In September 1958 route 140A Middle Brighton - St Kilda station was purchased from Eastern Suburbs Omnibus Service.
Melbourne | Brighton | University of Melbourne | bus | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Delta Air Lines | South Melbourne | Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. | Greyhound Lines | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Melbourne Cup | Bus Éireann | Melbourne Storm | Eastern Air Lines | Outside the Lines | Melbourne Football Club | Russell Street, Melbourne | New Brighton | Melbourne Grammar School | North Melbourne | Melbourne Airport | William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne | Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit | Brighton railway station | Brighton and Hove | The Magic School Bus | Scotch College, Melbourne | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway | Brighton Main Line | Austin Hospital, Melbourne |
Plans were sufficiently advanced for Melbourne - Brighton Bus Lines to have taken delivery of six Volgren bodied Volvo B10M buses before it was decided to retain the rail service after much opposition.