East West Bus Company

East West Bus Company was a privately owned bus operator in Melbourne, Australia. As a Melbourne bus company, it operated three bus routes under contract to the Government of Victoria.

History
East West Bus Company was formed in August 1980 as a joint venture between Dysons and Reservoir Bus Company (Cooper family) operating route 560 Broadmeadows station to Greensborough. Route 560 ceased in April 2010 and was replaced by new SmartBus route 902. Route 571 (between Roxburgh Park and South Morang) was truncated from Roxburgh Park to Epping and the truncated section was replaced by an extension of SmartBus route 901 in September 2010. As a result, East West Bus Company became operators of both SmartBus routes, jointly operated with Grenda's Bus Services.

Route 571 was originally introduced as a "Train Link" service in the 1990s between Roxburgh Park and South Morang as an interim measure while the South Morang extension of the Epping line was being planned and constructed. Buses ran on the route bearing the text "Train Link" at the front of the bus. The route was discontinued with the opening of the extension in April 2012. The two SmartBus routes 901 and 902 were taken over by Transdev Melbourne in August 2013. This left East West Bus Company with two bus routes 561 and 570.

While Dysons bought out Reservoir Bus Company (owned by Cooper family) in November 2012, East West Bus Company remained jointly owned by the Cooper family and Dysons until the Cooper family sold their share in February 2014. In February 2016, East West Bus Company began operating a new La Trobe University shuttle route 301.

As late as 2018, buses continued to run using the East West branding. By March 2019, all three routes (301, 561 and 570) were shown in the Public Transport Victoria website as being operated by Dysons, and the East West branding phased out.

Fleet
As of May 2013 East West Bus Service operated a fleet of 17 buses.