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Melbourne-Brighton Bus Lines was an Australian bus and coach operator in Melbourne. ==History== Melbourne-Brighton Bus Lines was formed in 1954 when a multitude of operators who operated route 1 Gardenvale to Melbourne City Centre and 2 Middle Brighton to Melbourne City Centre combined. A depot was established in Brighton to house the 24 vehicle fleet.〔"Melbourne - Brighton Bus Lines" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 8/4 December 1992 pages 4-17〕 In September 1958 route 140A Middle Brighton to St Kilda station was purchased from Eastern Suburbs Omnibus Service. In 1959 the depot was relocated to Elwood. In 1971 routes 140A, 1 and 2 were renumbered 600-602. Short journeys to Beach Avenue and Head Street were renumbered 603 and 604.〔 In March 1979 the Denning service agency and spare parts agency was gained. A coach operation was founded under the Melbright Coaches brand. In April 1985 the route operations were sold to the Metropolitan Transit Authority with 37 buses.〔 The Melbright Coaches operation was retained moving to Port Melbourne. Melbright Coaches ceased operating in November 1992 after it was unable to recover debts from Austral Denning following its entering receivership.〔〔"Melbright Coaches" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 8/6 February 1993 page 48〕 The licences were sold to the Driver Group.〔(About Us ) Driver Group〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melbourne-Brighton Bus Lines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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