Tassielink Transit

Tasslielink Transit is a bus and coach operator in Hobart and Launceston, Tasmania.

Tassielink Transit
ParentJohn Usher
HeadquartersDerwent Park
Service areaTasmania
Service typeCoach services
Fleet36 (August 2012)
Websitewww.tassielink.com.au

History

In July 1987 Melbourne based Invicta Bus Services purchased the business of Morse's Bus Service, Devonport.[1] This was sold in 1990.

The businesses of Tag Along Tours, Hobart, and Mountain Stage Line, Launceston along with a Devonport to Cradle Mountain service were purchased. These were combined under the Tasmanian Wilderness Travel brand.

In 1997 TRC Travel was purchased. In 1999 the Port Arthur, West Coast, East Coast and Huonville services were purchased from Tigerline.[2] In October 2005 the service between Cressy, Longford and Launceston was purchased.

Fleet

As at August 2012 the fleet consisted of 36 buses and coaches.[3]

Depot

Tassielink Transit operate out of a depot in Derwent Park.[4]

References
  1. "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama 6/8 May 1991 page 14
  2. "Tigerline, Hobart" Australian Bus Panorama issue 14/3 December 1998 page 40
  3. Tassielink Transit - Hobart Bus Australia
  4. Tassielink Goes Greener Custom Coaches 10 July 2012
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