Cardinia Transit


Parent	Ventura Bus Lines
Founded	June 1996
Headquarters	Pakenham
Service area	South Eastern Melbourne
Service type	Bus & coach operator
Routes	15
Hubs	Westfield Fountain Gate
Stations	Berwick Cranbourne Narre Warren Pakenham
Fleet	77 (April 2014)
Chief executive	Andrew Cornwall
Website	www.venturabus.com.au

Cardinia Transit is a bus and coach operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates 15 bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria.

History

Cardinia Transit was formed in June 1996 when Grenda Corporation purchased Berwick Bus Lines and amalgamated them with Grenda's Bus Services' Pakenham depot.^[1] It was included in the sale of Grenda Corporation to Ventura Bus Lines in November 2011.^[2]^[3]

Routes

834 Berwick – Narre Warren via Berwick North & Narre Warren South (Daily)
835 Berwick – Narre Warren via Narre Warren South & Berwick North (Daily)
836 Berwick – Eden Rise Shopping Centre via Beaconsfield station & Bridgewater (Daily)
837 Berwick – Beaconsfield East via Beaconsfield (Daily)
838 Emerald – Westfield Fountain Gate via Berwick station & Beaconsfield (Monday to Friday)
839 Berwick – Berwick North via Telford Drive (Daily)
840 Pakenham – Gembrook
841 Narre Warren North – Cranbourne via Cranbourne station, Narre Warren station & Westfield Fountain Gate (Daily)
842 Endeavour Hills Shopping Centre – Westfield Fountain Gate via Narre Warren North (Monday to Friday (off-peak))
846 Berwick – Eden Rise Shopping Centre via Bemersyde Drive & Bryn Mawr Boulevard (Daily)
847 Berwick – Casey Central Shopping Centre (Daily)
926 Pakenham – Westfield Fountain Gate via Lakeside, Beaconsfield station & Berwick (Daily)
927 Pakenham – Pakenham North via Meadowvale (Daily)
928 Pakenham – Pakenham South via Webster Way (Daily)
929 Pakenham – Pakenham North via Windermere Boulevard (Daily)

Fleet

As at April 2014 the fleet consisted of 77 buses and coaches.^[4] Initially Cardinia Transit adopted the cream with red stripes of Grenda's Bus Services. It has since adopted the standard white with red and yellow flashes of Grenda Corporation.

References

↑ "Cardinia Transit" Australian Bus Panorama 12/1 August 1996 page 36
↑ Grenda Announcement 18/11/2011 Grenda Corporation 18 November 2011
↑ The man with the golden handshake The Australian 10 March 2012
↑ Grenda Corporation - Cardinia Transit Australian Bus Fleet Lists

External links

Public Transport Victoria timetables

Melbourne's public transport - PTV

Modes and network	Trains (stations) Trams (routes) Buses (routes) - SmartBus Night Network

Ticketing	myki

Metropolitan rail operators	Metro Trains Melbourne (heavy rail) Keolis Downer - Yarra Trams (tram/light rail)

Regional rail operators	V/Line (heavy rail)

Metropolitan and regional bus operators	Broadmeadows Bus Service Cardinia Transit CDC Melbourne Cranbourne Transit Dyson's Bus Services East West Bus Company Grenda's Bus Services Invicta Bus Services Ivanhoe Bus Company Kastoria Bus Lines Martyrs Bus Service McKenzie's Tourist Services Moonee Valley Coaches Moorabbin Transit Moreland Buslines Panorama Coaches Peninsula Bus Lines Portsea Passenger Service Reservoir Bus Company Ryan Brothers Bus Service Sita Buslines Skybus Super Shuttle Sunbury Bus Service Transdev Melbourne Tullamarine Bus Lines US Bus Lines Ventura Bus Lines

Planned infrastructure	Melbourne Metro Regional Rail Link Proposed rail extensions Proposed tram extensions

Authorities	Department of Transport Level Crossing Removal Authority Public Transport Victoria

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