australian transit group headquarters oakleigh locale melbourne service type bus & coach charter operator fleet 35 may 2016 website www.quinces.com.au quince s scenicruisers is a bus and coach charter operator in melbourne australia . history edit in 1951 quince s scenicruisers operated route 103a oakleigh clayton moorabbin . 1 in 1967 quince s joined with melbourne motor coach service and parlor coaches to form australian pacific tours . 2 quince s later withdrew from the partnership . after the state government decided to open private routes to open tender in 1988 quince s were awarded the rights to operate some services of ventura bus lines and waverley transit . 3 waverley transit won a legal case and the contract between quince s and the met was ruled void . 4 quince s had already taken delivery of 24 hino ac140s and 40 mercedes benz o405s . these entered service on two new routes 634 middle brighton station monash university east clayton and 705 springvale mordialloc . 4 following 18 months of unsuccessful negotiations with the department of infrastructure over a new contract quince s relinquished their route licences in february 1998 . by this stage they were operating routes 615 box hill north balwyn 631 westfield southland mitcham station 634 lilydale monash university 708 mordialloc carrum and 731 camberwell north balwyn . these were split amongst invicta bus services moorabbin transit national bus company and ventura bus lines . 5 since then it has operated as a bus and coach charter operator . in september 2015 the business was purchased by the australian transit group . fleet edit as at may 2016 the fleet consisted of 35 buses and coaches . 6 references edit melbourne metropolitan bus operators and fleet listings . melbourne bus & coach society of victoria . 1991 . p. 55 . tilley bruce 1984 . melbourne private bus fleets volume 1 . elizabeth south australia railmac publications . p. 4 . isbn 0 949817 34 1 . bus company fights met over routes the age 15 april 1988 a b victorian buses in the eighties australian bus panorama issue 7 1 august 1991 page 5 quince australian bus panorama issue 13 5 april 1998 page 47 quinces scenicruisers australian bus fleet lists retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title quince % 27s scenicruisers & oldid 743173288 categories bus companies of victoria australia bus transport in melbournehidden categories use dmy dates from november 2013use australian english from november 2013all wikipedia articles written in australian english navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 08 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view