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Kefford Corporation
ParentComfortDelGro Cabcharge
Founded1850
Service areaBallarat
Geelong
Melbourne
Service typeBus & coach operator
DepotsAltona
Ballarat
Geelong
Oakleigh
Sunshine
Werribee
Fleet377 (May 2013)
Websitewww.kefford.com.au

History

The Kefford Corporation was started in the early 1850s by Richard Papworth Kefford began operating horse drawn lorries in Collingwood. The business later began operating trucks until selling its remaining operations in 1976.

In January 1976 Kefford Corporation entered the bus market with the purchase of Point Cook - Werribee Passenger Service, Werribee. In the 1980s a number of operations were purchased:

In the 1990s, the Point Cook - Werribee, Bono and Sitch services were rebranded as Westrans, the former Sinclair services as Eastrans.

In February 2009 Kefford Corporation was purchased by ComfortDelGro Cabcharge.

Fleet

As at May 2013 Kefford Corporation operated 377 buses.

See also

References

  1. Kefford Corporation Tiltaway
  2. Melbourne Metropolitan Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Melbourne: Bus & Coach Society of Victoria. 1991. pp. 31–34.
  3. "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama 6/1 July 1990 page 13
  4. "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama 6/8 May 1991 page 14
  5. ^ "Victorian Buses in the Eighties" Australian Bus Panorama 7/1 August 1991 page 3
  6. "Kefford Group Fleets" Australian Bus Panorama 7/1 August 1991 page 35
  7. "Kefford Expands" Australian Bus Panorama 15/4 February 2000 page 22
  8. Kefford Group finds a buyer Australian Bus & Coach
  9. CDC Group Australian Bus Fleet Lists
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