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ComfortDelGro Cabcharge (CDC) is a major Australian operator of commuter buses. It is the second-largest commuter bus operator in New South Wales, and the third-largest commuter bus operator in Victoria. The company is a joint venture between Singapore-based ComfortDelGro (51%) and Cabcharge (49%). CDC operates services as part of the NSW metropolitan bus system under the Hillsbus, Hunter Valley Buses and Blue Mountains Transit brands. In regional NSW (Queanbeyan and Yass), CDC operates under the Qcity Transit and Transborder Express brands. In Victoria, CDC operates CDC Ballarat, CDC Geelong and CDC Melbourne. Outside of Australia, CDC owns Cityfleet in the United Kingdom that operates coach services in London under the Westbus banner and taxi services in a number of cities.〔(Cityfleet Website - About Us ), Retrieved 1 August 2015〕 ==History== The joint venture was established in October 2005 to purchase loss-making Westbus (Australia & UK), Hillsbus and Hunter Valley Buses from National Express and the Bosnjak family. The company traces its origins to 1955, when the Bosnjak family established a bus company in Edensor Park. In August 2006 the routes of Baxter's Bus Lines were purchased by and absorbed into Westbus operations.〔(CDC Group ) Australian Bus Fleetlists〕〔("Changes Galore in Sydney" ) ''Buses Worldwide'' November 2007 page 8〕 Morisset Bus Service, Sugar Valley Coachlines and Toronto Bus Service were purchased in August 2007 and absorbed into Hunter Valley Buses.〔(Toronto Bus Service ) Australian Bus Fleet Lists〕 In June 2008 a bus charter division was established under the Charter Plus name. Kefford Corporation in Victoria was purchased in November 2008.〔(Kefford Group finds a buyer ) ''Australian Bus & Coach'' 20 November 2008〕 The group was renamed CDC Victoria, but the names of the bus companies within the group were retained. The CDC brand was rolled out in 2014. In September 2012 Deane's Transit Group comprising Deane's Buslines (renamed as Qcity Transit) and Transborder Express in southern New South Wales were purchased.〔(Deane's buses sold for $53 million ) ''ABC News'' 4 August 2012〕〔(Deane's sold ) ''Australasian Bus & Coach'' 3 August 2012〕 In August 2014, CDC purchased Blue Mountains Bus Company, which was subsequently renamed Blue Mountains Transit in December 2014. 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「ComfortDelGro Cabcharge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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