Busabout Sydney is a bus company that operates route bus services in South West Sydney, Australia. It currently operates on behalf of

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History

In November 1947, Sid Neville purchased route 58

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from MB & AK Scott. In April 1955, Neville purchased route 94 Liverpool - Ingleburn from Liverpool-Ingleburn Bus Service. In the 1960s, a coach charter business was established under the Coachways brand."Contractor changes in Sydney regions 2 and 15" ''Australian Bus'' issue 64 July 2014 pages 38/39 In 1994 Joe and Tony Calabro bought a 50% share of Neville's Bus Service with the operation rebranded as Busabout. The Calabro family had a long history with the south-western suburbs, having operated services in

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from 1951 until selling the operation to

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in June 1989 with 70 buses and coaches. Joe and Tony Calabro subsequently purchased

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in October 1989 followed by Hawkesbury Valley in November 1990. In September 1997, the Calabros purchased Liverpool Transport Co from the Garrard family, who operated services from Liverpool to

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, Austral, Hillview and

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. In October 2001 the Calabros purchased the remaining shares in Busabout and it was amalgamated with Liverpool Transport Co at the latter's West Hoxton depot under the Busabout name. On 2 December 2008, the Calabros purchased the Fearne's Coaches business in

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and Harden and rebranded it as

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From 2005 to 2013 Busabout's services were part of Sydney Bus Region 2, with some routes part of Region 3. On 13 October 2013,

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took over Region 3 having won a tender to operate the new region including two routes that were operated by Busabout. On 1 June 2014, Busabout's Sydney Bus Region 2 services passed to Interline and Busabout took over the Sydney Bus Region 15 services from

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. A new depot in region 15 opened 20 January 2015.

Fleet

As at December 2020, the fleet consists of 124 buses.Busabout Campbelltown, Smeaton Grange & West Hoxton
Australian Bus Fleet Lists Since 2001 all purchases have been bodied at the Calabro's

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operation. With the introduction of the Busabout name in 1994, a white, green and yellow livery was introduced. In 2010 the

white and blue livery began to be applied.

References

External links

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