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 ...

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is served by a number of bus operators, with

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 ...

the largest privately owned operator in

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as of January 2022 when the company took-over the NSW government's

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. Other major operators include

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Transdev Transdev, formerly Veolia Transdev, is a French-based international private-sector company which operates public transport. It has operations in 17 countries and territories as of November 2020. History The group was formed by the merger of V ...

and

Transit Systems Transit Systems Group is an Australian-based public transport company, which also operates overseas through its subsidiary Tower Transit Group. Transit Systems Group is a subsidiary of the Kelsian Group, formerly SeaLink Travel Group. History ...

. Most services are provided as part of the city's integrated public transport system, with routes, fares, service levels, fleet specifications and customer service standards determined by

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. A small number of services operate outside of this network.

History

Until the 1990s all of Sydney's private bus services were run by family owned companies. The Passenger Transport Act 1990 requiring average fleet ages to be maintained at no more than 12 years and minimum service levels, resulted in many of the smaller operators selling out to larger operators. But even these larger operators such as Baxter's,

, North & Western, Shorelink, South Trans,

Transit First Transit First was an Australian bus company operating in the south-western suburbs of Sydney. History Transit First's origins can be traced back to August 1982 when Peter Threlkeld purchased Holswothy Bus Co with 15 buses and services between ...

and

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 ...

, were still owned by Australian families. In the late 1990s and early 2000s multi-national transport operators including Connex,

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National Express National Express Group is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Birmingham, England. It operates bus, coach, train and tram services in the United Kingdom, Ireland (National Express operates Eurolines in conjunction ...

and

began to buy up some of these larger operators. In March 2004 the

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released the final report of

Barrie Unsworth Barrie John Unsworth (born 16 April 1934) is a former Australian politician, representing the Labor Party in the Parliament of New South Wales from 1978 to 1991. He served as the 36th Premier from July 1986 to March 1988. Early years Unswo ...

's Review of Bus Services in NSW. At that stage Sydney's bus operating contracts were divided into 87 contract areas. After recommendations from Unsworth's report, the contract regions were consolidated into 15 regions with seven year contracts negotiated with the operators. These contracts are known as Sydney Metropolitan Bus Service Contracts.

Contract regions

Bus contracts in Sydney are known as the Sydney Metropolitan Bus Service Contracts (SMBSC). There are 14 contract regions as of September 2022.

List of current bus operators in Sydney

* Busabout :Operates bus services in the Campbelltown and Camden areas. Also operates services in Wagga Wagga as

Busabout Wagga Wagga Busabout Wagga Wagga is an Australian private bus company formed in 1916 as Fearnes Coaches, with depots in Wagga Wagga and Harden, New South Wales. History Fearnes Coaches Fearnes Coaches was founded by William Fearne and William Borlase in 1 ...

. *

:Operates region 1 bus services in the

Blacktown Blacktown is a suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Greater Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Blacktown is located west of the Sydney central business district. It is one of the most multicultural places within Grea ...

Mount Druitt Mount Druitt is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown, and is part of the Greater Western Sydney reg ...

, , , , and

Rouse Hill Rouse Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rouse Hill is located in the Hills District, 43 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and 19 kilometres north-west of the Parramatta central ...

areas, as well as services on the

North-West T-way The North-West T-way is a continuous series of bus-only lanes and bus roadways between Parramatta, Blacktown and Rouse Hill in Western Sydney. Opened in stages between March and November 2007, the T-way was the second bus rapid transit route to ...

. Also operates region 7 bus services on the North Shore and in

Northern Sydney Northern Sydney is a large metropolitan area in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the north shore of Sydney Harbour and Parramatta River. The region embraces suburbs in Sydney’s north-east, north and inner north west. Northern Sydney is ...

. Also operates on the Central Coast and

Northern Rivers Northern Rivers is the most north-easterly region of the Australian state of New South Wales, located between north of the state capital, Sydney, and encompasses the catchments and fertile valleys of the Clarence, Richmond, and Tweed rivers. ...

. *

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 ...

