in june 2006 parent george sita founded january 1972 headquarters west footscray service area western melbourne service type bus & coach operator routes 16 hubs altona gate shopping centre brimbank central shopping centre footscray stations ascot vale footscray melton newport sunshine williamstown yarraville fleet 174 march 2015 website www.sitabus.com.au sita buslines is a privately owned bus and coach operator in melbourne australia . as a melbourne bus company it operates 16 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 1966 frank bono and george sita purchased route 406 footscray east keilor . in 1968 sita sold his share to bono . 1 in january 1972 sita purchased graingers bus lines with route 472 moonee ponds junction williamstown beach . subsequently purchased were murrays coaches in 1975 nidis in 1979 west newport bus service in november 1980 sunshine bus lines in april 1982 and starline coaches in 1985 . 2 3 4 sita commenced coach operations in 1982 initially with second hand dennings before building up a large austral tourmaster fleet from 1984 . 3 5 in 1995 sita purchased the coachtrans coach operation on the gold coast and commenced operations in sydney . 6 these latter has since ceased . fleet edit as at march 2015 the fleet consisted of 174 buses and coaches . 7 sita s bus livery is white at the top and fawn at the bottom with an orange stripe . a special orange white and black livery is seen on buses dedicated to the 401 shuttle . coaches were painted in a red yellow and white livery but are now painted white . see also edit buses in melbourne list of victorian bus companies list of melbourne bus routes references edit firefly fleetline november 1990 page 171 tilley bruce 1984 . melbourne private bus fleets vol 1 . berverley south australia railmac publications . p. 33 . isbn 0 949817 34 1 . a b victorian buses in the eighties australian bus panorama issue 6 2 september 1990 page 13 melbourne metropolitan bus operators and fleet listings . melbourne bus & coach society of victoria . 1991 . p. 59 . victorian buses in the eighties australian bus panorama issue 6 4 november 1990 page 5 sita australian bus panorama issue 11 6 march 1996 page 39 sita bus lines australian bus fleet lists external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to sita buslines . 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 sita buslines & oldid 736948691 categories bus companies of victoria australia bus transport in melbourne1972 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 25 . 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