area melbourne ballarat geelong service type truck bus & coach operator depots altona ballarat geelong oakleigh sunshine werribee website www.kefford.com.au the kefford corporation was a transport company which operated in victoria from the early 1850s until 2009 . history edit the kefford corporation was started in the early 1850s when richard papworth kefford began operating horse drawn lorries in collingwood . the business later began operating trucks but sold that side of its business in 1976 . 1 in january 1976 kefford corporation became a public transport operator with the purchase of point cook werribee passenger service werribee . in the 1980s and 1990s a number of other bus operations were purchased . 2 december 1981 davis motor service ballarat 3 july 1987 bono bus lines maidstone with bus route 406 operation re branded as westrans and operating from a new depot in footscray . the bono family continues to operate firefly express in maidstone 4 january 1988 sinclair s bus service with routes 605 melbourne city centre elsternwick and 630 elwood monash university 5 january 1988 sitch group and subsidiaries 5 altona bus lines altona footscray yarraville bus service yarraville north sunshine bus service sunshine st albans bus service sunshine sitch bus service sunshine may 1991 st kilda bus service with route 606 port melbourne st kilda 6 march 1999 benders buslines geelong 7 8 in the 1990s the point cook werribee bono and sitch services were rebranded as westrans and the former sinclair services as eastrans . in december 2008 comfortdelgro cabcharge acquired kefford corporation for a 149.2 million . 9 at the time kefford was the fourth largest bus operator in victoria with a fleet of 328 buses and six depots and with a market share of 16 % . references edit kefford corporation tiltaway melbourne metropolitan bus operators and fleet listings . melbourne bus & coach society of victoria . 1991 . pp. 31 34 . victorian buses in the eighties australian bus panorama 6 1 july 1990 page 13 victorian buses in the eighties australian bus panorama 6 8 may 1991 page 14 a b victorian buses in the eighties australian bus panorama 7 1 august 1991 page 3 kefford group fleets australian bus panorama 7 1 august 1991 page 35 major bus buys for kefford & hill australasian bus & coach kefford expands australian bus panorama 15 4 february 2000 page 22 smith chris 2008 12 20 . kefford group finds a buyer . australasian bus and coach . bauer trader media . retrieved 2015 11 20 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kefford corporation & oldid 738106828 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 6 september 2016 at 23 14 . 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