Kinetic Sunshine Coast
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Kinetic Sunshine Coast, formerly Sunbus Sunshine Coast, is a bus operator on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Operating services under contract to Translink, it is a subsidiary of Kinetic.
History
In 1995, Harry Blundred, the proprietor of Thames Transit in the United Kingdom, was awarded the operating rights to route services in the Sunshine Coast region, taking over the services around Caloundra and Maroochydore that had been provided by Sunshine Coast Coaches.[1] In 1996, Tewantin Bus Service was purchased with the services between Maroochydore and Noosa.[2]
As part of the deal, Sunbus was also responsible for the operation of school bus services in the region, however these were sold in 1997 to fellow British bus operator Stagecoach.[3][4]
In April 2008, Blundred sold Sunbus Sunshine Coast along with the other Sunbus operations to Transit Australia Group.[5]
In April 2019, Transit Australia Group was purchased by AATS Group, parent company of Skybus and majority owned by OPTrust.[6] In August 2019, AATS Group was rebranded Kinetic.[7]
In 2022, the Sunbus brand was retired in favour of Kinetic.
Services
Kinetic operates 30 services under contract to Translink.[8]
Fleet
Sunbus introduced a fleet of Mercedes-Benz Vario midibuses and Toyota Coaster minibuses. These have since been replaced by Bustech bodied Volvo B12BLEs and Bustech MDi and XDis.
As of January 2025, the fleet consisted of 127 buses.[9][10] Sunbus introduced a light blue livery. This has been replaced by the Translink white and green livery.
Depots
Kinetic operate depots in Caloundra and Marcoola.
References
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- ↑ "Private Operators" Fleetline July 1995 page 237
- ↑ "Tewantin Bus Service" Australian Bus Panorama 12/3 December 1996 page 53
- ↑ "Private Operators" Australian Bus Panorama 13/1 August 1997 page 22
- ↑ Buslink Australian Bus Fleet Lists
- ↑ Merger of minds Australasian Bus & Coach July 2009
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- ↑ Sunshine Coast network map Translink
- ↑ Kinetic - Caloundra Australian Bus Fleet Lists
- ↑ Kinetic - Marcoola Australian Bus Fleet Lists
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