Transborder Express is an Australian bus and coach company based in Yass. Since September 2012, Transborder Express has been owned by

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History

Transborder Express was established in July 1954 by Jack Williams operating a mail service from Yass to

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connecting with the ''

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'' at

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with limited passenger capacity as far as Yass. On 1959 a passenger service between Yass Junction and Canberra commenced connecting with the ''

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''. Trading as Yass Canberra Coaches, it was renamed Transborder Express in 1983."Deane's Transit Group Queanbeyan-Canberra" ''Australian Bus'' March 2013 page 10 In May 1999, Transborder Express purchased the coach operations of Lever Coachlines with four coaches. In July 2008 Transborder Express was sold to Deane's Transit Group but retained its own identity. In September 2012, ComfortDelGro Cabcharge acquired Deane's Transit Group which included Transborder Express. In December 2022, it was announced that both Transborder Express and QCity Transit are to be rebranded as CDC Canberra, effective from 23 January 2023.

Services

Transborder Express operated services under contract to

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, commuter services between Canberra and Yass, services to the New South Wales snowfields and charter operations.

NSW TrainLink services

Transborder has operated coach services from Canberra to Bombala and Eden under contract to

since November 2002.

Commuter services

Transborder Express operates services between Yass and Canberra to cater to the commuter market.

Snowfields services

Previously between May and October, Transborder ran daily services from Canberra to the ski resort village of

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, passing by

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and Jindabyne. The snow service was discontinued in the late 2010's under CDC ownership.

School services

Transborder also operates school bus services under contract to the NSW and ACT Governments. These bring children from the various rural communities on the western side of Canberra, including

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Murrumbateman Murrumbateman is a town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Barton Highway, approximately 30 kilometres north-west of Canberra, and is part of the Yass Valley Shire. At the , Murrumbateman had a population of 3 ...

and Yass.

Fleet

As at December 2013, 14 vehicles carried Transborder Express livery with two in

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livery. In December of 2022 as the fleet was being renewed for the rebranding to CDC Canberra, the final vehicle in Transborder Express livery was changed. There are no longer any vehicles carrying any Transborder Express livery.

Qcity Transit Smart Card

Qcity Transit issues a smart card for use on its buses and Transborder Express buses.

References

External links

Transborder Express
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