:Operates bus services in region 14 Sydney's northern suburbs linking the city and Lower & Mid North Shore. A subsidiary 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 ...

since September 2018. *

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 ...

:A subsidiary of

. Operates region 4 bus services from depots at Dural, Northmead and Seven Hills and runs services in the

Baulkham Hills Baulkham Hills is a suburb in the Hills District of Greater Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 30 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district within the local government area of The Hills Shire. Baulkh ...

and

areas, as well as services on the

. *

Interline Bus Services Interline Bus Services is an Australian bus company operating services in South West Sydney. History Interline Bus Services was formed when the Oliveri family purchased route 102 Campbelltown Hospital - Macquarie Fields from Herbert Harriso ...

:Operates bus services out of a depot in Macquarie Fields in the and area. *

Keolis Downer Northern Beaches Keolis Downer Northern Beaches is a bus operator in Sydney, Australia. A subsidiary of Keolis Downer, it operates services in Sydney Bus Region 8 on the Lower North Shore and Northern Beaches under contract to Transport for NSW. Its headquart ...

:Operates region 8 bus services on the

Northern Beaches The Northern Beaches is a region within Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, near the Pacific coast. This area extends south to the entrance of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour), west to Middle Harbour and north to the entra ...

and the Lower North Shore. Also operates on-demand services on the Northern Beaches. A subsidiary of

Keolis Downer Keolis Downer is a joint venture between Keolis, the largest private sector French transport group, and Downer Rail, an Australian railway engineering company, that operates bus and tram services in Australia. History In June 2009, the Victor ...

. *

Maianbar Bundeena Bus Service Mainanbar Bundeena Bus Service is an Australian bus company operating services in southern Sydney. History In April 1953 SM Allison commenced operating route 64 Bundeena, New South Wales, Bundeena Wharf - Bonnie Vale Camping Ground. After passi ...

:Operates a bus service between Maianbar and Bundeena *

Punchbowl Bus Company Punchbowl Bus Company is an Australian bus company operating services in Sydney Region 5, servicing the Hurstville, Roselands, Bankstown, Strathfield and surrounding suburbs. It also operates bus services in Goulburn and Crookwell in the Souther ...

:Operate bus services in the south and inner south western suburbs, from a depot at . Also operates services in

Goulburn Goulburn ( ) is a regional city in the Southern Tablelands of the Australian state of New South Wales, approximately south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Canberra. It was proclaimed as Australia's first inland city through letters pate ...

as PBC Goulburn. *

Transdev John Holland Transdev John Holland Buses is a bus operator in Sydney, Australia. A joint venture between Transdev and John Holland, it operates services in Sydney Bus Region 9 in the Eastern Suburbs under contract to Transport for NSW. It is a separate compa ...

:Operates region 9 bus services between the

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and CBD. A 75/25 joint venture between

and John Holland. *

Transdev NSW Transdev NSW is a bus operator in the northern, southern and western suburbs of Sydney, Australia, operating on behalf of Transport for NSW. It is a subsidiary of Transdev Australasia. It is a different subsidiary to Transdev John Holland, whi ...

:Operates bus services in Sydney's southern suburbs, Hornsby area and the

Upper North Shore The North Shore is a region within Northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, generally referring to suburbs located on the northern side of Sydney Harbour up to Wahroonga, and suburbs between Middle Harbour and the Lane Cove ...

. *

:Operates bus services in Western Sydney and services on the Liverpool-Parramatta T-way, and from July 2018, region 6 in the

Inner West The Inner West of Sydney is an area directly west of the Sydney central business district, New South Wales, Australia. The suburbs that make up the Inner West are predominantly located along the southern shore of Port Jackson (Parramatta River) ...

List of defunct bus operators in Sydney

In the past, many of Sydney's bus services were operated by small companies, particularly in the middle and outer suburbs. Some of these companies only operated one or two routes. Most operated before the current revised route numbers and contract areas were introduced. Most defunct operators either had their companies acquired, had all their services transferred to other operators, merged to form larger companies, or renamed. A change of ownership without a change of operator name is not considered defunct. Some operators do not operate public routes or services anymore but still operate as charter companies.

