Invicta Bus Services
| Parent | Ventura Bus Lines |
|---|---|
| Founded | 24 May 1936 |
| Headquarters | Lilydale |
| Service area | Eastern Melbourne |
| Service type | Bus operator |
| Routes | 16 |
| Hubs | Chirnside Park Shopping Centre Stud Park Shopping Centre Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre Westfield Knox |
| Stations | Bayswater Belgrave Boronia Croydon Ferntree Gully Lilydale Mooroolbark Oakleigh Ringwood |
| Fleet | 97 (April 2014) |
| Chief executive | Andrew Cornwall |
| Website | www.venturabus.com.au |
Invicta Bus Services was a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operated 16 bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria.
History
Croydon Bus Service owned by Bill Wilson commenced in May 1936 between Croydon and North Croydon. In December 1947 Clem Usher purchased the business. The business expanded with the purchase of Ringwood Bus Service in May 1952, A Turner in 1968, Adams Bus Service in January 1979.[1]
In July 1987 Invicta purchased Morse's Bus Service in Devonport, Tasmania. This was sold in 1990.[2][3]
Invicta was acquired by the Grenda Corporation in March 2009.[4] It was included in the sale of Grenda Corporation to Ventura Bus Lines in November 2011.[5][6]
Routes
- 663 Lilydale – Belgrave via Monbulk (Monday to Saturday)
- 664 Chirnside Park Shopping Centre – Westfield Knox via Bayswater station & Croydon (Daily)
- 670 Lilydale – Ringwood via Croydon station & Chirnside Park Shopping Centre (Daily)
- 671 Croydon – Chirnside Park Shopping Centre (Monday to Saturday)
- 672 Croydon – Wonga Park (Monday to Saturday)
- 673 Lilydale – Lilydale Lakes (Monday to Friday (Off peak))
- 675 Chirnside Park Shopping Centre – Mooroolbark (Monday to Friday (Off peak))
- 676 Lilydale – Lilydale (Monday to Saturday)
- 677 Lilydale – Chirnside Park Shopping Centre (Monday to Saturday)
- 679 Chirnside Park Shopping Centre – Ringwood via Lilydale station (Daily)
- 680 Lilydale – Mooroolbark (Monday to Friday)
- 681 Lysterfield - Westfield Knox via Wantirna, Scoresby & Rowville Clockwise (Daily)
- 682 Lysterfield - Westfield Knox via Wantirna, Scoresby & Rowville Anti clockwise (Daily)
- 691 Boronia – Waverley Gardens Shopping Centre via Stud Park Shopping Centre & Ferntree Gully station (Daily)
- 693 Belgrave – Oakleigh via Upwey station, Upper Ferntree Gully station, Ferntree Gully station & Centro Brandon Park (Daily)
- Telebus Croydon - Mooroolbark - Lilydale
- Telebus Rowville
Fleet
As at April 2014 the fleet consisted of 97 buses.[7] Invicta's buses were painted in a fawn and orange livery that was later superseded by a white, yellow and red livery. It has since adopted the standard white with red and yellow flashes of Grenda Corporation.
See also
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama 6/8 May 1991 page 14
- ↑ Tassielink History Tassielink
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Grenda Announcement 18/11/2011 Grenda Corporation 18 November 2011
- ↑ The man with the golden handshake The Australian 10 March 2012
- ↑ Ventura Group - Invicta Australian Bus Fleet Lists
