Reservoir Bus Company
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Reservoir Bus Company is a privately owned bus operator in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government. It also owns East West Bus Company
East West Bus Company
East West is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is owned between a joint venture with Dyson's Bus Services and Reservoir Bus Company. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government...

 and Melbourne Bus Link
Melbourne Bus Link
Melbourne Bus Link is a Melbourne bus company, owned by a joint partnership between Dyson's and Reservoir Bus Companies to run government operated routes covering the western and south east regions of Melbourne.-Routes:...

 in a joint venture with Dyson's Bus Services
Dyson's Bus Services
Dyson's Bus Services is a privately owned bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government. Beyond operating route services, it also owns the Cobb and Co coach company...

. Beyond operating route services, it also owns the Midland Tours company.

Route service brands

  • Reservoir Bus Company
  • East West Bus Company (a joint venture with Dyson's Bus Services)
  • Melbourne Bus Link (a joint venture with Dyson's Bus Services)

Routes

The Reservoir Bus Company runs mainly in the Northern suburbs of Melbourne and now has a mostly low-floor bus fleet on their routes. Reservoir Bus Company also have set runs for each bus. Three routes are operated under the East West Bus Company name but two are run by Dysons. A number of school bus runs are also operated by the company. The Latrobe University Bundoora Campus shuttle bus is operated under the Midland Tours name.

Reservoir Bus Company operates routes
  • 552 Northcote Plaza SC
    Northcote Shopping Plaza
    Northcote Plaza Shopping Centre is a sub regional shopping centre located in Northcote, in the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia.It was built on a former brickworks site and opened in 1981...

     – North East Reservoir via Reservoir RS, Regent RS (every day). Operated by Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company is a privately owned bus operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government. It also owns East West Bus Company and Melbourne Bus Link in a joint venture with Dyson's...

    .
  • 553 Preston
    Preston, Victoria
    Preston is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Darebin. At the 2006 Census, Preston had a population of 27,892.-Settlement:...

     – West Preston via Reservoir RS, Regent RS (every day). Operated by Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company is a privately owned bus operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government. It also owns East West Bus Company and Melbourne Bus Link in a joint venture with Dyson's...

    .
  • 554 Thomastown
    Thomastown, Victoria
    Thomastown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea...

     – Thomastown
    Thomastown, Victoria
    Thomastown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea...

    via Lalor RS (Monday to Friday (peak)). Operated by Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company is a privately owned bus operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government. It also owns East West Bus Company and Melbourne Bus Link in a joint venture with Dyson's...

    .
  • 555 Northland SC
    Northland Shopping Centre
    Northland Shopping Centre is a major shopping centre in East Preston, approximately 11 km north of the Melbourne Central Business District in Victoria. Its motto is Style Up...

     – Epping Plaza
    Epping plaza
    Epping Plaza is a shopping centre in Epping, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It opened in May 1996. It is located on the corner of High Street and Cooper Street, 500 m away from Epping railway station, Melbourne, and approximately 21 km north of the Melbourne CBD.In mid 2007,...

    via Reservoir RS, Ruthven RS, Keon Park RS, Thomastown RS, Lalor RS (every day). Operated by Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company is a privately owned bus operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government. It also owns East West Bus Company and Melbourne Bus Link in a joint venture with Dyson's...

    .
  • 556 Northland SC
    Northland Shopping Centre
    Northland Shopping Centre is a major shopping centre in East Preston, approximately 11 km north of the Melbourne Central Business District in Victoria. Its motto is Style Up...

     – Epping Plaza
    Epping plaza
    Epping Plaza is a shopping centre in Epping, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It opened in May 1996. It is located on the corner of High Street and Cooper Street, 500 m away from Epping railway station, Melbourne, and approximately 21 km north of the Melbourne CBD.In mid 2007,...

    via Reservoir RS, Epping RS (every day). Operated by Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company is a privately owned bus operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government. It also owns East West Bus Company and Melbourne Bus Link in a joint venture with Dyson's...