Currently charter/tour operators

These operators, though not operating public routes anymore, still operate charter and/or tour services. *

Australia Wide Coaches Australia Wide Coaches is an Australian coach company operating charter services, an express service between Orange and Sydney and services in Central West New South Wales under contract to NSW TrainLink. History Australia Wide Coaches was foun ...

:Operates charter services from the Mascot area. Never operated Sydney Bus routes but operates a coach service between Sydney and

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. *

Baxter's Bus Lines Baxter's Bus Lines is an Australian bus charter company in Sydney. Until August 2006, it operated route bus services in Western Sydney. History Baxter's Bus Lines was founded by Roy Baxter and his son Garry after the Merrylands based services o ...

:Operated bus services in the western suburbs. Granville,

Bass Hill Bass Hill, () a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is located 23 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is a part of the South-western Sydney regi ...

services transferred to Veolia Transport NSW and

respectively in January 2005. The rest of the services (Region 3) were sold to

in 2006. Remains a tour and charter company only. * Crowthers (BusLink) :Operated bus services in and around Miranda,

Cronulla Cronulla is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Boasting numerous surf beaches and swimming spots, the suburb attracts both tourists and Greater Sydney residents. Cronulla is located 26 kilometres south of the Sydney ...

and

Kurnell Kurnell is a suburb in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire along the east coast. Cronulla and Woolooware are the only adj ...

until services were taken over by Veolia Transport NSW in 2009. Remains a coach charter company. *

Hopkinsons Hopkinsons is an Australian bus company in Western Sydney. Until October 2013 it operated route services until these passed to Transit Systems. It continues to trade as a charter operator. History Hopkinsons' origins can be traced to 1923 when ...

:Operated services in the

Parramatta Parramatta () is a suburb and major Central business district, commercial centre in Greater Western Sydney, located in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district on the ban ...

and

Merrylands Merrylands is a suburb in Western Sydney, Australia. Merrylands is located 25 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is in the local government area of the Cumberland City Council. History Merrylands was named after the for ...

area (Region 3) until 13 October 2013, when routes were transferred to

. Remains a tour and charter company. *

Metro-link Bus Lines Metro-link Bus Lines is an Australian bus charter company operating services in South West Sydney. History Metro-link Bus Lines was established in November 1954 when the Oliveri family, trading as Oliveri Transport Service purchased route 41 ...

:Operated feeder buses in Sydney's south west to Liverpool station (Region 3) until 13 October 2013, when routes were transferred to

. Remains a coach charter company. *Moore's Tours :Operated route 954 from a depot in

Blakehurst Blakehurst is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 18 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Georges River Council. It ...

until 2004 when route taken over by Punchbowl Bus Company. Was an associated company of

Harris Park Transport Harris Park Transport

until 2004. Remains a charter operator only.Moore's Tours Operator Information
''Australian Bus Fleet Lists, Retrieved 27 August 2014 *

Murrays Murrays Coaches is an Australian express and coach charter company. History Murrays was founded by Bill Murray in the early 1950s as a school bus operator in Canberra. The operation was taken over by Ron Murray in 1970 by which time it was op ...

:Operated routes 6 and 49 in southern Sydney until they were sold to Brighton Bus Lines in October 1982. Remains and has grown into a large coach charter company. * Sydney Coachlines :Operated routes 6, 49 and 68. Route 49 taken over by

Pioneer Coaches Pioneer Coaches was an Australian bus and coach company based in Bexley, New South Wales. The company was noted for its immaculate blue and red livery, known affectionately as "the blue bus". History In October 1918, Cornelius Bossley "Con" Iff ...

and routes 6 and 68 by Sydney Buses in October 1996. Remains a coach charter company.

Renamed or merged operators

*Campbelltown Transit Company :Operated services in Campbelltown. Rebranded as

in 1988Busways Company Profile
, Retrieved 13 August 2014 * Caringbah Bus Service :Operated bus services in Sydney's south. Services sold to Veolia Transport NSW in October 2011. Now a charter company with the name

Tiger Tours Tiger Tours was an Australian coach charter company in Sydney. Until October 2011, Tiger Tours was known as Caringbah Bus Service, and operated route bus services in Sydney Bus Region 11, in Sutherland Shire. History The company started in 194 ...

