Hornibrook Bus Lines
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| Parent | Keolis Australia |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1935 |
| Headquarters | Clontarf |
| Service area | Redcliffe Peninsula |
| Service type | Bus operator |
| Routes | 17 |
| Hubs | Kippa-Ring |
| Stations | Kippa-Ring North Lakes |
| Depots | 2 |
| Fleet | 64 (December 2022)[1] |
| Website | www.hornibrook.com.au |
Hornibrook Bus Lines is an Australian operator of bus services in the Redcliffe Peninsula and surrounding Upper Bayside area of Brisbane. It operates 17 services under contract to the Queensland Government under the Translink banner.
In August 1935 Hornibrook Highway Bus Service commenced operating a service from Redcliffe to Sandgate station.[2]
In 1975 Hornibrook Bus Lines was purchased by Geoff Mountjoy.[3] By the late 1980s it had purchased Redcliffe-Brisbane Bus Service and Sandgate-Lutwyche Bus Service.[2]
In 1998 South Western Suburban Transit was purchased.[4]
In 2015 Keolis Downer purchased Hornibrook Bus Lines along with the other franchises operated by Australian Transit Enterprise and is the current parent company to Hornibrook Bus Lines.[5]
Routes
Fleet
As of March 2025, Hornibrook Bus Lines operates 64 buses, with 14 additional extra buses being loaned to the operator by the Department of Transport and Main Roads.
Buses operated by Hornibrook Bus Lines include:[1]
- 1x Scania L94UB Volgren CR228L
- 24x Scania K230UB Volgren CR228L
- 10x Scania K280UB Volgren CR228L
- 4x Mercedes-Benz O500LE Bustech VST Mk IV
- 6x Mercedes-Benz O500LE Volgren Optimus
- 3x Scania K320UB Volgren Optimus
- 16x Volvo BZL Volgren Optimus
- 14x Department of Transport and Main Roads Volvo B8RLE Volgren Optimus