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The Whitmore Bus Group is a bus and coach provider in Regional Victoria. The company is Northern Victoria’s largest family owned bus operator.

History


The Whitmore Bus Group began in 1968 with the purchase of a single school bus run in Boort, Victoria.

The company expanded with the purchase of Manley’s of Serpentine in 2008. Strathfieldsaye Transit was subsequently purchased in 2013. Castlemaine Bus Lines was purchased in 2017. Maryborough Transit was acquired in 2019.

Services
The Whitmore Bus Group operates a range of urban services from multiple localities throughout Victoria.

Boort:

Boort to Bendigo (via Wedderburn) (V/line Service)

Bendigo:

70: Bendigo Station to Strathfieldsaye SC (via Saxby Drive)

71: Strathfieldsaye SC to Strathfieldsaye (Loop) (via Junortoun)

Castlemaine:

1: Castlemaine to Campbells Creek (via Johnstone Street)

2: Castlemaine Town Loop (via Castlemaine Hospital)

3: Castlemaine to Harcourt (via Midland Hwy)

4: Castlemaine to Maldon (via Maldon Rd)

5: Castlemaine to Taradale (via Pyrenees Hwy)

6: Castlemaine to Chewton (via Hitchcock Street)

Maryborough:

1: Maryborough to Hedges (via Mariners Reef Road)

2: Maryborough to Princess Park/Whirrakee (via Holyrood Street)

3: Maryborough to Pascoe (via Loch Street)

4: Maryborough to Maryborough Education Centre (via Gladstone Street)

Maryborough to Maryborough Station (Demand-Responsive)

Fleet
As of August 2019, the Whitmore Bus Group fleet consisted of 35 vehicles and over 40 professionally trained staff. The fleet mainly consists of Mercedes Benz buses, with a variety of King Long and Hino buses inherited through acquisitions.