, was sold to Telford's in June 2015 * Connex Southtrans :Operated bus services in Sydney's south. Later renamed Connex NSW in 2002, then rebranded as Veolia Transport NSW in April 2006. *Deanes Coaches (South) :Renamed Southtrans in 1989 (later taken over by Connex in 1999). Now operates as Transdev NSW *

Glenorie Bus Company Glenorie Bus Company was an Australian bus company in the Hills District of Sydney. History Bus services in the Glenorie area commenced in the 1920s when George Deaman began operating. In 1952 Deaman sold out to Roy Baxter and George Tuckno ...

:Rebranded as

in December 2004, along with Westbus' Hills District routes. * Hawkesbury Valley Buses :Operated services in north western Sydney (Region 1) until the 6 October 2013 when routes were transferred to

. Same ownership as Busabout since the 1990s. Continued as a charter company but ceased 24 April 2017. * Katen & Heath :Founded 1956, became Bustrans in 1996. *Hornsby Bus Group :Operated services in the north shore. Renamed Shorelink in 1988. *Liverpool Transport Company :Bought by the Calabro family in 1994, then retained this operating name until 2001 when it was merged with the Calabro's neighbouring Busabout operations. *Macarthur Coaches :Operated services in Macarthur and Camden. Rebranded as

in 1988 *Marrickville Bus Lines :Operated route 448 in Marrickville until route was transferred to State Transit in 2004. Now a charter company trading as

Telfords Bus & Coach Telfords Bus & Coach, formerly branded Telford's, was an Australian bus company operating charter services in Sydney. As of late 2022, Telfords Bus & Coach has changed its name as part of a business re-brand by the parent company, Kinetic. The c ...

. *Revesby Bus and Coach Service :Merged into Crossley Bus Lines and renamed in 1996. *Rowe's Bus Service :Rebranded as

in 1988 * Shorelink :Operated services in the north shore. Previously known as Hornsby Bus Group prior to 1998. Renamed

TransdevTSL TransdevTSL, formerly MetroLink, was a 50/50 joint venture between the old Transdev and Transfield Services that operated trams in Melbourne, ferries in Brisbane and buses in Sydney. The joint venture was dissolved in December 2010 when Transfi ...

Shorelink in 2008 before reverting to Transdev Shorelink Buses in 2010. Operations absorbed into

in 2014. * Veolia Transport NSW :Operated bus services in Sydney's south. Rebranded as

in July 2013. *Westbus (Hills District) :Westbus' Hills District routes rebranded as

in December 2004. Other Westbus routes were unaffected by the rebranding. *

:A subsidiary of

. Operated services in Western Sydney in region 1 until the 6 October 2013 and region 3 until the 13 October 2013. Westbus was replaced by

in region 1 and

in region 3. Charter work is now done by CDC Travel. * Westway Bus and Coach Service :Rebranded as

in 2003 *Woronora Bus Service :Operated services in Woronora. Renamed Menai Bus Service in the 1970s.

Other defunct operators

* ABC Coach Lines :Operated routes 451-455 until they were handed over to Sydney Buses as caretaker in 1990 * Allways Bus Service :Formerly Allways Lidcombe-Auburn Bus Service. Operated route 455 until it was sold to

in May 1992. * Auburn Coaches :Operated routes 405 and 406 in Auburn. Route 405 sold to

and 406 to Parramatta-Ryde Bus Service in March 1993. Formerly known as Auburn Bus Service. Was part of Nowra Coaches between August and September 1990, between October 1990 and February 1991, and between February 1993 to March 1993. * Bankstown–Eldridge Rd Bus Service :Operated route 20 from Bankstown station to Eldridge Road (Bankstown Hospital). Sold to Bass Hill Bus Service in 1977. *Bankstown-Strathfield Bus Service :Operated routes 484–86 in Bankstown, Greenacre and Strathfield. Under same ownership as West Bankstown Bus Service. Operations of both bus companies taken over by Westway (later renamed

