Service area Eastern Melbourne Destinations Mount Dandenong Website www.venturabus.com.au Parent organization Ventura Bus Lines Destination Mount Dandenong Routes 6 | Service type Bus operator Chief executive Andrew Cornwall Headquarters Melbourne, Australia Founded 1921 Fleet 56 (May 2014) | |
Stations Belgrave railway station | ||
US Bus Lines is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates six bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria.
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US Bus Lines was bought out by Ventura Bus Lines (December 2009)
History
In 1921 Belgrave United Motor Service was formed by Messrs Carter, Davies, Gayle and Hitchcock. The US Bus Lines was adopted later in the 1920s. The Olinda service was purchased from Tutt & Stone in 1925, and the Belgrave South service from W Parkin in April 1937. In May 1956 the Dandenong - Belgrave service was purchased from Dyson's Peninsula Motors and Panorama Bus Service from Mr Jewell in the early 1960s.
In February 1972 the business was merged into Invicta United Bus Lines, but this arrangement was dissolved in September 1973. In September 1981 US Bus Lines was purchased by G Pulitano and in 2003 became part of the Pulitano Group. In December 2009 US Bus Lines was sold to Ventura Bus Lines.
Fleet
As at May 2014 the fleet consisted of 56 buses. Fleet livery is white with red and blue stripes now they use the Venturas blue and yellow and ptv white.