Kefford Corporation

Kefford Corporation
Founded early 1850s
Service area Melbourne
Ballarat
Geelong
Service type Truck, bus & coach operator
Depots Altona
Ballarat
Geelong
Oakleigh
Sunshine
Werribee
Website www.kefford.com.au

The Kefford Corporation was a transport company which operated in Victoria from the early 1850s until 2009.

History

The Kefford Corporation was started in the early 1850s when Richard Papworth Kefford began operating horse-drawn lorries in Collingwood. The business later began operating trucks but sold that side of its business in 1976.[1]

In January 1976 Kefford Corporation became a public transport operator, with the purchase of Point Cook - Werribee Passenger Service, Werribee. In the 1980s and 1990s a number of other bus operations were purchased.[2]

In the 1990s, the Point Cook - Werribee, Bono and Sitch services were rebranded as Westrans, and the former Sinclair services as Eastrans.

In December 2008, ComfortDelGro Cabcharge acquired Kefford Corporation for A$149 million.[9] At the time Kefford was the fourth-largest bus operator in Victoria, with a fleet of 328 buses and six depots, and with a market share of 16%.

References

  1. Kefford Corporation Tiltaway
  2. Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. pp. 31–34.
  3. "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama 6/1 July 1990 page 13
  4. "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama 6/8 May 1991 page 14
  5. 1 2 "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama 7/1 August 1991 page 3
  6. "Kefford Group Fleets" Australian Bus Panorama 7/1 August 1991 page 35
  7. Major bus buys for Kefford & Hill Australasian Bus & Coach
  8. "Kefford Expands" Australian Bus Panorama 15/4 February 2000 page 22
  9. Smith, Chris (2008-12-20). "Kefford Group Finds a Buyer". Australasian Bus and Coach. Bauer Trader Media. Retrieved 2015-11-20.
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