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
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Brisbane’s Volvo B59 buses
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
Silver network in Brisbane
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
Brisbane Tramways: Their history and development
By G. R. Steer, M.V.O. Read at a meeting of the Historical Society of Queensland, Inc., on August 26, 1943 On December 30, 1879 the Brisbane Municipal Council considered two … Continue reading Brisbane Tramways: Their history and development
Brisbane’s Leyland Panthers
The story begins in May 1964 when the Council approved a tender from Leyland Motors Ltd for the supply of 40 Leopard underfloor engine chassis, which became fleet numbers 343 … Continue reading Brisbane’s Leyland Panthers
Brisbane’s metropolitan private bus operators as of 8 September 1947
On 8 September 1947, the Brisbane City Council wrote to the Commissioner for Transport to explain the rationale behind its application to compulsorily acquire 20 privately operated bus services in … Continue reading Brisbane’s metropolitan private bus operators as of 8 September 1947