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Leyland Super Viking
The Leyland Super Viking was a bus chassis manufactured by Leyland between 1980 and 1984. History Following the closure of Albion's Scotstoun plant in October 1980, production of the Albion Viking VK was transferred to Leyland with the chassis relaunched as the Leyland Super Viking. Production ceased in 1984. Australian Operators The Leyland Super Viking was purchased by a number of Sydney operators in the 1980s including Bowman's Bus Lines, Busways, Delwood Coaches, Hadfield's Bus Lines, Interline Bus Services, Liverpool Transport Company, North & Western Bus Lines and Westway. A fleet of 10 Super Vikings was purchased by Sunshine Coast, Queensland The Sunshine Coast is a peri-urbanisation, peri-urban region in South East Queensland, Australia. In 1967, it was defined as "the area contained in the ormer Abalone ( or ; via Spanish , from Rumsen ''aulón'') is a common name for any small to very large marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leyland Bus
Leyland Bus was a British bus manufacturer based in Farington, Lancashire. It emerged from the Rover Group, formerly known as British Leyland, as a management buyout of the group's bus business. Leyland Bus was subsequently acquired by Volvo Buses in 1988, with the Leyland name eventually dropped by Volvo in 1993. History Formation Leyland Bus could trace its history as far back as 1896 with the formation of the Lancashire Steam Motor Company, which changed its name to Leyland Motors following the turn of the century. Bus manufacturing by Leyland commenced at a factory in Leyland, Lancashire in 1919. The British Leyland Motor Corporation (BLMC) was formed in 1968 with the merger of Leyland Motors with British Motor Holdings, and in 1975, the BLMC was nationalised by the government of the United Kingdom to become British Leyland (BL). British Leyland eventually organised its bus manufacturing under the Passenger Carrying Division, developing successful products such as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interline Bus Services
Interline Bus Services was an Australian bus company which operated services in South-Western Sydney, South West Sydney. History Interline Bus Services was formed when the Oliveri family purchased route 102 Campbelltown Hospital – Macquarie Fields from Herbert Harrison on 1 September 1961."Contractor changes in Sydney regions 2 and 15" ''Australian Bus'' issue 64 July 2014 pages 40/41 On 1 June 1989, it merged with Oliveri's Transport Service, Green Valley, New South Wales, Green Valley with both renamed Metro-link Bus Lines. In August 1992, it was separated from Oliveri transport Services when the founding Oliveri families parted company and the family of the late John Oliveri acquired all the shares in Ingleburn Bus Services Pty Ltd and started trading as Interline Bus Services.Interline Bus Services Australian Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australasian Bus & Coach
Are Media is an Australian media company. It was formed after the 2020 purchase of the assets of Bauer Media Australia, which had in turn acquired the assets of Pacific Magazines, AP Magazines and Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) during the 2010s. It is owned by the Sydney investment firm Mercury Capital. History Australian Consolidated Press Consolidated Press was formed in 1936, combining ownership of ''The Daily Telegraph'' and Frank Packer's '' Australian Women's Weekly''. It was renamed Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) in 1957, and acquired '' The Bulletin'' in 1960. ''The Daily Telegraph'' was sold to News Limited in 1972; the same year ACP founded '' Cleo'' and took over Publishers Holdings (including ''Australian House & Garden'', ''Wheels'', and others). Two years later, Frank Packer died, and his son Kerry took over the company. In 1988, ACP acquired John Fairfax's magazines (including ''Woman's Day'', ''People'', '' Dolly'', and ''Good Housekeeping''). In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baxter's Bus Lines
Baxter's Coaches is an Australian bus charter company in Sydney. Until August 2006, it operated route bus services in Western Sydney. History Baxter's Coaches was founded by Roy Baxter and his son Garry after the Merrylands based services of Barklimore Brothers were purchased in April 1981. In January 1987 the Wentworthville services of Western Road Transport Services were acquired. In April 1992, the Granville based services of Delwood Coaches were purchased, and in June 1995 the services of Bass Hill Bus Service were acquired. The Bass Hill bus services were renumbered 930 and 932 from 20 and 21 shortly after, while the Villawood part of route 21 was amalgamated with ex Delwood route 902. In April 2004, bus services 817 and 818 were transferred from Bustrans to Baxter's. They were soon transferred to Transit First along with the former Bass Hill Bus routes 930 and 932 in January 2005. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pressed Metal Corporation
Pressed Metal Corporation was an Australian automotive body building and assembly operation based in New South Wales. History Pressed Metal Corporation (PMC) was established in the late 1930s as a joint venture between Larke Hoskins, the Austin agents for New South Wales, and affiliated company Larke, Neave & Carter, the Chrysler distributor in that state.MGA in Australia BMC Experience It was created to build motor bodies, at a 22-acre site in the suburb of Enfield. PMC subsequently assembled various Austin cars and commercial vehicles, however, following the creation of |
Sunbus Sunshine Coast
