On 19 June 2017, Panorama (Dineen Group) introduced a new Route 343 service between Greennsborough & Hurstbridge via St Helena and Diamond Creek. The service, operated by the Dineen Group’s Panorama operation, was initially designed to provide residents of the…

La Trobe Valley Bus Lines are currently trialling a (Volvo B5RLEH, Bustech) demonstrator, which wears a distinctive green livery, highlighting its environmentally friendliness. It entered service on August 31 2016 at a public launch at Traralgon Plaza from 10am until…

LaTrobe Valley Bus Lines #76 (Volvo B8RLE, Volgren Optimus) delivered in May 2016 wears a striking red livery, promoting the first Euro 6 bus in their fleet as well as company receiving B Corporation certification. B Corporation Certification is available…

ACTION in Canberra proposed to trial two M.A.N. SL202s in 1992, one with a diesel engine and a second running on natural gas. Both were ordered with Ansair bodies, numbered as #734 & #735. The natural gas trial was soon…

In December 2012 Parks Victoria awarded Ventura’s Rosebud depot a contract to provide shuttle services within the Point Nepean National Park at Portsea. The service runs approximately every half-hour during daylight hours to transport visitors beyond carparks to the far…

Ventura reached 75 years of operation in Melbourne at the end of 1999. #14, a brand new Northcoast Scania L94UB, was delivered in November 1999 wearing a special anniversary livery that it retained until about 2010. This bus later became…

2002 saw Dysons celebrate 50 years of operation of bus services in Victoria. A special 50 years “Moving with the times” logo was developed, which featured on vehicles, their website and printed timetables. Dysons #183 (Scania L94UB, Volgren “CR227”) received…

Invicta #62 (Volvo B10M, Volgren) wore a special livery to mark 60 years of operation for Croydon Bus Service & Invicta (1936 – 1996) during 1996. The design featured a selection of the early fleet alongside examples of the then…

To mark 70 years of operation for Croydon Bus Service & Invicta (1936 – 2006), a special anniversary livery was applied to #70 (Scania K230UB, Volgren) at the end of 2006. The highlight was the large selection of employee faces…

Following a few years of campaigning by the Vice Chancellor of La Trobe University, the 2015/2016 Victorian state budget provided funding for a new express shuttle bus between Reservoir Station and their Bundoora Campus, providing faster access from the City…