Sita Buslines

Sita Buslines

Volgren bodied Volvo B10M in June 2006
Founded	January 1972
Headquarters	West Footscray
Service area	Western Melbourne
Service type	Bus & coach operator
Routes	19
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 19 bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Fleet
  


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  3 See also
  


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  4 References
  


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  5 External links
  

History

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 Denning vehicles, 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] The latter operation has since ceased.

Fleet

As of March 2015^[update], 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 from North Melbourne station to Melbourne University via the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Coaches were painted in a red, yellow and white livery, but are now painted white.

See also

• Buses in Melbourne


• List of Victorian Bus Companies


• List of Melbourne bus routes

References

1. 
   ^ "Firefly" Fleetline November 1990 page 171
   


2. 
   ^ Tilley, Bruce (1984). Melbourne Private Bus Fleets Vol 1. Berverley South Australia: Railmac Publications. p. 33. ISBN 0 949817 34 1..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


3. 
   ^ ^ab "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/2 September 1990 page 13
   


4. 
   ^ Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. p. 59.
   


5. 
   ^ "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/4 November 1990 page 5
   


6. 
   ^ "Sita" Australian Bus Panorama issue 11/6 March 1996 page 39
   


7. 
   ^ Sita Bus Lines Australian Bus Fleet Lists
   

External links

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