Founded early 1850s Service type Truck | Website www.kefford.com.au | |
Service area Melbourne
Ballarat
Geelong Depots Altona, Ballarat, Geelong, Oakleigh, Sunshine, Werribee | ||
The Kefford Corporation was a transport company which operated in Victoria from the early 1850s until 2009.
History
The Kefford Corporation was started in the early 1850s when Richard Papworth Kefford began operating horse-drawn lorries in Collingwood. The business later began operating trucks but sold that side of its business in 1976.
In January 1976 Kefford Corporation became a public transport operator, with the purchase of Point Cook - Werribee Passenger Service, Werribee. In the 1980s and 1990s a number of other bus operations were purchased.
In the 1990s, the Point Cook - Werribee, Bono and Sitch services were rebranded as Westrans, and the former Sinclair services as Eastrans.
In December 2008, ComfortDelGro Cabcharge acquired Kefford Corporation for A$149.2 million. At the time Kefford was the fourth-largest bus operator in Victoria, with a fleet of 328 buses and six depots, and with a market share of 16%.