Whitsunday Transit

Whitsunday Transit is an Australian bus and coach operator services in the Whitsunday Region. It operates services as part of the QConnect network.

Whitsunday Transit
ParentColin Crossley
HeadquartersProserpine
Service areaWhitsunday Region
Service typeBus & coach operator
Depots2
Fleet30 (August 2014)
Websitewww.whitsundaytransit.com.au

History

Whitsunday Transit for formed by Sydney bus proprietor Colin Crossley [1] in 1998, after he purchased Sampson's Buses from founder George Sampson[2] and the Proserpine-based company Daly's Bus Service.

Services

Whitsunday Transit operates services from Proserpine to Shute Harbour via Airlie Beach.[3]

It also operates a service from Proserpine station to Shute Harbour that connects with Traveltrain's Spirit of Queensland service.[4]

Fleet

As at August 2014, the fleet composed of 30 buses and coaches.[5] Under Sampson ownership, fleet livery was cream offset by blue and red. When Colin Crossley purchased the business, he introduced the two blue and yellow carried by his Sydney operation. In 1998, a blue waves livery was introduced. This later gave way to a predominantly white livery.

References
  1. Family fireworks to go ahead for next two years Whitsunday Times 27 December 2014
  2. Vale: George Sampson Australasian Bus & Coach 3 August 2011
  3. Airlie Beach and Proserpine bus services qconnect
  4. "Spirit of Queensland timetable" (PDF). Queensland Rail Travel. 14 December 2018.
  5. Whitsunday Transit Australian Bus Fleet Lists


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