Bus and Coach Society of Victoria
Members enjoyed a day riding some of the last Mercedes Benz O405 high floor buses in Melbourne from numerous operators, in our latest installment farewelling the workhorses of the 80s and 90s. A stop was made at Doncaster Shoppingtown for…
Bus and Coach Society of Victoria's tour in August 2016 visited various operators in Melbourne's north-west. We visited Moonee Valley Coaches to celebrate their 50th Anniversary (including inspecting their heritage vehicles). A visit to Skylight Buslines depot was also arranged,…
After negotiations with local Bendigo operator Whitmore's, the Bus and Coach Society of Victoria (BCSV) were able to secure an afternoon farewell tour for their MAN 10.180, Ansair Tasmaina, originally new to Metro Tasmania in 1992 as #512. This bus…
On Sunday we visited Cranbourne Transit in the morning, before time for lunch at Cranbourne Park Shopping Centre. After lunch we then visited Latrobe Valley Bus Lines on Sunday afternoon to ride the Volvo Hybrid Bus currently on trial, with…
On Saturday 15th October the ARHS & BCSV took a day trip to East Gippsland onboard a chartered coach from Ventura. At Korumburra we called into two local bus depots (Harleys and Winterhalters). There will also be an opportunity to…
The Bus and Coach Society of Victoria held an overnight tour in February 2017, visiting various operators in Bendigo & surrounds. We visited local operators such as Christians, Bendigo Coachlines, Flood's & Whitmore Group as well as the renowned historic…
The Bus & Coach Society of Victoria's May tour visited the Ventura depot in Dandenong. This was long overdue - despite opening in March 2008 under Grenda's, this was our first visit! This depot became Ventura's head office after the…
Members joined the Bus and Coach Society of Victoria on Saturday 2 September 2017 for a day out riding heritage buses in Melbourne's North. The Higginson family warmly invited us back for a morning of rides on some the Moonee…
To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of TeleBus pioneered by John Usher, we drove over TeleBus Areas 1, 2, 3 and 4 using representative vehicles used on the TeleBus service. This was followed by a BBQ lunch at Ventura's Lilydale depot.…
On Sunday 26 Novenber the BCSV visited Mee's depot in West Heidelberg. This was followed by an afternoon visit to the operations of Crown Coaches as part of their 50th Anniversary celebrations. We paused for lunch at Doncaster Shoppingtown between…