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Portsea Passenger Service
ParentVentura Bus Lines
HeadquartersRosebud
Service areaSouth Eastern Melbourne
Service typeBus operator
Routes4
DestinationsDromana
Portsea
Rosebud
Sorrento
StationsFrankston
Fleet45 (April 2014)
Chief executiveAndrew Cornwall
Websitewww.venturabus.com.au

Portsea Passenger Service is a bus operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operates four bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria.

History

Portsea Passenger Service was purchased by Grenda Corporation in February 1983.[1][2] It was included in the sale of Grenda Corporation to Ventura Bus Lines in November 2011.[3][4]

Fleet

As at April 2014 the fleet consisted of 45 buses coaches.[5] Portsea Passenger Service adopted the same cream and three blues as Peninsula Bus Lines. It has since adopted the standard white with red and yellow flashes of Grenda Corporation.

See also

References

  1. ^ Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. p. 24.
  2. ^ "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama 6/2 September 1990 page 13
  3. ^ Grenda Announcement 18/11/2011 Grenda Corporation 18 November 2011
  4. ^ The man with the golden handshake The Australian 10 March 2012
  5. ^ Grenda Corporation - Portsea Passenger Transport Australian Bus Fleet Lists