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South Sydney Bus Company

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Industry
  
Transport

Defunct
  
1934

Ceased operations
  
1934

Fate
  
Acquired

Headquarters
  
Sydney, Australia

Area served
  
South-Eastern Sydney

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Predecessor
  
Doncaster and Rosebery White Transit Company

Successor
  
Department of Road Transport and Tramways

Services
  
Public transport bus service

South Sydney Bus Company was a private company that operated public bus servicea in South-Eastern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

History

The company, owned by T. Stalker and W. Langford, emerged from Doncaster and Rosebery White Transit Company.

From the 1920s until 31 October 1931, the company operated Route 130 from Central Railway to Maroubra Junction. The service was deemed to be in competition with government trams and was terminated under the State Transport (Co-ordination) Act.

The company's main business was Route 237, which operated between Central Railway and Brighton-Le-Sands via Darlinghurst, Kensington, Daceyville and Mascot. In 1931, Route 237 was determined to be in competition with government trams under the State Transport (Co-ordination) Act. The service was re-licensed to operate a feeder service from Brighton-Le-Sands to Kensington, with some services extended to the factory complex at Raleigh Park. The feeder service was extended in 1933 to Ramsgate. On 8 December 1934, Route 237 was taken over by the Department of Road Transport and Tramways and subsumed into its existing Route 3 service. South Sydney Bus Company ceased to exist.

In 1929 passenger Harvey Fisher was awarded compensation of A£333/6/- (AUD666.60) after hitting and injuring his head when the driver of a South Sydney Bus Company vehicle collided with a telegraph pole near Todman Avenue, Kensington.

A diecast model of South Sydney Bus Company Leyland Titan TD1, registration number M/O 631, was produced by Trax Models in 2004.

References

South Sydney Bus Company Wikipedia