CDC Melbourne
Westrans liveried Volgren bodied Volvo B12BLE in West Footscray in October 2009 | |
Parent | CDC Victoria |
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Founded | January 1976 |
Service area | Melbourne |
Service type | Bus operator |
Routes | 47 |
Hubs |
Chadstone Shopping Centre Highpoint Shopping Centre Manor Lakes Shopping Centre Monash University Watergardens Town Centre |
Stations |
Altona Footscray Box Hill Carnegie Cauldfield Glen Waverley Holmesglen Hoppers Crossing Huntingdale Laverton Mount Waverley Oakleigh Ormond St Albans Sunshine Werribee Williams Landing Williamstown |
Depots |
Altona Hoppers Crossing Sunshine |
Fleet | 279 (March 2015) |
Website | www.cdcvictoria.com.au |
CDC Melbourne is a bus operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates 47 bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria. It is a subsidiary of ComfortDelGro Cabcharge.
History
The origins of CDC Melbourne can be traced to January 1976 when Kefford Corporation purchased Point Cook - Werribee Passenger Service, Werribee. In July 1987 Bono Bus Lines, Footscray was purchased with route 406 Footscray – Keilor East and the operation rebranded as Westrans.[1]
In January 1988, Kefford Corporation purchased the Sitch Group with subsidiaries:[2][3]
- Altona Bus Lines, Altona
- Footscray - Yarraville Bus Service, Yarraville
- North Sunshine Bus Service, Sunshine
- St Albans Bus Service, Sunshine
- Sitch Bus Service, Sunshine
Also in January 1988, Kefford Corporation purchased routes 605 Melbourne City Centre - Elsternwick and 630 Elwood - Monash University from Sinclair's Bus Service with the operation rebranded as Eastrans.[3]
In May 1991, St Kilda Bus Service was purchased with route 606 Port Melbourne - St Kilda and rebranded Werribee Bus Lines.[4] Later the Point Cook, Sitch and Weribee operations were also brought under the Westrans brand.
In February 2009, Eastrans and Westrans were included in the sale of Kefford Corporation to ComfortDelGro Cabcharge.[5]
In July 2011, route 601 commenced as a high frequency shuttle between Huntingdale station and Monash University. In July 2013 the route operations of Driver Group were purchased with routes 612 and 623 - 626 with 42 buses.[6][7][8]
In October 2014, Eastrans and Westrans were united under the CDC Melbourne brand.
Routes
- 400 Laverton to Sunshine
- 406 Keilor East to Footscray
- 407 Highpoint City to Avondale Heights
- 408 St Albans to Highpoint City
- 409 Yarraville to Highpoint City
- 410 Sunshine to Footscray
- 411 Laverton to Footscray
- 412 Laverton to Footscray
- 414 Laverton to Footscray
- 415 Laverton to Williamstown
- 417 Laverton to Laverton North
- 418 St Albans to Caroline Springs
- 419 St Albans to Taylors Lakes
- 421 St Albans to Keilor Downs
- 422 St Albans to Watergardens Station/Delahey
- 423 St Albans to Brimbank Plaza via Cairnlea/Kings Park
- 424 St Albans to Brimbank Plaza via Cairnlea/Kings Park
- 425 St Albans to Watergardens Station/Delahey
- 436 Werribee to Hoppers Crossing
- 437 Werribee to Hoppers Crossing
- 439 Werribee to Werribee South
- 441 Werribee to Westleigh Gardens
- 442 Hoppers Crossing to Tarneit
- 443 Werribee to South Ring Rd
- 444 Hoppers Crossing to Tarneit
- 445 Werribee to Hoppers Crossing
- 446 Hoppers Crossing to Williams Landing via Trugania
- 447 Werribee to Manor Lakes Shopping Centre via Shaws Rd
- 448 Werribee Plaza to Manor Lakes Shopping Centre via Tarneit Rd
- 449 Werribee to Manor Lakes Shopping Centre via Bulban Rd
- 461 Watergardens to Caroline Springs
- 493 Williams Landing to East Werribee
- 494 Williams Landing to Pt Cook South via Alamanda Bvd
- 495 Williams Landing to Pt Cook South via Boardwalk Bvd
- 496 Laverton to Sanctuary Lakes SC
- 497 Williams Landing to Saltwater Coast Estate
- 601: Huntingdale to Monash University Shuttle
- 605: Gardenvale to City
- 606 Elsternwick to Fisherman's Bend
- 612: Box Hill to Chadstone via Surrey Hills, Camberwell & Glen Iris
- 623: Glen Waverley to St Kilda via Mount Waverley, Chadstone & Carnegie
- 624: Kew to Oakleigh via Caulfield, Carnegie or Darling & Chadstone
- 625: Elsternwick to Chadstone via Ormond & Oakleigh
- 626: Middle Brighton to Chadstone via McKinnon & Carnegie
- 630: Elwood to Monash University
- 900: Rowville to Caulfield - SmartBus
Fleet
As at March 2015, the fleet consisted of 279 buses and coaches.[9] Westrans fleet livery was white with red stripes for buses at Altona and Sunshine depots, and white with blue stripes at Werribee depot. Eastrans fleet livery was white with white and green stripes. The Public Transport Victoria white and orange diamonds livery has been adopted as standard.
References
- ↑ "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/8 May 1991 page 14
- ↑ Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. pp. 31–34.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 7/1 August 1991 page 3
- ↑ "Kefford Group Fleets" Australian Bus Panorama issue 7/1 August 1991 page 35
- ↑ Kefford Group finds a buyer Australian Bus & Coach 20 November 2008
- ↑ ComfortDelGro Expands Melbourne Operations Through A$22.0 Million Acquisition ComfortDelGro 20 May 2013
- ↑ Acquisition of further Bus Route Service Business in Melbourne Cabcharge 20 May 2013
- ↑ Updates and News CDC Victoria
- ↑ CDC Group Australian Bus Fleet Lists
External links
Media related to CDC Melbourne at Wikimedia Commons
- Company website Eastrans
- Company website Westrans
- Public Transport Victoria timetables
- Showbus gallery Eastrans
- Showbus gallery Westrans
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