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Parent
  
Thomas "Dick" Crow

Headquarters
  
Kingsgrove

Depots
  
1

Commenced operation
  
27 March 1985

Service area
  
Sydney

Sydney Coachlines

Service type
  
Bus & coach charter operator

Sydney Coachlines is an Australian bus charter company in Sydney.

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History

On 27 March 1985, Thomas "Dick" Crow trading as Sydney Coachlines took over route 49 Rockdale - Carlton from John Brown and Bob Stevens. In April 1985, route 6 Arncliffe - Earlwood was purchased from Highway Tours and by December 1985, had been extended from Arncliffe to Rockdale to become Rockdale - Arncliffe - Earlwood. On 14 October 1987, route 68 Hurstville - Earlwood was purchased from Canterbury Bus Lines.

Sydney Coachlines also commenced a coach charter business, initially operating ex Ansett Pioneer RFWs. On 14 October 1996, the three routes were sold to Sydney Buses. Route 6 was amalgamated with parts of route 472 to become route 471, while route 68 was renumbered 499. Route 49 passed to Pioneer Coaches.

Fleet

As at September 2014, the fleet consisted of 9 buses and 3 coaches. The original fleet livery was two-tone green, later being replaced by a white, purple and aqua scheme.

Depots

Sydney Coachlines initially operated out of a shared depot in Bexley, before relocating to Kingsgrove in 1993.

References

Sydney Coachlines Wikipedia