CDC NSW is an Australian bus operator in

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. It is an umbrella brand of

ComfortDelGro Australia ComfortDelGro Australia is a major Australian public transport company. Founded in October 2005 as ComfortDelGro Cabcharge, a joint venture between Singapore-based ComfortDelGro (51%) and Australian Cabcharge (49%), today it is a fully owned sub ...

established in 2017 to cover the latter's New South Wales operations, some of which had been owned by ComfortDelGro since 2005. It was subsequently established as a legal entity (company) in 2019. The CDC NSW operations do not include the

CDC Broken Hill CDC Broken Hill, formerly Buslink Broken Hill and Murton's City Bus, is a bus operator in the Australian city of Broken Hill. It is a subsidiary of ComfortDelGro Australia. History In 1902, a steam tramway opened in Broken Hill. After this cl ...

, even though the operation is located in New South Wales. Together with CDC Mildura, they are managed by

CDC Victoria CDC Victoria is a transport company which operates in Victoria and is a subsidiary of ComfortDelGro Australia. It was renamed from Kefford Corporation, which was acquired by ComfortDelGro Cabcharge (predecessor of ComfortDelGro Australia) in Feb ...

. From April 2023, the CDC NSW brand will replace the branding of its

Hillsbus Hillsbus is an Australian bus company that operates services in the Hills District of Sydney. Founded in 2004 when National Express merged its Glenorie Bus Company and Westbus (Hills District operations only) subsidiaries, it is today part of C ...

and

Forest Coach Lines Forest Coach Lines is an Australian bus and coach operator. Founded in 1930 in the Northern Suburbs of Sydney, since 2016 it has expanded with purchases in the Mid North Coast and North West Slopes regions in New South Wales. It is a subsidiar ...

operations in Sydney.

History

In 2016, Singaporean company

ComfortDelGro ComfortDelGro Corporation is a multi-national land transport company listed on the Singapore Exchange, operating about 35,000 vehicles in seven countries. It was formed on 29 March 2003 through a merger of Singapore-based land transport compa ...

bought out ComfortDelGro Cabcharge from its joint venture partner

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and renamed the company to ComfortDelGro Australia. The CDC NSW brand began to appear in early 2017 as an umbrella branding of ComfortDelGro Australia's operations in New South Wales, which at the time consisted of

, Blue Mountains Transit,

Hunter Valley Buses Hunter Valley Buses is an Australian bus operator who operates bus, coach and charter services in the Central Coast and Hunter regions of New South Wales. Previously known as Blue Ribbon, it was one of the first companies to be bought by Comfo ...

, QCity Transit,

Transborder Express Transborder Express is an Australian bus and coach company based in Yass. Since September 2012, Transborder Express has been owned by ComfortDelGro Australia. History Transborder Express was established in July 1954 by Jack Williams operating a ...

and Charterplus. The logo was introduced on its website in April 2017. In following few years since, ComfortDelGro Australia acquired a number of bus companies in Australia, some in New South Wales such as

. However, until 2023, the majority of the New South Wales operations were not rebranded, unlike its Victorian counterparts which had been rebranded to CDC in 2014. CDC NSW became the largest commuter bus operator in 2018/2019, with the acquisition of

Coastal Liner Coastal Liner is an Australian bus company operating services on the New South Wales Central Coast. It is a subsidiary of ComfortDelGro Australia. History Established in 1986 after the acquisition of the Dooralong to Wyong bus run from local o ...

and Blanch's Bus Company in that period. In March 2022,

announced it intended to rebrand all of its operations in

under the CDC NSW brand. Following it successfully tendering to continue operating regions 4 and 14 in

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, ComfortDelGro Australia announced that its

(Sydney only) and

subsidiaries will both be rebranded when the new contracts commence in April and May 2023.

Operations

Hillsbus

Hillsbus a bus operator who operates bus services in the Hills District in

. It was one of the first companies to be bought by ComfortDelGro Cabcharge in 2005. Since 2005, Hillsbus' services have formed Sydney Bus Region 4. In August 2013 Hillsbus successfully tendered to operate the Region 4 services for another five years from August 2014. Hillsbus will be rebranded as CDC NSW when the new contract for Region 4 commences in April 2023.

