Buslink Queensland

Buslink Queensland

Parent	Buslink
Founded	1997
Service area	Gladstone Sunshine Coast
Service type	School bus operator
Depots	5
Fleet	170 (August 2013)
Website	www.buslinkqld.com.au

Buslink Queensland is an Australian school bus operator in the Sunshine Coast and Gladstone regions of Queensland. It is a subsidiary of Buslink.

History

In 1995 the Government of Queensland put a number of regional bus networks up for tender. Thames Transit proprietor Harry Blundred successfully bid for a number of the operations. Trading as Sunbus, Blundred also took over the provision of school services in these areas.

Blundred was not particularly interested in the school bus operations and in 1997 these were sold to Stagecoach. In 2002 Stagecoach sold its Australian operations with the Sunshine Coast operations passing to Northern Territory bus operator Buslink. The business of Gladstone Bus & Coach was later purchased.

In July 2008 Calliope Coaches was purchased and integrated into the Gladstone operation.^[1]

Fleet

As at August 2013 the fleet consists of 170 buses.^[2] Fleet livery is white with blue stripes. On the Sunshine Coast, this is replaced by the TransLink livery of white body, green ends, a green and blue wavy stripe down each side and the TransLink logo toward the back.

Depots

Depots are operated in Caloundra, Coolum, Gladstone, Kunda Park and Noosaville.

References

↑ Calliope Coaches Australian Bus Fleet Lists
↑ Buslink Australian Bus Fleet Lists

TransLink's bus network in South East Queensland

Busways in Brisbane

Northern Busway	King George Square Roma Street Normanby Queensland University of Technology Herston RBWH

South East Busway	Cultural Centre South Bank Mater Hill Woolloongabba Buranda Greenslopes Holland Park West Griffith University Upper Mount Gravatt Eight Mile Plains

Eastern Busway	UQ Lakes Dutton Park Place Boggo Road PA Hospital Buranda Stones Corner Langlands Park

Bus interchanges

Brisbane Central	Cultural Centre Queen Street

Brisbane North	Aspley Chermside Toombul

Brisbane South	Browns Plains Garden City

Brisbane East	Cannon Hill Carindale

Brisbane West	Inala Indooroopilly University of Queensland University of Queensland Lakes

Northern	Caboolture

Southern	Springwood

Eastern	Capalaba Victoria Point

Western	Bell Street

Sunshine Coast	Caloundra Noosa Heads Noosa Junction Sunshine Plaza University of the Sunshine Coast

Gold Coast	Broadbeach South Pacific Fair Southport Surfers Paradise Tweed Heads

Operators

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