Peninsula Bus Lines

Peninsula Bus Lines was a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operated 18 bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria. A subsidiary of Grenda Corporation, it was purchased by Ventura Bus Lines in January 2012.

Peninsula Bus Lines

Parent	Grenda Corporation
Commenced operation	July 1950
Ceased operation	January 2012
Headquarters	Seaford
Service area	South Eastern Melbourne
Service type	Bus & coach operator
Routes	18
Hubs	Centro Karingal
Fleet	106 (May 2014)
Website	www.grenda.com.au

History

Peninsula Bus Lines was formed in July 1950 when Dysons Peninsula Motors was purchased followed by some services from Woods Bus Services. In 1975 Peninsula Bus Lines was purchased by Grenda Corporation.^[1][2] In October 2002, Frankston Passenger Service was purchased and amalgamated with Peninsula Bus Lines.^[3] In January 2012, it was included in the sale of Grenda Corporation to Ventura Bus Lines and the brand was retired.^[4][5][6]

Fleet

As at May 2014 the fleet consisted of 106 buses and coaches.^[7] Peninsula Bus Lines adopted the cream and three stripes livery of Grenda's Bus Services, but with the red stripes painted blue. It later adopted the standard white with red and yellow flashes of Grenda Corporation.