Dysons

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Commenced operation	June 1952
Headquarters	Bundoora
Service area	Melbourne RegionalVictoria New South Wales Australian Capital Territory
Depots	Bairnsdale Bundoora Deniliquin Euroa Finley Hay Kyneton Mallacoota Moama Omeo Reservoir Sale Shepparton Wandong Wangaratta Wodonga
Fleet	690 (June 2024)[1]
Website	www.dysongroup.com.au

Dyson Group of Companies, operating asDysons, is a bus and coach operator inVictoria, Australia. The oldest of its subsidiary companies isL.C. Dysons Bus Services, which was founded in June 1952 and is based inBundoora in the northern suburbs ofMelbourne.

L.C. Dysons Bus Services was founded in June 1952 when Laurie Dyson purchased the business of Ned Gastin with route 46A Regent station to Janefield Hospital. Over the years a number of routes and businesses were purchased both withinMelbourne and in regionalVictoria:

• Nathalia toMelbourne from HE Taylor in August 1957^[2]
• Kinglake to Melbourne from Heather & Co in 1959^[2]
• a 50% shareholding inNorthcote Bus Service in 1966, later increased to 100%, operated as a separate brand until January 1982^[2][3]
• Lockington to Melbourne from Harrison,Echuca in 1968^[2]
• Barham andMoama to Melbourne from Andersons Coaches, Moama^[4]
• Dyson's entered a joint venture withReservoir Bus Company to formEast West Bus Company to operate route 560Broadmeadows station toGreensborough in August 1980^[2][5][6]
• Bega to Melbourne was from Gil Toplis in December 1982^[7]
• Deniliquin - Moama - Melbourne fromAnsett Pioneer in 1987^[2][8]
• Bairnsdale -Lakes Entrance from Lextours, Lakes Entrance in 1987^[8]
• Reids Metropolitan Services in December 1991^[2][9]
• Albury -Mildura from Arms & Bell in July 1992^[2][10]
• Sale - Bairnsdale and Bairnsdale -Orbost from Florance, Orbost in January 1994^[2][11][12]
• Eastern Roadlines,Bairnsdale in January 1994^[11]
• Entered a joint venture withCobb & Co andSid Fogg's to operate services on behalf ofAustralian Pacific Tours in 2001^[13]
• Bell Street Bus Company including theCobb & Co coach business in August 2003^[14][15]
• In 2003 Dyson's commenced operating services inAlice Springs, sold in May 2012 toAustralian Transit Group^[2][16]
• Kyneton Bus Lines in March 2006^[17]
• Mylon Motorways,Wodonga in July 2008^[18][19]
• Northern Bus Lines,Glenroy from thePulitano Group in July 2008^[20]
• Reservoir Bus Company and Midland Tours in November 2012^[21]
• Full ownership ofEast West Bus Company in February 2014^[22]
• Wangaratta Coachlines in July 2014^[23][24]
• O'Connell's Omeo Bus Service in April 2017^[25]
• Shepparton Transit/Fallons Bus Service on 1 June 2017 with nine regional bus routes, one V/Line route and 44 vehicles^[26][27]
• TheCorowa-Albury Rutherglen operation acquired by from R & L Webster in September 2017
• Bunnaloo Bus Lines inBunnaloo in January 2018
• McDonald'sEuroa in January 2018
• Wandong Bus & Coach in March 2018
• Purtills,Deniliquin in December 2019 with 55 vehicles^[28][29]
• Little's Gippsland Coaches in October 2021 with 28 vehicles^[30][31]
• Moonee Valley Coaches route services in March 2024 with 11 vehicles^[32]

Further to the above acquisitions, Dysons also gained additional bus routes as a result of bus contracting:

• In partnership withReservoir Bus Company, Dyson formedMelbourne Bus Link in April 1998 after being awarded a contract to take over provision of services in the western and south-east regions ofMelbourne fromMet Bus.^[33] The operation ceased in August 2013.
• PTV route services ofPanorama Coaches (routes 343, 578, 579, 580 and 582) in July 2025^[34]

As well as route services in Melbourne, since the late 1970s Dyson have operated services under contract toV/Line. In February 1989, all of Dyson's existing long coach services were integrated into the V/Line network.^[35] Dyson operate V/Line services as far afield asBatemans Bay,Canberra,Griffith andAdelaide.^[36]

From 2002 until December 2007, Dyson operated a service inNew South Wales betweenParkes andCondobolin under contract toCountryLink.^[37][38] In January 2015, Dyson commenced operating five-year contracts to operate services forNSW TrainLink fromWagga Wagga toGriffith,Cootamundra toTumbarumba, Cootamundra toBathurst/Dubbo and Parkes to Condobolin.^[39][40]

In September 2024, theVictorian Government announced that Dysons have been awarded a new ten-year bus contract to operate buses in northern Melbourne.^[34][41] As part of the new contract, it would retain roughly half of its existing routes (mostly north of theM80 Ring Road and east ofSydney Road), and would also gain five bus routes operated byPanorama Coaches. However, it would lose the other half of its existing routes. All but one (route 504) of its former Northern Bus Lines routes were lost toCDC Melbourne.^[42] Route 504, the two former Moonee Valley routes it acquired in February 2024 (routes 503 and 506), and nine other inner-north Melbourne routes were lost toKinetic Melbourne.^[43] The new contracts and changes in bus operators commenced on 1 July 2025.

As of June 2024, the fleet consisted of 690 buses and coaches. Dyson's official fleet livery is white with green stripes however newer buses which operate route services in Melbourne are painted in thePublic Transport Victoria livery. Some coaches are painted in V/Line livery and NSW TrainLink livery.^[1]

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