet Lists
  10. ↑ Kynoch Coaches and Sunbus Toowoomba sold to Pulitano Group Australian Bus & Coach
  11. ↑ Bus Australia Toowoomba Australian Bus Fleet Lists
  12. ↑ "Transit Australia Group buys Hermit Park Bus Company" (Press release). Transit Australia Group. 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2010-07-24. 
  13. ↑ Surfside Bus Lines Australian Bus Fleet Lists
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