History
The venture was established on 3 October 2005 to purchase loss-making bus company Westbus from National Express and the Bosnjak family. The sale price was $106.7 million. The company traces its origins to 1955, with the Bosnjak family's establishment of the bus company in Western Sydney.
In July 2006, the bus routes and assets of Baxter's Bus Lines were acquired by ComfortDelgro Cabcharge, and absorbed into Westbus operations. The former Baxter's routes were run by Westbus from 31/8/2006.
In 2007, Toronto Bus Services was purchased by ComfortDelgro Cabcharge and rebranded as Hunter Valley Buses.
In March 2008, ComfortDelgro Cabcharge's bus charter division, CharterPlus, was established.
The Kefford Group in Victoria was purchased for $142.9 million in November 2008. The group was renamed CDC Victoria, but the names of the bus companies within the group was kept.
The Deane's Transit Group brands of Deane's Buslines (Capital Region) and Transborder Express which operate services in Yass, Murrumbateman, Hall, Canberra, Queanbeyan, Jerrabomberra and Bungendore were acquired by CDC for $53m. CDC took control of the company on 1 September 2012. Deane's Buslines operations on the South Coast of NSW were not included in the acquisition, and are no longer owned by Deane's Transit Group.
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