Kastoria Bus Lines

Kastoria Bus Lines is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. It is owned by Northern Transit Holdings, which also operates Broadmeadows Bus Service, Nationwide Tours and Seymour Coaches.^[1] Until 30 June 2025, it operated five routes under contract to Public Transport Victoria, which were then transferred to CDC Melbourne on 1 July 2025. Kastoria Bus Lines continues to operate some school and charter services, alongside with Broadmeadows Bus Service, Nationwide Tours and Seymour Coaches.

Kastoria Bus Lines

Volgren bodied Volvo B7RLE in December 2014
Parent	Northern Transit Holdings
Commenced operation	May 1964
Ceased operation	30 June 2025 (Route services only)
Headquarters	Westmeadows
Service area	North-Western Melbourne
Service type	Bus operator
Routes	5 (until June 2025)
Fleet	82 (November 2022)
Chief executive	Dom Sita
Website	www.kastoria.com.au

History

In 1964, the Spyrou and Sikavitsas families purchased routes 475, 476, 477 and 479 from Barnes Bus Lines and formed Kastoria Bus Lines.

In January 1971, the company was split, with the Spyrou gaining full control of Kastoria Bus Lines with routes 475 and 476, and the Sikavitsas family taking 477 and 479 to form Tullamarine Bus Lines. In May 1973, Kastoria Bus Lines acquired route 501.

Devesons Bus & Coach Service was acquired in October 1979. Coaches are operated under the Nationwide Tours brand.^[2]

In August 2009, the Spyrou family sold Kastoria Bus Lines to Dominic Sita, son of the Sita Buslines's founder George Sita.^[3][4][5] Kastoria Bus Lines has since been reorganised under Northern Transit Holdings, along with other Dominic Sita's bus businesses, including Broadmeadows Bus Service which was acquired in 2011.^[6][7]

As part of CDC Melbourne's successful bid for bus services in northern and western Melbourne (including Kastoria's routes), Kastoria agreed to transfer its fleet, depot and staff to CDC. The transfer of these assets and bus routes occurred on 1 July 2025.^[8][9] Routes transferred was 460, 462, 463, 469 and 476.^[10] However, as CDC was impacted by driver industrial action on 1 July 2025, CDC operations did not commence on these routes until the following day, 2 July 2025.^[11]

Fleet

As of November 2022, the fleet consisted of 82 buses and coaches.^[12] The fleet livery is blue and white.