diamond creek service area north east melbourne service type bus & coach operator routes 4 stations diamond creek eltham fleet 74 may 2014 website www.panoramacoaches.com.au panorama coaches is a bus and coach operator in melbourne australia . as a melbourne bus company it operates four bus routes under contract to the government of victoria . contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit in september 1949 don nugent and w mckenzie purchased panorama bus service from h jewell with route 699 from belgrave to upwey . the business was sold in august 1953 to messrs ashby and jewell and for the next nine years nugent operated a taxi company . in november 1962 he purchased boronia bus lines . a charter operation was established under the name australian rambler coaches and the route services sold in september 1970 to ventura bus lines . in october 1985 nugent became a shareholder in the clipper tours business in sydney . the australian rambler livery was adopted and a few coaches transferred . in january 1989 australian rambler coaches was sold to cobb & co with nugent retaining a few coaches and reactivating the panorama coaches name . 1 in october 1990 panorama coaches was sold to the dineen group with 13 buses and coaches . 2 3 in may 1991 hurstbridge coaches was purchased by the dineen group . 4 both operations were later consolidated under the panorama coaches name . fleet edit as at may 2014 the fleet consisted of 74 buses and coaches . 5 fleet livery is white with maroon and blue stripes . see also edit buses in melbourne list of victorian bus companies list of melbourne bus routes references edit australian rambler australian bus panorama 4 5 march 1989 page 34 panorama coaches australian bus panorama 6 5 january 1991 page 49 panorama coaches australian bus panorama 6 7 march 1991 page 40 hurstbridge coaches australian bus panorama 7 1 august 1991 page 34 dineen group panorama coaches australian bus fleet lists external links edit public transport victoria timetables v t e melbourne s public transport ptv modes and network trains stations trams routes buses routes smartbus night network ticketing myki metropolitan rail operators metro trains melbourne heavy rail keolis downer yarra trams tram light rail regional rail operators v line heavy rail metropolitan and regional bus operators broadmeadows bus service cardinia transit cdc melbourne cranbourne transit dyson s bus services east west bus company grenda s bus services invicta bus services ivanhoe bus company kastoria bus lines martyrs bus service mckenzie s tourist services moonee valley coaches moorabbin transit moreland buslines panorama coaches peninsula bus lines portsea passenger service reservoir bus company ryan brothers bus service sita buslines skybus super shuttle sunbury bus service transdev melbourne tullamarine bus lines us bus lines ventura bus lines planned infrastructure melbourne metro regional rail link proposed rail extensions proposed tram extensions authorities department of transport level crossing removal authority public transport victoria retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title panorama coaches & oldid 736949014 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 30 august 2016 at 21 28 . 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