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Australian bus and coach operator. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grenda's Bus Services was a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operated 23 bus routes under contract to the Victoria State Government. It was purchased by Ventura Bus Lines in January 2012.
Commenced operation | October 1945 |
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Ceased operation | 22 January 2012 |
Headquarters | Dandenong |
Service area | South-Eastern Melbourne |
Service type | Bus & coach operator |
Routes | 23 |
Hubs | Chadstone Shopping Centre Monash University Parkmore Shopping Centre Stud Park Shopping Centre Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre Westfield Southland Westfield Fountain Gate |
Fleet | 181 (May 2014) |
Grenda's Bus Services was founded in October 1945 when George Grenda purchased four routes from Shaves Bus Service in Dandenong.[1][2] After being based in Foster Street, Dandenong for 50 years, it moved to a new depot in Cheltenham Road in 2008.[3] In January 2012, it was included in the sale of parent company Grenda Corporation to Ventura Bus Lines.[4][5][6]
As at May 2014 the fleet consisted of 181 buses and coaches.[7] Grenda's Bus Services had a livery of cream with red stripes. It later adopted the standard white with red and yellow flashes of Grenda Corporation.
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