) in 2003 *Barklimore Bros :Operated routes 153 and 214 in

until taken over by

in 1981. Routes now operated by

. * Barnes Coaches :Operated routes 54, 124, 221 and 224 until taken over by

Deanes Coaches Deanes Coaches was an Australian bus company operating route bus services and charter coaches on Sydney's North Shore. History Deanes Coaches was formed in August 1955 as Turramurra-Bobbin Head Bus Service when Ron Deane purchase route 166 T ...

in November 1970. * Bass Hill Bus Service :Operated routes 20 and 21. Services sold to

in 1995 and renumbered 930 and 932 soon afterwards. *Belmore Lakemba Bus Company :Operated route 35 Belmore Lakemba via

Roselands Shopping Centre Roselands Shopping Centre (previously known as Centro Roselands) is a shopping centre in the suburb of Roselands in South Western Sydney. Transport Roselands Shopping Centre has bus connections to Greater Western Sydney, Inner West, St George ...

and route 92 Bardwell Park to Roselands 1966 to early 80s their Depot was behind BP service station on Kingsgrove Road at Kingsgrove next to old gas tank (now removed). Believed to have been sold to Pleasure Tours in the early 80s *

Bowden's Bus Service Bowden's Bus Service was an Australian bus company operating route bus services in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs. History Route 79 commenced operating on 22 March 1948 from Tamarama Beach via Bronte Beach, Oxford Street, Moore Park Road, Crown, Ox ...

:Operated route 79 from

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Tamarama Tamarama is a beachside suburb, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Tamarama is 6 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Waverley Council. Tamarama has a small ...

until taken over by

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in June 1974 *Brighton Bus Lines :Operated route 196 in the

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and

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areas until 1993 when the route was bought by State Transit, becoming the 479. The company carried an orange livery with a blue stripe. *Bustrans :Operated Routes 817 and 818 in the Fairfield area. It was taken over by

in April 2004 after an accident where Bustrans was found to have defective buses. *Calabro's :Operated routes around

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and Fairfield. Taken over by

in 1989. *Canterbury Bus Lines :Operated routes 450 and 451 until routes taken over by

in 1998. Part of Highway Tours until 1987, then under Eddie Hayman and Colin Crossley's ownership *Carss Park Charter Tours and Buslines :Operated routes 958 and 959 until taken over by Southtrans in December 1993 *Challenge Travel :Formerly Bankstown Lakemba Bus Lines and Bankstown Coaches (unrelated to the current coach operator). Also known as Challenge Coach Lines. Operatex routes 26 in Bankstown and 117/118 in Oatley. Route 26 was sold to Revesby Bus & Coach Service in January 1990 while route 117/118 was sold to Oatley Bus Lines in 1988. Remained a coach operator until sold to

. *Commodore Coaches :Operated routes 46 and 47 in Campsie/Greeenacre before selling them to Newhams Bus Service in August 1989. Operated as tour operator until it was renamed to Compass Tours in 2011. *Crossley Bus Lines :Revesby Bus and Coach Service merged into Crossley in 1996. Services 915–921 sold to

in 1997. Remaining services sold to Connex Southtrans in 2001. * Deanes Coaches (North) :Operated services in the North Shore. Services sold to Hornsby Bus Group and East Lindfield-Killara Bus Service in December 1988. All services now operated by

. *

in 1992. *Drummond Transit :Operated route 123 from Bankstown to Lidcombe from 1978 until September 1984 when the route was sold to Highway Tours. *

Foley's Bus Service Foley's Bus Service was an Australian bus company operating route bus services on Sydney's St George area. History Foley's Bus Service was formed in 1947, when John Foley purchased route 32 Kogarah station to Ramsgate from Reo Motors in exchan ...

