bodied volvo b7rle on mount alexander road in april 2013 parent northern transit holdings founded may 1964 headquarters westmeadows service area north western melbourne service type bus operator routes 5 hubs moonee ponds junction watergardens town centre westfield airport west stations essendon watergardens fleet 41 september 2012 chief executive dom sita website www.kastoria.com.au kastoria bus lines is a bus and coach operator in melbourne australia . as a melbourne bus company it operates five bus routes under contract to the government of victoria . contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit kastoria bus lines was formed when routes 475 476 477 and 479 were purchased from barnes bus lines in 1964 by the spyrou and sikavitsas families . in january 1971 the company was split with the spyrou gaining full control of the business with routes 475 and 476 and the sikavitsas family taking 477 and 479 to form tullamarine bus lines . in may 1973 route 501 was acquired . devesons bus & coach service was purchased in october 1979 . coaches are operated under the australian nationwide tours brand . 1 in august 2009 the business was sold by the spyrou family to dom sita . 2 fleet edit as at september 2012 the fleet consisted of 41 buses and coaches . 3 the fleet livery is blue and white . see also edit buses in melbourne list of victorian bus companies list of melbourne bus routes references edit melbourne metropolitan bus operators and fleet listings . melbourne bus & coach society of victoria . 1991 . p. 30 . sita group to buy out kastoria bus lines australasian bus & coach 22 july 2009 northern transit holdings kastoria bus lines australian bus fleet lists external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to kastoria bus lines . 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 kastoria bus lines & oldid 736949858 categories bus transport in melbournebus companies of victoria australia 1964 establishments in australiahidden categories use dmy dates from november 2013use australian english from november 2013all wikipedia articles written in australian englishcommons category with page title same as 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 30 august 2016 at 21 35 . 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