On 1 June 1899, the company was compulsorily acquired by the local municipality to become Dundee City Tramways, which was electrified between 1900 and 1902.

[1] Local government reorganisation meant that the bus operation passed to Tayside Regional Council in May 1975.

[6][better source needed] Tayside Public Transport was eventually sold in an employee buyout in June 1991.

However, shortly after the formation of a joint venture between Citylink and Stagecoach in November 2005, Travel Dundee's services ceased.

[citation needed] They were reinstated at short notice from 9 January 2006 when extra journeys were added to route M91 from Perth direct to Edinburgh.

In May 2006, Travel Dundee commenced operating journeys on route M90 Perth - Kinross - Dunfermline - Edinburgh.

The company later purchased 29 new Wright Eclipse Urban 2-bodied Volvo B7RLEs in 2011 and 2012, which were used to replace older vehicles,[citation needed] and in 2013, the company received its first nine Alexander Dennis Enviro400H hybrid electric buses, partly funded by the Scottish Government Green Bus Fund.

[22][23] During 2023, as part of the operator's 'Project Boost' initiative, Xplore Dundee received multiple refurbished Alexander Dennis Enviro400s for use on routes 1, 32 and 33 to replace some of the older vehicles in the fleet.