metal corporation australia bodied metrotec delta 16.210 in essendon in april 2013 parent higginson family founded 1964 headquarters tullamarine service area north melbourne service type bus & coach operator routes 2 stations essendon fleet 32 february 2015 website www.mooneevalleybus.com.au moonee valley coaches is a bus and coach operator in melbourne australia . as a melbourne bus company it operates two bus routes under contract to the government of victoria . contents 1 history 2 routes 3 fleet 4 references 5 external links history edit in 1964 ray higginson bought a bus serving dawson street brunswick . by 1966 the business was named moonee valley bus lines and in 1969 a partnership with joe bellafiori was formed . charter services commenced in 1968 expanding to australia wide touring and camping tours in 1970 when the first new dedicated charter coach was bought . the early 1970s saw more expansion with the purchase of nuline bus service caulfield . in 1985 the partnership was dissolved with bellafiori taking nuline bus service and higginson moonee valley . in 1987 cunningham bus lines was purchased with route 503 essendon station brunswick east . 1 2 in november 2014 a heritage museum was established within the company s tullamarine depot . 3 routes edit route from to via notes 503 essendon east brunswick albion street 4 506 moonee ponds junction westgarth brunswick 5 fleet edit as at february 2015 the fleet consisted of 32 buses and coaches . 6 fleet livery is white with red stripes and blue signwriting . references edit victorian buses in the eighties australian bus panorama 6 8 may 1991 page 14 melbourne metropolitan bus operators and fleet listings . melbourne bus & coach society of victoria . 1991 . p. 40 . preservation at moonee valley coaches australian bus issue 67 january 2015 pages 34 35 route 503 timetable public transport victoria route 506 timetable public transport victoria moonee valley coaches australian bus fleet lists external links edit media related to moonee valley coaches at wikimedia commons company website 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 moonee valley coaches & oldid 736949419 categories bus companies of victoria australia bus transport in melbourne1964 establishments in australiahidden categories use dmy dates from november 2013use australian english from november 2013all wikipedia articles written in australian englishcommons category template with no category setcommons category without a link on wikidata 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 31 . 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