Deanes Coaches was an Australian bus company operating route bus services and charter coaches on

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's North Shore.

History

Deanes Coaches was formed in August 1955 as Turramurra-Bobbin Head Bus Service when Ron Deane purchase route 166 Turramurra station to

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from Turramurra Hire Service. On 1 July 1968,

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was purchased with route 127 Longueville to Chatswood station and Longueville to Wynyard. In November 1970, Barnes Coaches was purchased with routes 54 Chatswood station to

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, 124 Chatswood to Lindfield, 221 Lindfield to Bradfield Park and 224 Tambourine Bay to Wynyard via Northwood. In July 1973, route 89

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was purchased from Eastwood Bus Company. In May 1977, a new depot was opened in

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to replace the Carlingford and

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facilities. Routes 54, 124 and 221 were also transferred here from

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allowing the

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depot to close. In December 1977, the Longueville and Northwood services were sold to Bernie Best as Lane Cove Bus Service with eight buses. In June 1986, routes 54 and 89 were sold to

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. In December 1988, routes 564 and 565 were sold to East Lindfield - Killara Bus Service with six buses and the remainder of the routes sold to Hornsby Bus Group in January 1989 with 21 buses and four coaches.Ownership Changes ''Fleetline'' issue 162 January 1989 page 11

Other interests

The Deane family have for many years operated ski lodges in the

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with Deane's buses sometimes transferred here in the ski season. From October 1964 until October 1985, Ron Deane also owned

Clipper Tours Clipper Tours was an Australian coach operator in Sydney. History Clipper Tours was formed by Ray Cotrill in Campsie. In October 1964, the business was sold to Ron Deane who operated Deanes Coaches on Sydney's North Shore."Denning Monocoach ...

which operated out of a depot that adjoined Deanes premises. Shortly before the sale of Deanes Coaches, in August 1988, Ron Deane purchased Menai Bus Service with six buses transferred from Macquarie Park.

Name revival

The Deanes Coaches name was revived by Ron Deane's sons Matthew and Brenton, who operated Forster Bus Service between January 1999 and October 2015, when the business was sold to the Buslines Group.Buslines Group acquires Deane's Mid-North Coast operations ''Australian Bus Panorama'' issue 74 March 2016 page 5

Routes

The routes at the time the business was sold were: *564: Chatswood station - Lindfield via

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*565: Lindfield - West Lindfield -

*567: Gordon station - West Gordon *568: Gordon -

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- Macquarie University *569:

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- Macquarie University *570: Turramurra station -

via Kissing Point Road *571: Turramurra station - South Turramurra via Carina Road *572: Turramurra station - Macquarie University via Kissing Point Road *573: Turramurra station - Warrawee Valley - Fox Valley *574:

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- Fox Valley *575: Turramurra station - East Wahroonga -

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*576: Turramurra station - East Wahroonga - North Turramurra - Turramurra loop *577: Turramurra station - North Turramurra - Bobbin Head *578: Turramurra station - Pymble via Bannockburn Road *579: Pymble - East Turramurra

Fleet

Deanes Coaches operated 27 buses and four coaches at the time of its sale. Fleet livery was originally dark blue, followed by yellow and white with light blue stripes followed by white with blue orange and yellow stripes.

References

{{Reflist Bus companies of New South Wales Bus transport in Sydney Defunct bus companies of Australia Transport companies established in 1955 Transport companies disestablished in 1989 1954 establishments in Australia 1989 disestablishments in Australia