Buslink

Buslink is a bus operator providing services in Alice Springs, Darwin, Jabiru and Humpty Doo. It is the largest operator in the Northern Territory. It is a subsidiary of ComfortDelGro Australia (CDC).

Darwinbus liveried Volgren bodied Mercedes-Benz OC500LE in February 2008
ParentComfortDelGro Australia
FoundedMay 1988
HeadquartersBerrimah
Service areaAlice Springs
Darwin
Humpty Doo
Jabiru
Gladstone
Sunshine Coast
Service typeBus services
Depots15
Fleet583 (January 2018)
Chief executiveMick Hannon
Websitewww.buslink.com.au

It also used to operate bus services in other Australian states and territories until these operations were rebranded to CDC in March 2020.[1]

History

Buslink was formed in May 1988 when Darwin operator Ace Bus Service purchased the business of Matilda Tours from Ansett Trailways and merged both operations under the Buslink brand with a fleet of 25 buses.[2]

In 1990 Buslink began operating services from Casuarina to Darwin and Palmerston previously provided by Darwin Bus Service.[3] In July 1992 Buslink took over the Alice Springs services previously provided by Alice Bus Company.[4][5]

In 1994 the Katherine school services of Travel North were purchased with six buses.[6] In July 2007 Shuker Bus Service was purchased.

Buslink also operate school bus services in Queensland under the Buslink Queensland brand[7][8] and hold a 50% shareholding in Buslink Vivo.[9][10][11]

In February 2017 Buslink took over Murton's City Bus of Broken Hill.[12][13] In November 2018 Buslink was purchased by ComfortDelGro Australia.[14][15]

On 1 March 2020, Buslink Sunraysia and Buslink Broken Hill was rebranded CDC Mildura and CDC Broken Hill respectively.[1]

Operations

As of March 2020, Buslink can be split into the following operations:[16]

Buslink also used to operate::

Northern Territory

Buslink operates in Northern Territory as Buslink Northern Territory or Buslink Vivo. Buslink Northern Territory operates half of Darwin's services under the Darwinbus brand[22] as well as services in Alice Springs under the ASBus banner.[23] It also operates buses in Jabiru.

Buslink also operated employee bus services in Darwin as a joint venture with Transdev called Buslink Vivo. The bus service ceased in July 2019.

Queensland
Main article: Buslink Queensland

Buslink operates in Gladstone and on the Sunshine Coast as Buslink Queensland.

New South Wales

Buslink operated in Broken Hill as Buslink Broken Hill, taking over Murton's City Bus in February 2017. It was rebranded as CDC Broken Hill in March 2020.[1]

NSW/Victoria border

Buslink operated in Mildura and Wentworth as Buslink Sunraysia. It operated as a partnership with Transit South West, an operator in Victoria.[24] The operation was previously known as Sunraysia Bus Lines. It was rebranded as CDC Mildura in March 2020.[1]

Fleet

As at January 2018 the fleet consisted of 583 buses.[25][26] Fleet livery is white with blue signwriting.

References
  1. "Buslink Sunraysia & Broken Hill Officially Renamed CDC Mildura & CDC Broken Hill". CDC Victoria. 1 March 2020.
  2. "Buslink" Australian Bus Panorama issue 4/4 January 1989 page 10
  3. "Northern Territory - Darwin Bus Service" Australian Bus Panorama issue 6/2 September 1990 page 30
  4. "Buslink, Darwin & Alice Springs" Australian Bus Panorama issue 8/3 November 1992 page 54
  5. "Northern Territory - Darwin Bus Service" Australian Bus Panorama issue 8/4 December 1992 page 21
  6. "Buslink Group" Australian Bus Panorama issue 10/1 July 1994 page 39
  7. Gladstone Buslink Queensland
  8. Sunshine Coast Buslink Queensland
  9. Veolia Transdev and Buslink jv 'Buslink Vivo' wins Ichthys employee transport contract UBI France 20 November 2012
  10. Top end tender awarded Australasian Bus & Coach 22 November 2012
  11. Veolia Transdev awarded 140 million euro contract in Australia Transdev 7 December 2012
  12. "Buslink Acquisition in Broken Hill". Buslink. 1 March 2017. Archived from the original on 24 December 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  13. Bus operator in outback New South Wales sells to national bus company ABC News 1 December 2016
  14. "ComfortDelgro Strengthens Foothold in Australia with Largest Acquisition to Date". ComfortDelGro. 5 November 2018. Archived from the original on 6 November 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  15. CDC to Buy Buslink for AUD$190M - Its Largest Australian Purchase to Date Australasian Bus & Coach 6 November 2018
  16. "Our Bus Operations". Buslink. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  17. "Thank You for visiting Buslink Vivo". Buslink Vivo. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019.
  18. "Buslink VIVO gets more than 15 million to work in Darwin". Transdev Australasia. 5 August 2019. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  19. Current details for ABN 45 004 367 471 ABN Lookup
  20. Current details for ABN 41 161 516 310 ABN Lookup
  21. Buslink Broken Hill Officially Renamed CDC Broken Hill CDC Broken Hill 1 March 2020.
  22. DarwinBus Network Archived 2013-12-27 at the Wayback Machine Buslink
  23. Buslink Alice Springs Archived 2013-12-27 at the Wayback Machine Buslink
  24. Buslink Sunraysia, Buslink, Retrieved 22 January 2018
  25. Buslink Berrimah Australian Bus Fleet Lists
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