Dysons

"Dyson Group" redirects here. For the household appliance company, see Dyson (company). For other uses, see Dyson.

Dyson Group of Companies, operating as Dysons, is a bus and coach operator in Victoria, Australia. The oldest of its subsidiary companies is L.C. Dysons Bus Services, which was founded in June 1952 and is based in Bundoora in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.

Dysons

Volgren bodied Scania K310UB on route 504 in Carlton North
Commenced operation	June 1952
Headquarters	Bundoora
Service area	Melbourne Regional Victoria New South Wales Australian Capital Territory
Depots	Bairnsdale Bundoora Deniliquin Euroa Finley Hay Kyneton Mallacoota Moama Omeo Reservoir Sale Shepparton Wandong Wangaratta Wodonga
Fleet	690 (June 2024)[1]
Website	www.dysongroup.com.au

History

Volgren bodied Scania K230UB in Carlton North in November 2013

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

L.C. Dysons 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^[2]
• Kinglake to Melbourne from Heather & Co in 1959^[2]
• a 50% shareholding in Northcote Bus Service in 1966, later increased to 100%, operated as a separate brand until January 1982^[2][3]
• Lockington to Melbourne from Harrison, Echuca in 1968^[2]
• Barham and Moama to Melbourne from Andersons Coaches, Moama^[4]
• 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^[2][5][6]
• Bega to Melbourne was from Gil Toplis in December 1982^[7]
• Deniliquin - Moama - Melbourne from Ansett Pioneer in 1987^[2][8]
• Bairnsdale - Lakes Entrance from Lextours, Lakes Entrance in 1987^[8]
• Reids Metropolitan Services in December 1991^[2][9]
• Albury - Mildura from Arms & Bell in July 1992^[2][10]
• Sale - Bairnsdale and Bairnsdale - Orbost from Florance, Orbost in January 1994^[2][11][12]
• Eastern Roadlines, Bairnsdale in January 1994^[11]
• 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.^[13] The operation ceased in August 2013.
• Entered a joint venture with Cobb & Co and Sid Fogg's to operate services on behalf of Australian Pacific Tours in 2001^[14]
• Bell Street Bus Company including the Cobb & Co coach business in August 2003^[15][16]
• In 2003 Dyson's commenced operating services in Alice Springs, sold in May 2012 to Australian Transit Group^[2][17]
• Kyneton Bus Lines in March 2006^[18]
• Mylon Motorways, Wodonga in July 2008^[19][20]
• Northern Bus Lines, Glenroy from the Pulitano Group in July 2008^[21]
• Reservoir Bus Company and Midland Tours in November 2012^[22]
• Full ownership of East West Bus Company in February 2014^[23]
• Wangaratta Coachlines in July 2014^[24][25]
• O'Connell's Omeo Bus Service in April 2017^[26]
• Shepparton Transit/Fallons Bus Service on 1 June 2017 with nine regional bus routes, one V/Line route and 44 vehicles^[27][28]
• The Corowa-Albury Rutherglen operation acquired by from R & L Webster in September 2017
• Bunnaloo Bus Lines in Bunnaloo in January 2018
• McDonald's Euroa in January 2018
• Wandong Bus & Coach in March 2018
• Purtills, Deniliquin in December 2019 with 55 vehicles^[29][30]
• Little's Gippsland Coaches in October 2021 with 28 vehicles^[31][32]
• Moonee Valley Coaches route services in March 2024 with 11 vehicles^[33]

Services

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.^[34] Dyson operate V/Line services as far afield as Batemans Bay, Canberra, Griffith and Adelaide.^[35]

From 2002 until December 2007, Dyson operated a service in New South Wales between Parkes and Condobolin under contract to CountryLink.^[36][37] 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.^[38][39]

Fleet

As of June 2024, the fleet consisted of 690 buses and coaches. Dyson's official fleet livery is white with green stripes however newer buses which operate route services in Melbourne are painted in the Public Transport Victoria livery. Some coaches are painted in V/Line livery and NSW TrainLink livery.^[1]