:Operated route 32 between Kogarah and Dolls Point. Route transferred to

Peakhurst Bus Company Peakhurst Bus Company was an Australian bus and coach company in Peakhurst, New South Wales. History The company operated under a variety of names: HT Saint, HT Saint & Sons, Peakhurst Bus Company, Peakhurst Bus & Coach Company, Lugarno Bus Com ...

in December 1994. Also had a coach operation called Foley's Scenic Tours. *GP Bus Company :Later sold to

in 1955 *Harbour City Coaches :Operated lower North Shore services from 1987 until sold to

North & Western Bus Lines North & Western Bus Lines was an Australian bus company operating route bus services and charter coaches in Sydney. History The origins of North & Western Bus Lines can be traced back to the late 1920s when Richard Smith formed Hunters Hill B ...

in 1989 *

Harris Park Transport Harris Park Transport

:An associated company of Moore's Tours. Operated routes 620-630 in Carlingford and Cherrybrook and 74/106 in Hurstville. 620-630 were sold to

and 74/106 to

in December 2004. The Harris Park depot turned into

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, while the North Rocks depot still has a handful of buses and guard dogs, but is no longer in operation. * Highway Tours :Operated a number of routes in the south west as Auburn Passenger Transport, Canterbury Bus Lines, or simply Highway Tours until the late 1980s. *Higlett's Coaches :Acquired by the

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in 1986 and renamed Macarthur Coaches. * Holsworthy Bus Company :Operated between

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and

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until 1982. *Jannali Como Bus Service :Operated route 238 sold 1977 to

South Western Coach Lines South Western Coach Lines was an Australian bus company operating services in the Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, South West and Sutherland Shire regions of Sydney. Background In the late 1950s, Max Holman operated Seven Hills Bus Lines with WA ...

operated services from

Jannali Jannali is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Jannali is located 28 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Sutherland Shi ...

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and Oyster Bay. Limited services to Sutherland. Owned and operated Jannali Scenic Tours and Opal Field Scenic Tours * Kogarah–Carss Park Bus Service (Blythe's) :Also known as EH Blythe. Operated route 121 between Kogarah and Carss Park until taken over by Southtrans in April 1994. *Lane Cove Bus Service :Bought bus services in the Lane Cove area from Deanes Coaches in the early 1980s until 1987. * C. A. Leach & Sons :Operated routes 111 and 194 between Hurstville and Kingsgrove from a depot in Cross Street, Hurstville. Transferred to Heron Bus Lines in 1977. *

Longueville Motor Bus Company Longueville Motor Bus Company was an Australian bus company operating route bus services on Sydney's Lower North Shore. History On 23 October 1922, George Newman commenced operating a service from Longueville wharf to the corner of the Pacifi ...

:Operated services in the

Lane Cove Lane Cove is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lane Cove is nine kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local governmen ...

/ Longueville area until 1969 when taken over by

. * Macquarie Towns Coach Lines :Operated services in Windsor. Formed from the merger of Gosper's Bus Service with Duffy's Bus Lines in 1981. Sold to

in 1988. *

Manly Coaches Manly Coaches was an Australian bus charter company in Sydney. History On 30 October 1978, Chris Brownlee, trading as Manly Transport Service, purchased route 135 Manly wharf - Manly Hospital - North Head from Neil Smith with four buses. On 1 J ...

McVicar's Bus Services McVicar's Bus Services was an Australian bus operator that operated services in the south-west suburbs of Sydney from 1919 until 1978. Company history McVicar's Bus Service grew to be one of the largest in New South Wales. It spanned three ge ...

:Operated routes, mainly out of

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 ...

until 1978 when operations were sold to various bus companies. *Menai Bus Service :Formerly known as Woronora Bus Service. Operated services in Menai. Sold to Deanes Coaches in 1988.Menai Bus Service Operator Information
''Australian Bus Fleet Lists'', Retrieved 22 June 2014 Services now operated by Transdev NSW. *Midshore Busways :Routes taken over by Shorelink *Milperra Bus Service :Operated routes around Bankstown until 1987, when taken over by Westway (later renamed

). *Narwee Bus Service :Taken over by

in the late 1950s *

:Operated routes in the Ryde area. Sold to Sydney Buses in 1999. *

Parramatta-Ryde Bus Service Parramatta-Ryde Bus Service was an Australian bus company operating route bus services and charter coaches in Sydney. History The origins of Parramatta-Ryde Bus Service can be traced back to 1896 when Alf Wigzell commenced a horse bus service a ...

