Whitsunday Transit

Whitsunday Transit is an Australian bus and coach operator services in the Whitsunday Region. It operates 1 service under contract to the Queensland Government under the Translink banner.

Whitsunday Transit
ParentColin Crossley
HeadquartersProserpine
Service areaWhitsunday Region
Service typeBus & coach operator
Depots2
Fleet40 (December 2022)
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] which is not operated under the Translink banner.

Route From To Via
860 Proserpine Shute Harbour Airlie Beach, Whitsunday Plaza, Cannonvale

Fleet

As at December 2022, the fleet composed of 40 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. "Route 860 | Translink". Translink Division, Department of Transport and Main Roads. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  4. "Spirit of Queensland timetable" (PDF). Queensland Rail Travel. 13 June 2020.
  5. "Australian Bus Fleet Lists - Queensland Fleet Lists". fleetlists.busaustralia.com. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
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