Ivanhoe Bus Company

Ivanhoe Bus Company was a bus operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operated six bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria. It was purchased by Ventura Bus Lines in June 2010.

Ivanhoe Bus Company

Volgren bodied Metrotech Delta 250 at Northland Shopping Centre in February 2008
Commenced operation	16 August 1956
Ceased operation	30 June 2010
Headquarters	Heidelberg West
Service area	North-Eastern Melbourne
Service type	Bus operator
Routes	6
Hubs	La Trobe University Northland Shopping Centre
Fleet	29 (June 2010)
Website	www.buslines.com.au/ivanhoe

History

In May 1952 Claude Morarty and William Molan purchased Heidelberg Motor Omnibus Company from Gordon Brown renaming the operation Ivanhoe Bus Company.^[1][2][3] In June 2010 the business was sold to Ventura Bus Lines.^[4]

Fleet

As at June 2010 the fleet consisted of 29 buses.^[4] Fleet livery was yellow with a green stripe.