Service area North-East Melbourne Routes 4 Headquarters Diamond Creek | Service type Bus & coach operator Parent organization Dineen Group Fleet 74 (May 2014) | |
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Website www.panoramacoaches.com.au Stations Diamond Creek railway station, Eltham railway station, Melbourne | ||
Panorama Coaches is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates four bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria.
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History
In September 1949 Don Nugent and W McKenzie purchased Panorama Bus Service from H Jewell with route 699 from Belgrave to Upwey. The business was sold in August 1953 to Messrs Ashby and Jewell and for the next nine years, Nugent operated a taxi company. In November 1962 he purchased Boronia Bus Lines. A charter operation was established under the name Australian Rambler Coaches and the route services sold in September 1970 to Ventura Bus Lines.
In October 1985 Nugent became a shareholder in the Clipper Tours business in Sydney. The Australian Rambler livery was adopted and a few coaches transferred.
In January 1989 Australian Rambler Coaches was sold to Cobb & Co with Nugent retaining a few coaches and reactivating the Panorama Coaches name. In October 1990 Panorama Coaches was sold to the Dineen Group with 13 buses and coaches.
In May 1991 Hurstbridge Coaches was purchased by the Dineen Group. Both operations were later consolidated under the Panorama Coaches name.
Fleet
As at May 2014 the fleet consisted of 74 buses and coaches. Fleet livery is white with maroon and blue stripes.