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
Liverpool station to
Green Valley.
[History of Giovanni Oliveri and Ingleburn Bus Services]
Interline[Oliveri's Metro-Link Bus Lines]
Australian Bus Fleet Lists
In November 1988 it was merged with
Ingleburn Bus Service, which the Oliveri family also owned, and in July 1989 both were renamed Metro-link Bus Lines. In September 1993 the business were again separated.
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From 2005 Metro-link's services were part of Sydney Bus Region 3. In October 2013 ]Transit Systems Sydney
Transit Systems NSW, previously known as Transit Systems Sydney, is a bus operator in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is a subsidiary of Transit Systems.
History
In November 2012, Transit Systems was awarded a contract by Transport for ...
commenced operating Region 3 including the services formerly operated by Metro-link.End of the road for family business after 58 years
''Sydney Morning Herald'' 10 November 2012 Transit Systems leased Metro-link's Green Valley depot, which opened in December 2010. After operating as a charter operator out of another depot in
Ingleburn, Metro-link later returned to the Green Valley depot.
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From the 1970s until the early 1990s, a coach charter operation was operated under the Relaxaway Tours banner.
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Fleet
As at May 2014 the fleet consisted of 15 buses.[ A long time Leyland purchaser, the fleet today consists of ]Leyland Tiger
The Leyland Tiger, also known as the B43, was a mid-engined bus and coach chassis manufactured by Leyland between 1981 and 1992. This name had previously been used for a front-engined bus built between 1927 and 1968. It replaced the Leyland Le ...
s and Volvo
The Volvo Group ( sv, Volvokoncernen; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distributio ...
buses. In the mid-1980s three Volvo B10M
The Volvo B10M was a mid-engined city bus and coach chassis manufactured by Volvo between 1978 and 2003. It succeeded the B58 and was equipped with the same 9.6-litre horizontally mounted Volvo diesel engine mounted under the floor behind the ...
coaches were purchased for the Relaxaway Tours division.
For many years the fleet livery was turquoise and red. From 1994 it was changed to the current white, two greens and red scheme. The Relaxaway Tours coaches were painted in a yellow and white livery.
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Bus companies of New South Wales
Bus transport in Sydney
Transport companies established in 1954
Australian companies established in 1954