Busabout Sydney is a bus company that operates route bus services in
South West Sydney, Australia. It currently operates on behalf of
Transport for NSW.
History
In November 1947, Sid Neville purchased route 58
Liverpool -
Leppington -
Rossmore -
Bringelly from MB & AK Scott. In April 1955, Neville purchased route 94 Liverpool -
Ingleburn from Liverpool-Ingleburn Bus Service. In the 1960s, a coach charter business was established under the Coachways brand.
["Contractor changes in Sydney regions 2 and 15" ''Australian Bus'' issue 64 July 2014 pages 38/39]
In 1994 Joe and Tony Calabro bought a 50% share of Neville's Bus Service with the operation rebranded as Busabout.
The Calabro family had a long history with the south-western suburbs, having operated services in
Bonnyrigg
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from 1951 until selling the operation to
Westbus in June 1989 with 70 buses and coaches. Joe and Tony Calabro subsequently purchased
Surfside Buslines
Surfside Buslines was an Australian bus operator on the Gold Coast in Queensland. It operated 56 services under contract to the Government of Queensland under the TransLink banner. It also operates nine services in the adjoining Tweed Valley of ...
in October 1989 followed by
Hawkesbury Valley Hawkesbury or Hawksbury may refer to:
People
*Baron Hawkesbury, or Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1727-1808), English statesman
Places
;Geography
*Hawkesbury Island, an island in British Columbia, Canada
* Hawkesbury Island, Queensland ...
in November 1990.
In September 1997, the Calabros purchased Liverpool Transport Co from the Garrard family, who operated services from Liverpool to
Miller, Austral, Hillview and
Cartwright.
[ In October 2001 the Calabros purchased the remaining shares in Busabout and it was amalgamated with Liverpool Transport Co at the latter's ]West Hoxton
West Hoxton is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. West Hoxton is located 40 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Liverpool and is part of the Greater We ...
depot under the Busabout name.
On 2 December 2008, the Calabros purchased the Fearne's Coaches business in Wagga Wagga and Harden and rebranded it as Busabout Wagga Wagga[
From 2005 to 2013 Busabout's services were part of Sydney Bus Region 2, with some routes part of Region 3. On 13 October 2013, Transit Systems Sydney took over Region 3 having won a tender to operate the new region including two routes that were operated by Busabout.
On 1 June 2014, Busabout's Sydney Bus Region 2 services passed to Interline and Busabout took over the Sydney Bus Region 15 services from Busways. A new depot in region 15 opened 20 January 2015.
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Fleet
As at December 2020, the fleet consists of 124 buses.Busabout Campbelltown, Smeaton Grange & West Hoxton
Australian Bus Fleet Lists Since 2001 all purchases have been bodied at the Calabro's Bustech operation. With the introduction of the Busabout name in 1994, a white, green and yellow livery was introduced. In 2010 the Transport for NSW white and blue livery began to be applied.
References
External links
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Showbus gallery
{{List of public transport operators in Sydney, state=collapsed
Bus companies of New South Wales
Bus transport in Sydney
Transport companies established in 1947
Australian companies established in 1947