The following individuals held passenger licences from the Brisbane City Council on 10 November 1930. LicenseeRouteWeekly mileageThomas Arthur LewisMoorooka-North Quay429Alexander Kenneth Herschell and Mrs Vida Rebekah PhilpottYeronga-North Quay612Henry PocockCoorparoo-North Quay450Sydney … Continue reading Brisbane’s private bus operators as of 10 November 1930
While Brisbane City Council has been trialling four electric Yutong buses on the City Loop since June 2021, you may be surprised to learn that these are not the first … Continue reading Brisbane’s first electric bus
While the area is now subsumed by Brisbane Airport, Cribb Island was once a popular seaside resort for the people of Brisbane. The origins of the first motor bus service … Continue reading Cribb Island Bus Service
The story begins during the early 1970s when Reg and Yvonne Clark had their eldest daughter attending their local primary school, Loganholme State School, 30 kilometres to the south of … Continue reading Clark’s Logan City Bus Service
The story of Brisbane City Council's first Volvo buses begins in September 1974 when the newly formed Metropolitan Transit Project Board approved funding in the amount of $1,230,000 for the … Continue reading Brisbane’s Volvo B59 buses
The story begins back in 1942 when a 16-year old Stan Young began working for Monty Davies as a driver on his Port Curtis-Gracemere passenger service. Remarkably, this was not … Continue reading Young’s Bus Service
The following individuals held passenger licences from the Brisbane City Council on 9 December 1926. LicenseeRouteC.T.A. TyndallSandgate to CityLynn BrosSandgate to CityAlexander Smith GibsonCribb Island to BrisbaneJohn Joseph SladeCribb Island … Continue reading Brisbane’s private bus operators as of 9 December 1926
By staff writer of Truck and Bus Transportation Magazine, March 1953. For a large portion of the northern capital's commuter needs, the Brisbane City Council's Transport Department provides most of … Continue reading Silver network in Brisbane
The story begins back in 1954 when Roland Polley traded in his family farm at Wallumbilla near Roma in Western Queensland, for a move to the coastal town of Tin … Continue reading Polley’s Coaches
The Nundah Bus Service is one of Brisbane's lesser known private bus operations. Proprietor Ivan Godfred Franklin was originally a body builder by trade at Austral Motors, before starting his … Continue reading Nundah Bus Service (I.G. Franklin)