Routes 47 Founded January 1976 | Service type Bus operator Website www.cdcvictoria.com.au Fleet 277 | |
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Parent organizations ComfortDelGro Cabcharge, Kefford Corporation Hubs Highpoint Shopping Centre, Chadstone Shopping Centre, Watergardens Town Centre Stations Altona railway station, Footscray railway station | ||
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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.
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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.
In January 1988, Kefford Corporation purchased the Sitch Group with subsidiaries:
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.
In May 1991, St Kilda Bus Service was purchased with route 606 Port Melbourne - St Kilda and rebranded Werribee Bus Lines. Later the Point Cook, Sitch and Weribee operations were also brought under the Westrans brand.
In February 2009, ComfortDelGro Cabcharge acquired Kefford Corporation for A$149.2 million, including the Eastrans, Westrans and Benders Busways (Geelong) brands. At the time of its acquisition by CDC in 2009, Kefford was the fourth-largest bus operator in Victoria with a market share of 16%, and with a fleet of 328 buses and six depots.
In July 2011, route 601 commenced as a high frequency shuttle between Huntingdale station and Monash University. In July 2013, CDC acquired the route operations of Driver Group with five routes (routes 612 and 623 - 626) and 42 buses, for $22 million.
In October 2014, Eastrans and Westrans were united under the CDC Melbourne brand.
Fleet
At the time of its acquisition of Kefford in 2009, CDC acquired a fleet of 328 buses. When Driver Group was purchased in 2013, CDC also acquired 42 buses, and bringing the Victorian fleet to 420 buses. As at March 2016, the CDC fleet consisted of 277 buses and coaches.
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 for route service buses and an orange, blue and white livery was adopted for charter buses. However some buses still retain the old Westrans livery with CDC Melbourne signage.