Peakhurst Bus Company was an Australian bus and coach company in

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The company operated under a variety of names: HT Saint, HT Saint & Sons, Peakhurst Bus Company, Peakhurst Bus & Coach Company, Lugarno Bus Company and Saints Peakhurst Coaches. Saints operated buses in the

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region. It operated routes: *88

Hurstville Hurstville is a suburb in Southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is 16 kilometres south of the Sydney CBD and is part of the St George area. Hurstville is the administrative centre of the local government area of the Georges Riv ...

Bankstown Bankstown is a suburb south west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 16 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is located in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, hav ...

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, acquired from West Bankstown Bus Service August 1964 *108 Hurstville -

Lugarno Lugarno is a suburb in the St George area of southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the local government area of the Georges River Council, 23 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district ...

Sydney Bus Routes
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Peakhurst Peakhurst is a suburb in Southern Sydney, or the St George Area, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 21 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district. Peakhurst is in the local government area of the Georges River Counci ...

via Hurstville In March 1989 routes 88 and 108 were sold to Southtrans with seven buses.History of Our Bus Services
Veolia Transport In December 1994 route 32

Kogarah Kogarah () is a suburb of Southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kogarah is located 14 kilometres (9 miles) south-west of the Sydney central business district and is considered to be the centre of the St George area. Loca ...

Dolls Point Dolls Point is a small suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Dolls Point is located 17 km south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Dolls Point is in the local government ar ...

was purchased from Foley's Bus Service. In January 1996 routes 32 and 113 were combined as route 947 Kogarah - Dolls Point - Hurstville - Peakhurst. With average requirements requiring a new bus to be purchased by the beginning of 1999, in December 1998 route 947 was sold. The Hurstville to Kogarah portion was sold to Southtrans and Hurstville to Peakhurst to

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. Saints remained as a charter operator before ceasing operations in April 2003, the three companies being liquidated in 2004.

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Saints had a 49% shareholding in bodybuilder Coachmaster and from the late 1950s purchased

Albion Aberdonian The Albion Aberdonian was an underfloor-engined bus designed and manufactured by Albion Motors between 1957 and 1960, it was introduced as a longer derivative of the Albion Nimbus. The Aberdonian, development code "Nimbus-Six", was designed to ...

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Alphas and

Bedford VAM The Bedford VAM was a bus chassis manufactured by Bedford from 1965. History In August 1965, Bedford Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population of the Bedford built-up area (including Biddenham ...

70s. In the 1980s Saints moved into coach operation with some Austral Tourmasters and a

Volgren Volgren is an Australian bus and coach body manufacturer. History Volvo Buses, VolGrenda Corporation, gren was formed in 1977 by Melbourne bus operator Grenda Corporation in Dandenong, Victoria. Because Grenda held the Volvo Buses dealership i ...

twin-deck

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. Saints livery was white with a black waistband.

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