Tiger Tours was an Australian coach charter company in
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...
. Until October 2011, Tiger Tours was known as Caringbah Bus Service, and operated route bus services in
Sydney Bus Region 11, in
Sutherland Shire
Sutherland Shire is a local government area (LGA) in the southern region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sutherland Shire is located approximately south-southwest of the Sydney CBD, and comprises an area of . As at the ...
.
History
The company started in 1942, when Keith Wood bought route 50, which operated between
Caringbah
Caringbah is a suburb in Southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Caringbah is south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Sutherland Shire.
Caringbah once stretched from Woolooware Bay o ...
and
Miranda with diversions to
Taren Point
Taren Point is a small waterfront suburb, in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 18 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the Sutherland Shire.
Surrounded by the ...
as well. The Taren Point diversion was sold to
Sutherland Bus Service in May 1955. The name Caringbah Bus Service was introduced later that year.
In 1992, the company bought a portion of
South Western Coach Lines
South Western Coach Lines was an Australian bus company operating services in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, South-western Sydney, South West and Sutherland Shire regions of Sydney.
Background
In the late 1950s, Max ...
' route 114 (Miranda – Caringbah) and merged it with its route 50. In 1993, route 50 was reorganised as:
*977: Miranda – Caringbah – Lilli Pilli via Willarong Road and Crescent Road
*978: Miranda – Caringbah – Port Hacking via Gannons Point and Dolans Bay
These services operated from
Miranda to
Port Hacking
Port Hacking Estuary ( Aboriginal Tharawal language: ''Deeban''), an open youthful tide dominated, drowned valley estuary, is located in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia approximately south of Sydney central business district. Po ...
,
Dolans Bay
The Dolans Bay is a cove on the Burraneer Bay adjacent to the lower estuarine Hacking River of Port Hacking in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Location and features
With a catchment that drains a small number of th ...
and
Lilli Pilli via
Caringbah station, and school services in the area. In 2009 they were changed so that route 977 no longer operated via Willarong Road and Crescent Road but operated direct via Port Hacking Road. Willarong Road and Crescent Road were then covered by route 978.
When the
Sydney Metropolitan Bus System Contracts were established in 2005, the operation area of Caringbah Bus Service belonged to part of region 11, which was shared with
Crowthers and
Maianbar Bundeena Bus Service
Maianbar Bundeena Bus Service is an Australian bus company operating services in southern Sydney.
History
In April 1953, SM Allison commenced operating route 64 Bundeena Wharf - Bonnie Vale Camping Ground. After passing through a number of own ...
. Crowthers was sold to
Veolia Transport NSW in 2009. When Crowthers' routes were sold to adjoining region 10 operator
Veolia Transport NSW on 21 September 2009, region 11 was merged into region 10.
In October 2011, the route bus services of 977 and 978 were also sold to Veolia with nine buses.
Caringbah Bus Service had long operated a coach charter business under the Tiger Tours banner and this business continued with 11 vehicles. On 1 May 2015, the business was purchased by
Dunn Motor Traction and has since been fully merged into the
Telford Tours operation. In November 2019 the business was included in the sale to the
Kinetic Group
Kinetic Group (stylised as K''I''NET''I''C; formerly known as AATS Group) is an Australian-based multinational bus company that wholly owns a number of bus operations in Australia and New Zealand, including the SkyBus business, which operates ...
.
Telford's sold to Skybus Kinetic Group
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References
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External links
Company websiteBus Australia gallery
Australian companies established in 1942
Bus companies of New South Wales
Bus transport in Sydney
Transport companies established in 1942
Kinetic Group companies
Defunct bus companies of Australia