Kinetic Sunshine Coast, formerly Sunbus Sunshine Coast, is a bus operator on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. Operating services under contract to Translink, it is a subsidiary of Kinetic. History In 1995, Harry Blundred, the proprietor of Thames Transit in the United Kingdom, was awarded the operating rights to route services in the Sunshine Coast region, taking over the services around Caloundra and Maroochydore that had been provided by Sunshine Coast Coaches. In 1996, Tewantin Bus Service was purchased with the services between Maroochydore and Noosa. As part of the deal, Sunbus was also responsible for the operation of school bus services in the region, however these were sold in 1997 to fellow British bus operator Stagecoach. In April 2008, Blundred sold Sunbus Sunshine Coast along with the other Sunbus operations to Transit Australia Group. In April 2019, Transit Australia Group was purchased by AATS Group, parent company of Skybus and majority owned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
The Sunshine Coast is a peri-urbanisation, peri-urban region in South East Queensland, Australia. In 1967, it was defined as "the area contained in the [former] Shires of Shire of Landsborough, Landsborough, Shire of Maroochy, Maroochy and Shire of Noosa, Noosa, but excluding Bribie Island". Located north of the centre of Brisbane in South East Queensland, on the Coral Sea coastline, its urban area spans approximately of coastline and hinterland from Pelican Waters, Queensland, Pelican Waters to Tewantin. The area has several coastal hubs at Caloundra, Kawana Waters, Queensland, Kawana Waters, Maroochydore and Noosa Heads, Queensland, Noosa Heads. Nambour and Maleny, Queensland, Maleny have developed as primary commercial centres for the hinterland. Since 2014, the Sunshine Coast district has been split into two Local government areas of Queensland, local government areas, the Sunshine Coast Region and the Shire of Noosa, which administer the southern and northern parts of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transit First
Transit First was an Australian bus company operating in the south-western suburbs of Sydney. History Transit First's origins can be traced back to August 1982 when Peter Threlkeld purchased Holswothy Bus Co with 15 buses and services between Liverpool, New South Wales, Liverpool, Holsworthy, New South Wales, Holswothy and East Hills, New South Wales, East Hills adopting the trading name of Westway Bus & Coach Service. In July 1987 Milperra Bus Co was purchased with services between Milperra, New South Wales, Milperra and Bankstown. In January 1997 Westway purchased the routes 915 to 921 in the Auburn, New South Wales, Auburn and Bankstown area from Crossley Bus Lines. In May 2003 Bankstown-Strathfield Bus Service and West Bankstown Bus Service were purchased from the Treuer family. In July 2003 the combined operation was rebranded as Transit First. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North & Western Bus Lines
North & Western Bus Lines was an Australian bus company operating route bus services and charter coaches in Sydney. History The origins of North & Western Bus Lines can be traced back to the late 1920s when Richard Smith formed Hunters Hill Bus Company (HHBC) purchasing route 234 Gladesville to Woolwich ferry wharf, Woolwich wharf service from Walter Bruce. In 1941, the business was sold to Buslines Group, John A Gilbert.Ken Butt & Hunters Hill Bus Company ''Australian Bus'' issue 62 March 2014 pages 12-19 In December 1945, route 99 Crows Nest, New South Wales, Crows Nest to Greenwich Point ferry wharf, Greenwich wharf was purchased from Ernie Holley, followed in 1948 by route 75 Gladesville to North Ryde and 205 Ryde, New South Wales, Ryde to Northern Suburbs Crematorium, Northern Suburbs Cemetery from Fred Rohr and route 53 Riverview, New South Wales, Riverview to Chatswood railway station, Chatswood station from Bill Nott. Also in 1948, HHBC commenced operating route 126 Gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busabout Sydney
Busabout Sydney was a bus company that operated route bus services in South West Sydney, Australia. It operated 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 from 1951 until selling the operation to Westbus in June 1989 with 70 buses and coaches. Joe and Tony Calabro subsequently purchased Surfside Buslines in October 1989 followed by Hawkesbury Valley in November 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transdev NSW
Transdev NSW was a bus operator in the northern, southern and western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. It was a subsidiary of Transdev. With origins tracing back to February 1935, Transdev NSW was renamed from Veolia Transport NSW in July 2013 after the global rebranding of its parent company Veolia Transdev to simply Transdev. During this time, Transdev Shorelink, another Transdev bus operation in Sydney, was absorbed into Transdev NSW. Between May and August 2023, its operations passed to CDC NSW, Transit Systems NSW, Transit Systems and U-Go Mobility after the regions it operated were re-tendered. History The origins of Transdev NSW can be traced back to February 1935 when GH Ramsay commenced a bus service between Sutherland railway station, Sutherland station and Woronora River. It was sold to Mayman Brothers in 1948 and Doug and Barry Smith in 1966 trading as Woronora Bus Company. Following the opening of the Alfords Point Bridge in September 1973 the service was extended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albion Viking VK
The Albion Viking was a bus chassis manufactured by Albion between 1963 and 1980. History The Albion Viking VK41 was launched in 1963 as a front engined replacement for the Albion Victor VT. In 1965, the rear engined Viking VK43 was introduced. Later the VK49, VK55 and VK57 versions were released. Following the closure of Albion's Scotstoun plant in October 1980, production was transferred to Leyland with the chassis relaunched as the Leyland Super Viking. Production ceased in 1984. Operators Although some were sold in the United Kingdom, notably to the Scottish Bus Group, the majority were sold overseas including to Barbados and Kowloon Motor Bus in Hong Kong, Fok Lei (now Transmac) in Macau, and SBS in Singapore. The Albion Viking was bought in numbers in Australia. Road Transport Hall I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