    .
  • 557 Thomastown
    Thomastown, Victoria
    Thomastown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea...

     – Thomastown
    Thomastown, Victoria
    Thomastown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea...

    via Lalor RS (Monday to Saturday). Operated by Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company is a privately owned bus operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government. It also owns East West Bus Company and Melbourne Bus Link in a joint venture with Dyson's...

    .
  • 558 Reservoir
    Reservoir, Victoria
    Reservoir is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Darebin. At the 2006 Census, Reservoir had a population of 45,970....

     – Reservoir
    Reservoir, Victoria
    Reservoir is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Darebin. At the 2006 Census, Reservoir had a population of 45,970....

    (Monday to Saturday). Operated by Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company is a privately owned bus operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government. It also owns East West Bus Company and Melbourne Bus Link in a joint venture with Dyson's...

    .
  • 559 Thomastown
    Thomastown, Victoria
    Thomastown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea...

     – Thomastown
    Thomastown, Victoria
    Thomastown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea...

    via Lalor RS (Monday to Saturday). Operated by Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company is a privately owned bus operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government. It also owns East West Bus Company and Melbourne Bus Link in a joint venture with Dyson's...

    .
  • 575 Thomastown
    Thomastown, Victoria
    Thomastown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea...

     – Epping North via Epping Plaza SC, Epping RS (Monday to Saturday). Operated by Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company is a privately owned bus operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government. It also owns East West Bus Company and Melbourne Bus Link in a joint venture with Dyson's...

    .
  • 577 Epping Plaza
    Epping plaza
    Epping Plaza is a shopping centre in Epping, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. It opened in May 1996. It is located on the corner of High Street and Cooper Street, 500 m away from Epping railway station, Melbourne, and approximately 21 km north of the Melbourne CBD.In mid 2007,...

     – Mill Park Lakes via Epping RS (every day). Operated by Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company
    Reservoir Bus Company is a privately owned bus operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates a number of bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government. It also owns East West Bus Company and Melbourne Bus Link in a joint venture with Dyson's...

    .

- William Ruthven Secondary College routes 001, 002, 003, 004 and 005 Express to Merrilands Campus.

East West Bus Company operates routes
  • 561 Coburg
    Coburg, Victoria
    Coburg is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland, although a handful of properties on Coburg's Eastern boundary are located in the City of Darebin...

     – Macleod
    Macleod, Victoria
    Macleod is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area are the cities of Banyule and Darebin. At the 2006 Census, Macleod had a population of 8083...

    via Reservoir RS, La Trobe University, Macleod RS (every day). Operated by East West Bus Company
    East West Bus Company
    East West is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is owned between a joint venture with Dyson's Bus Services and Reservoir Bus Company. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government...

    .
  • 570 Thomastown
    Thomastown, Victoria
    Thomastown is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 17 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea...

     – RMIT Bundoora via Lalor Plaza SC (Monday to Friday). Operated by East West Bus Company
    East West Bus Company
    East West is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is owned between a joint venture with Dyson's Bus Services and Reservoir Bus Company. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government...

    .
  • 571 Epping
    Epping, Victoria
    Epping is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea...

     – South Morang
    South Morang, Victoria
    South Morang is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whittlesea...

    via Plenty Valley SC (every day). Operated by East West Bus Company
    East West Bus Company
    East West is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is owned between a joint venture with Dyson's Bus Services and Reservoir Bus Company. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates bus routes under contract from the Victorian State Government...

    .

Routes 570 & 571 are run by Dysons.
who owns 50% of East-west

See also

  • List of bus companies#Victoria
  • List of Melbourne bus routes
  • Buses in Melbourne
    Buses in Melbourne
    Buses in Melbourne, Australia, are a major form of public transport in Melbourne, with an extensive bus network. The network of 323 bus routes is operated by a number of privately owned bus companies....


External links


Official site

  • http://www.reservoirbus.com.au/
  • http://www.midlandtours.com.au/
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