A motor cab service began in 1926, acting as a feeder route to both the Mont Albert tram and the train at Box Hill, operating along Whitehorse Rd between the two. These 7-seater cabs were run by Sydney James Smith…
Canterbury – Richmond Bus Service
Around 6.40pm on Friday 19th December 1969, owner-driver Phil Venier pulled his bus into the Canterbury terminus to cease operation for the day — and forever. Thus, the colourful history of one of Melbourne’s bus routes (Route 129A: Canterbury —…
Curren’s Buslines
Raymond Curren ran various feeder bus routes in Melbourne’s inner north and inner east from 1956 until his untimely death in November 1968. His estate then continued to operate Route 136A between Camberwell & Box Hill until the end of…
Rennie’s Bus Lines
Frank Henry Rennie was born on the 20th of August 1895 in Old Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The son of John and Agnes Rennie, his father was a carter at a woollen mill. Frank departed London on the ship “Benalla” on…