Western Road Liners is an Australian bus and coach company operating route, school and charter services in

Parkes Parkes may refer to: * Sir Henry Parkes (1815–1896), Australian politician, one of the earliest and most prominent advocates for Australian federation Named for Henry Parkes * Parkes, New South Wales, a regional town * Parkes Observatory, a radi ...

History

Western Road Liners was formed in 1971 when Merv Hennock and Peter McQuie purchased Reg Waser's Bus Lines. In 1983 the school runs of Allan Waser were purchased.Western Road Liners
Australian Bus Fleet Lists In 1986 Golden Tours, Loftus was purchased as a base for Western Road Liners to operate charters in Sydney. Included was route 64, the Bundeena town service. This was sold in 1990 to Maianbar Bundeena Bus Service. In December 1987 Western Road Liners commenced operating interstate coach operations between Sydney and

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, Sydney and

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, Sydney and

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and Melbourne and Adelaide branded as Trans City Express. By August 1991 Trans City was operating a

to Canberra service. In March 1992 all Trans City operations ceased. In November 1989 Western Road Liners commenced operating a service from Dubbo to Broken Hill under contract to

CountryLink CountryLink was a passenger rail and road service brand that operated in regional areas New South Wales, Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne. Originally created as a business unit (or sub-brand) of the State Rail Authority of New South Wales, it l ...

as a replacement for the ''

Silver City Comet The Silver City Comet was a train service that operated from September 1937 until November 1989 between Parkes and Broken Hill in western New South Wales. It was the first air-conditioned train in Australia. Design The original engines were b ...

'', followed from June 1990 by another from Canberra to Cootamundra and Bathurst/Dubbo. In May 2006 Harris Bus Lines, the other large Parkes operator, was purchased.

Routes

Western Road Liners operates route services within Parkes. From January 2008 until December 2014, it operated a thrice-weekly service from Parkes to

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under contract to NSW TrainLink.Western timetable
NSW TrainLink 20 October 2013

Fleet

As at December 2019, the fleet consists of 26 vehicles. Fleet livery is white with red, yellow and green stripes.

References

{{Regional NSW public transport Bus companies of New South Wales CountryLink NSW TrainLink Australian companies established in 1975 Transport companies established in 1975 Parkes Shire