The Transit Australia Group is a transport services company based on the Gold Coast

Gold Coast, Queensland

Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...

 in Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. Transit Australia trades under the products, Surfside Buslines and Gold Coast Tourist Shuttle on the Gold Coast, and Sunbus

Sunbus

Sunbus may refer to the following Bus companies operated by Transit Australia Group*Sunbus Townsville - The bus company operating Public Transport in Townsville, Queensland under Regional Queensland's QConnect Integrated Public Transport system...

 in the Queensland regions of Sunshine Coast

Sunshine Coast, Queensland

The Sunshine Coast is an urban area in South East Queensland, north of the state capital of Brisbane on the Pacific Ocean coastline. Although it does not have a central business district, by population it ranks as the 10th largest metropolis in Australia and the third largest in...

, Townsville, Townsville, Magnetic Island

Magnetic Island

Magnetic Island is an island offshore from the city of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. This mountainous island in Cleveland Bay has effectively become a suburb of Townsville, with 2,107 permanent residents. The island is accessible from Townsville Breakwater to Nelly Bay Harbour by ferry...

 and Cairns. In addition, Transit Australia also owns Bustech

Bustech

Bustech is an Australian bus bodywork company, established in 1998 on the Gold Coast, Queensland. It is owned by the Transit Australia Group, where buses are produced for its sister companies, Surfside Buslines and Sunbus, as well as other major Australian customers...

, a bus bodywork company

Bus manufacturing

Bus manufacturing is a specific sector of the automotive industry, which carries out the manufacturing of buses and coaches.-History:Bus manufacturing had its earliest origins in carriage building. Other bus manufacturers had their origins in truck manufacturing...

 on the Gold Coast.

History

Transit Australia Group was established in 2008 by the Calabro Family, which at the time were owners of Surfside Buslines and Bustech

Bustech

Bustech is an Australian bus bodywork company, established in 1998 on the Gold Coast, Queensland. It is owned by the Transit Australia Group, where buses are produced for its sister companies, Surfside Buslines and Sunbus, as well as other major Australian customers...

. At the same time, TAG announced the acquisition of Sunbus from Transit Australia in April 2008. In April 2009, TAG bought Magnetic Island Bus Services, and sold off the Sunbus Toowoomba operation to the Bus Queensland group.

In April 2010, TAG announced the acquisition of Hermit Park Bus Service in Townsville, expanding the group's operations in Townsville. Hermit Park Bus service was established in 1949.