Sydney Coachlines is an Australian bus charter company in

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History

On 27 March 1983, 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 -

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was purchased from

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and by December 1985, had been extended from Arncliffe to Rockdale to become Rockdale - Arncliffe - Earlwood. On 14 October 1987, route 68

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- Earlwood was purchased from Canterbury Bus Lines.Sydney Coachlines
Australian Bus Fleet Lists Sydney Coachlines also commenced a coach charter business, initially operating ex

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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

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Fleet

As at September 2014, the fleet consisted of nine buses and three 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

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, before relocating to

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in 1993."Sydney Coachlines" ''Fleetline'' issue 227 June 1994 page 118

References

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External links

Company website
Bus companies of New South Wales Bus transport in Sydney Transport companies established in 1985 1985 establishments in Australia