Hunter Valley Buses

Hunter Valley Buses is a bus operator who operates bus, coach and charter services in the Central Coast and

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regions of

. Previously known as Blue Ribbon, it was one of the first companies to be bought by ComfortDelGro Cabcharge in 2005. Since 2008, Hunter Valley Buses' services have formed Outer Sydney Metropolitan Bus Regions 2 and 4. In August 2018, its service area expanded to include Outer Sydney Metropolitan Bus Region 11 after the purchase of

CDC Travel

CDC Travel is CDC's bus charter division for its Sydney and Blue Mountains operations. Initially established as Charterplus in 2008 to centralise the charter operations between the Hillsbus depots, this was expanded to the Westbus depots in 2009. It organises charters for the CDC group, CDC rail bus workings, as well as CDC's special event commitments. Charterplus was renamed CDC Travel in November 2018. Originally based at Bonnyrigg, all Sydney CDC Travel vehicles are now based at the St Marys depot with some vehicles based in the Blue Mountains. As of July 2022, CDC Travel operates 57 buses transferred from both the New South Wales and Victorian operations.CDC Group
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Blue Mountains Transit

In August 2014, CDC purchased Blue Mountains Bus Company with 101 buses.Cabcharge buys bus company for $26.5 million
''

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'' 13 August 2014 It operated depots in

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Leura Leura (postcode: 2780) is a suburb in the City of Blue Mountains local government area that is located west of the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the series of small towns stretched along the Main W ...

and

Valley Heights Valley Heights is a small township of the City of Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. It is about from Sydney and is located east of the township of Springwood. At the , Valley Heights had a population of 1,337 people. Valley Heig ...

. Founded in 1951 as Pearce Omnibus, it operated services in the lower Blue Mountains. In 1999, it expanded with the purchase of Katoomba-Leura Bus Service, followed in 2002 by Blue Mountains Bus Co. On 1 December 2014, CDC formally took over the operations of Blue Mountains Bus Company and rebranded it as Blue Mountains Transit. Blue Mountains Transit now operates 73 buses as of July 2022, across the same 3 depots, which includes the recent additions of 14 ex-StationLink buses in July 2019.

CDC Canberra

In September 2012, CDC purchased Deane's Transit Group which comprised Deane's Buslines which operates local services in

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and into

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, and

which runs services between

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and Canberra. Both brands also operate school services within their service region. On 8 July 2013, Deane's Buslines was rebranded as Qcity Transit. As of July 2022, the combined QCity Transit and Transborder Express fleet consists of 149 buses. In January 2023, Qcity Transit and Transborder Express were rebranded as CDC Canberra.

Forest Coach Lines

Forest Coach Lines is a bus and coach operator which operates in the Northern Suburbs of

, the Mid North Coast, and North West Slopes regions in

. Since 2005, Forest Coach Lines' services in Sydney have formed Sydney Bus Region 14. It was acquired by ComfortDelGro in August 2018. In October 2021, CDC merged its newly acquired school bus business from KA & VK Stubbs Pty Ltd into its Forest Coach Lines business in Narrabri and Wee Waa. The Sydney (Region 14) operations will be rebranded as CDC NSW when the new contract for Region 14 commences in May 2023.

Blanch's Bus Company

Blanch's Bus Company, established in 1976, operates scheduled route and school bus services in the Ballina,

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Byron Bay Byron Bay ( Minjungbal: ''Cavvanbah)'' is a beachside town located in the far-northeastern corner of the state of New South Wales, Australia on Bundjalung Country. It is located north of Sydney and south of Brisbane. Cape Byron, a hea ...

and

Mullumbimby Mullumbimby is an Australian town in the Byron Shire in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. It promotes itself as "The Biggest Little Town in Australia". The town lies at the foot of Mount Chincogan in the Brunswick Valley about 9 k ...

areas of

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out of depots in Ballina and

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. Since 2010, it also owned Brunswick Valley Coaches, while retaining the latter's brand. Blanch's Bus Company and Brunswick Valley Coaches were acquired by ComfortDelGro in April 2019. As of July 2022, the fleet consists of 49 buses.

Former operations

While CDC NSW was only established in 2017,

Westbus Westbus was an Australian bus and coach operator that operated bus services in Western Sydney from 1955 until October 2013. Founded by the Bosnjak family, it later became a subsidiary of National Express and later ComfortDelGro Cabcharge (now ...

was one of the first three New South Wales bus companies to be acquired by

ComfortDelgro Cabcharge ComfortDelGro Australia is a major Australian public transport company. Founded in October 2005 as ComfortDelGro Cabcharge, a joint venture between Singapore-based ComfortDelGro (51%) and Australian Cabcharge (49%), today it is a fully owned su ...

in 2005.

Westbus

Westbus was a bus operator who operated bus services in

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. It was one of the first companies to be bought by ComfortDelGro Cabcharge in 2005. Until its cessation, Westbus' services were part of Sydney Bus Regions 1 and 3. In 2012, these regions were put out to tender by

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. Westbus' bids to retain both regions were not successful, with the Region 1 services operating out of St Marys and Windsor passing to

Busways Busways is an Australian bus company operating services in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis ...

, while the Region 3 services operated by Bonnyrigg and Girraween passing to

Transit Systems Sydney Transit Systems NSW, previously known as Transit Systems Sydney, is a bus operator in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems. History In November 2012, Transit Systems was awarded a contract by Transport for ...

, both in October 2013.Transit Systems awarded Sydney buses contract
Transit Systems 7 November 2012 As a result, Westbus ceased to operate routes, with remaining bus fleet transferred to other ComfortDelGro Cabcharge subsidiaries.

References

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