in carlton north in november 2013 parent dyson family founded june 1952 headquarters bundoora service area melbourne regional victoria southern new south wales australian capital territory depots bairnsdale bundoora footscray kyneton leongatha moama reservoir sandringham wodonga fleet 376 march 2015 website www.dysongroup.com.au the dyson group is an australian operator of buses and coaches in victoria . contents 1 history 2 services 3 fleet 4 references 5 external links history edit v line liveried coach design bodied scania k124eb at wagga wagga station in november 2012 australian pacific touring liveried coach design bodied mercedes benz o500rf 3 in wagga wagga in december 2009 dyson s bus services was founded in june 1952 when laurie dyson purchased the business of ned gastin with route 46a regent station to janefield hospital . over the years a number of routes and businesses were purchased both within melbourne and in regional victoria nathalia to melbourne from he taylor in august 1957 1 kinglake to melbourne from heather & co in 1959 1 a 50 % shareholding in northcote bus service in 1966 later increased to 100 % operated as a separate brand until january 1982 1 2 lockington to melbourne from harrison echuca in 1968 1 barham and moama to melbourne from andersons coaches moama 1 dyson s entered a joint venture with reservoir bus company to form east west bus company to operate route 560 broadmeadows station to greensborough in august 1980 1 3 4 bega to melbourne was from gil toplis in december 1982 2 deniliquin moama melbourne from ansett pioneer in 1987 1 5 bairnsdale lakes entrance from lextours lakes entrance in 1987 5 reids metropolitan services in december 1991 1 6 albury mildura from arms & bell in july 1992 1 7 sale bairnsdale and bairnsdale orbost from florance orbost in january 1994 1 8 eastern roadlines bairnsdale in january 1994 8 in partnership with reservoir bus company formed melbourne bus link in april 1998 after being awarded a contract to take over provision of services in the western and south east regions of melbourne from met bus 9 entered a joint venture with cobb & co and sid fogg s to operate services on behalf of australian pacific tours in 2001 10 bell street bus company including the cobb & co coach business in august 2003 11 in 2003 dyson s commenced operating services in alice springs sold in may 2012 to australian transit group 1 12 kyneton bus lines in march 2006 13 mylon motorways wodonga in july 2008 14 15 northern bus lines glenroy from the pulitano group in july 2008 16 reservoir bus company and midland tours in november 2012 17 services edit as well as route services in melbourne since the late 1970s dyson have operated services under contract to v line . in february 1989 all of dyson s existing long coach services were integrated into the v line network . 18 dyson operate v line services as far afield as batemans bay canberra griffith and adelaide . 19 until december 2007 dyson operated a service in new south wales between parkes and condobolin under contract to countrylink . 20 in january 2015 dyson commenced operating five year contracts to operate services for nsw trainlink from wagga wagga to griffith cootamundra to tumbarumba cootamundra to bathurst dubbo and parkes to condobolin . 21 22 fleet edit as at march 2015 the dyson group fleets consisted of 376 buses and coaches . fleet livery is white with green stripes 30 coaches are painted in v line livery and four in nsw trainlink livery . 23 references edit a b c d e f g h i j k the dyson story australian bus panorama issue 11 6 march 1996 page 6 a b victorian buses in the eighties australian bus panorama issue 6 2 september 1990 page 11 victorian buses in the eighties australian bus panorama issue 6 1 july 1990 page 12 melbourne metropolitan bus operators and fleet listings . melbourne bus & coach society of victoria . 1991 . p. 19 . a b victorian buses in the eighties australian bus panorama issue 6 8 may 1991 page 12 reids australian bus panorama issue 7 7 april 1992 page 42 dysons australian bus panorama issue 8 2 september 1992 page 43 a b dysons australian bus panorama issue 9 6 february 1994 page 48 historic reforms for melbourne s buses australian bus panorama issue 13 3 december 1997 page 35 australian pacific tours sell to consortium australasian bus & coach dyson s buys cobb & co bell st & rambler australasian bus & coach 2003 alice springs depot dyson group may 2012 kyneton bus lines australian bus fleet lists mylon motorways to change hands the border mail 20 june 2008 mylon motorways australian bus fleet lists p northern buslines australian bus fleet lists press release reservoir bus company dyson group october 2012 dysons australian bus panorama issue 4 5 march 1989 page 35 v line timetables dyson group western road liners australian bus fleet lists new contracts cost wagga based coach company daily advertiser 30 december 2014 new nsw trainlink rural coach service contracts australian bus 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