Dyson Group of Companies, operating as Dysons, was a bus and coach operator in Victoria, Australia. The oldest of its subsidiary companies is L.C. Dysons Bus Services, which was founded in June 1952 and is based in Bundoora in the northern suburbs of Melbourne.
The company was acquired by bus operator Kinetic on 2 October 2026. The company ceased operations with all of its routes and assets transferred to Kinetic.
L.C. Dysons Bus Services was founded in June 1952 when Laurie Dyson purchased the business of Ned Gastin, who operated route 46A Regent station to Janefield Hospital. Over succeeding years, a number of routes and businesses were purchased both within Melbourne and in regional Victoria:
Further to the above acquisitions, Dysons also gained additional bus routes as a result of bus contracting:
In partnership with Reservoir Bus Company, Dysons formed Melbourne Bus Link in April 1998, after being awarded a contract to take over provision of services in the western and south-east regions of Melbourne from Met Bus. The operation ceased in August 2013.
PTV route services of Panorama Coaches (routes 343, 578, 579, 580 and 582) in July 2025
Services
Since the late 1970s, as well as running route services in Melbourne, Dyson have operated services under contract to V/Line. In February 1989, all of Dyson's existing long coach services were integrated into the V/Line network. Dyson operate V/Line services as far afield as Batemans Bay, Canberra, Griffith and Adelaide.
In September 2024, the Victorian Government announced that Dysons had been awarded a new ten-year bus contract to operate buses in northern Melbourne. As part of the new contract, it would retain roughly half of its existing routes (mostly north of the M80 Ring Road and east of Sydney Road), and would also gain five bus routes operated by Panorama Coaches. However, it would lose the other half of its existing routes. All but one (route 504) of its former Northern Bus Lines routes were lost to CDC Melbourne. Route 504, the two former Moonee Valley routes it acquired in February 2024 (routes 503 and 506), and nine other inner-north Melbourne routes were lost to Kinetic Melbourne. The new contracts and changes in bus operators commenced on 1 July 2025.
Fleet
As of June2024[update], Dysons fleet consisted of 690 buses and coaches. Dysons official fleet livery is white with green stripes however newer buses which operate route services in Melbourne are painted in the Public Transport Victoria livery. Some coaches are painted in V/Line livery and NSW TrainLink livery.
Cessation
In May 2026, it was announced that, after operating for 73 years, Dysons was to be bought by Kinetic. At the time, Kinetic Melbourne operated just south of Dysons' Melbourne operating area. The acquisition was finalised on 2 October 2026, with all Dysons routes, depots and assets transferred to Kinetic. The rebranding to Kinetic also began immediately that day and the Dysons brand ceased to exist.
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