:Also known as Riverside Bus & Coach Service. Operated routes 333, 406, 540 and 555 in the Parramatta area until it was sold to Sydney Buses in 2000. *Parramatta Villawood Bus Service :Operated route 97 and 186. Sold to

Delwood Coaches Delwood Coaches was an Australian bus company operating services in Granville, Western Sydney. History Delwood Coaches was founded as Delwood Bus Company in 1958 by Jim Newport and Carl Tattam.Peakhurst Bus Company Peakhurst Bus Company was an Australian bus and coach company in Peakhurst, New South Wales. History The company operated under a variety of names: HT Saint, HT Saint & Sons, Peakhurst Bus Company, Peakhurst Bus & Coach Company, Lugarno Bus Com ...

(Saints) :Operated three routes (88 and 108) in southern Sydney until 1989 when the routes were taken over by the

. Operated route 947 in southern Sydney until 1998 when the route was split and sold to Southtrans and Punchbowl Bus. The buses carried a black and white livery. *

:Operated routes 452 (formerly 112), 453 and 455 until 2001 when operations were acquired by Connex Southtrans. The company carried a red and blue livery. *Pleasure Tours :Operated routes 446 and 447 until 2005 when routes taken over by Punchbowl Bus Company. *Premier Coaches :Formerly Challenge Travel and Oatley Bus Service. Operated routes 117/118 (some trips operated by Moore's Tours) until taken over by Moore's Tours in December 1999. *Red Top Bus Company :Routes 34 and 39

Strathfield Strathfield is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 12 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the Municipality of Strathfield. A ...

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 ...

via

and Campsie, Hurstville via Roselands *Richmond Coaches :Routes absorbed by

* South Sydney Bus Company :Operated services from Central Railway to Maroubra Junction and Brighton-Le-Sands in the 1920s and 1930s. *

(Holman family) :Renamed from Hurstville Bus Lines, Kareela Bus Lines and Bankstown Bus Lines. Operated a number of routes in southern Sydney as well as the inner west until the late 1980s. All former South Western services in southern Sydney now operated by Transdev NSW. *Southtrans :Taken over by Connex in the September 1999, then renamed Connex Southtrans. Now operates as Transdev NSW. *St Ives Bus Service :Operated until 1998 when its operations were split between Forest Coach Lines and Shorelink (now

). * State Transit ::Government operator, a subsidiary of

. Operated bus services in the Northern Suburbs, City and Eastern Suburbs until they were tendered off to private operates between October 2021 and April 2022 * Toongabbie Buses :Formerly Toongabbie Transport Services. Operated services in

Toongabbie Toongabbie is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. One of the oldest suburbs in Sydney, Toongabbie is located approximately 30 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Greater We ...

and

Wentworthville Wentworthville is a suburb in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Wentworthville is located 27 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Wentworthville is split betw ...

. Routes 700 and 705 taken over from Western Road Bus Service in January 1987. Route 715 transferred to

on the same day, followed by the rest of the routes (including 700 and 705) in December 1988. *

:Operated services in South West Sydney (Region 13). Operations bought by

Veolia Transport Veolia Transport (formerly Connex and CGEA Transport) was the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia until the 2011 merger that gave rise to Veolia Transdev. Veolia Transport traded under the ...

in 2007. * West Bankstown Bus Service :Operated routes 935, 936 and 937 in

Yagoona Yagoona, a suburb of the local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is located 20 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is a part of the South-western Sydney regio ...

and

Georges Hall Georges Hall, a suburb of local government area City of Canterbury-Bankstown, is located 24 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district in the state of New South Wales, Australia, and is part of the South-western Sydney region ...

. Same ownership as Bankstown-Strathfield Bus Service. Operations of both bus companies taken over by Westway (later renamed

) in 2003 * Western Road Bus Service :Operated routes 700, 702, 703, 705 and 810 in Wentworthville. 700 and 705 taken over by Toongabbie Buses, while 810 was taken over by

in January 1987. Routes 702 and 703 discontinued and replaced by other Baxter's routes.

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