Hobart Coaches was a
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n coach company. It was originally started as a subsidiary company of Hazell Bros with services starting in the
Kingston and
Blackmans Bay
Blackmans Bay is a coastal suburb of Tasmania, Australia, part of the Kingston-Blackmans Bay urban area and a satellite town of Greater Hobart.
Etymology
Blackmans Bay was named after a James Blackman who occupied land there in the 1820s. A ...
,
D'Entrecasteaux Channel
The D'Entrecasteaux Channel is a body of water located between Bruny Island and the south-east of the mainland of Tasmania, Australia. The channel is the mouth for the estuaries of the Derwent and the Huon Rivers and empties into the Tasman S ...
,
Huon,
Richmond
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and
New Norfolk
New Norfolk is a town on the River Derwent, in the south-east of Tasmania, Australia. At the 2011 census, New Norfolk had a population of 5,543.
Situated north-west of Hobart on the Lyell Highway, New Norfolk is a modern Australian region ...
areas.
From there, it increased the passenger and freight areas to
St Helens on the east coast,
Queenstown on the west coast and
Port Arthur down the Peninsula.
With increasing popularity, Hobart Coaches enlarged its fleet of vehicles and began day and extended tours.
The company then became involved in extending services to what is known as the Main Rd. service travelling between Launceston, Devonport and Burnie. This continued for many years until 1999 when Hazell Bros sold Hobart Coaches to
Tasmanian Metro Coaches.
Service-wise, the Blackmans Bay, Richmond and New Norfolk services went to Metro, the Main Road service went to
Redline Coaches and the tour section with east coast, west coast, Port Arthur and Huon were purchased by a mainland company now known as
Tassielink Transit
Tasslielink Transit is a bus and coach operator in Hobart and Launceston, Tasmania.
History
In July 1987 Melbourne based Invicta Bus Services purchased the business of Morse's Bus Service, Devonport. This was sold in 1990.
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[Tassielink history]
Tassielink
Hobart Coaches fleet were re-painted all white with a new Yellow and Green Logo, the same colours worn by Metro Tasmania. All of the coaches were re-numbered from #1 to #11. The coaches were also frequently seen doing 'Metro' bus runs, This created some confusion for the travelling public as they were not used to travelling on coaches on their daily travels, so Metro later revised the colour scheme to Red/White, shortly after this Metro started to wind down Hobart Coaches operations.
In the years following the Richmond Service was sold off to TassieLink Transit and the New Norfolk service to O'Driscoll Coaches / Derwent Valley Link.
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Metro Tasmania still retain the Kingston Area but have changed all services to 'Metro' and the name Hobart Coaches is no longer used.
The last two Hobart Coaches have since been sold, #9 is now a camper, and #11 sold to another operator.
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References
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External links
Hobart Coaches official web site
(Now directs to metrotas.com,au)
Transport in Hobart