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This article is about the Australian bus operator. For the former English bus operator, see Busways Travel Services. For other uses, see Busways (disambiguation).

Pymble
Service areaAdelaide
Sydney
Central Coast
Mid North Coast
Service typeBus services
Depots18
Fleet1356 (April 2024)
Managing DirectorByron Rowe[1]
Websitewww.busways.com.au
The Busways logo between 2008 and 2019

Busways is an Australian bus company operating services in Sydney, and in the Central Coast, Mid North Coast regions of New South Wales and Adelaide. It is the largest privately owned bus operator in Australia.[2]

History

Scania K230UB at Castle Hill
in July 2013
A Bustech 'VST' bodied MAN 18-310 in old livery

The origins of Busways can be traced to 1942 when Dick Rowe commenced a hire car service from Rooty Hill to Plumpton. In 1946 Rowe purchased his first bus and further expansion saw a depot established in Plumpton in 1958.[3][4]

In 1958, in partnership with Fred Bowman, Rowe purchased Parramatta-Villawood Bus Service followed by Campbelltown Transit on 13 May 1967 in partnership with Roger Graham and Jim Newport. In 1970, Rowe had taken full ownership of Campbelltown Transit and in January 1978 sold out of Parramatta-Villawood.[3][4][5][6]

In 1984,

Macarthur Coaches.[3][4][5][7]

In 1988, Campbelltown Transit, Macarthur Coaches and Rowe's Bus Service were all rebranded as Busways.

Umina.[3][10]

In June 1991, the Campbelltown to

Arndell Park following its collapse before purchasing them in May 1993.[4][11]

In September 2003, Busways purchased the

Wyong were purchased[13] followed by those of Kulnura Bus Lines in July 2009.[14]

Current operations

Western Sydney services

Bustech
CDi double decker, running route T75

Since 2005, Busways' services in the

Shalvey and St Marys in the west; Minchinbury and Prospect
to the south.

The regional centres of Blacktown and

Macquarie Park. Bus/train connections are provided at a variety of railway stations. Busways also operates services along the North-West T-way
between Blacktown and Rouse Hill.

In March 2007, the Parramatta - Rouse Hill section of the North-West T-way opened. Bus routes 730 (renumbered T63) and 735 (renumbered 616, now 616X) were transferred from Busways to Hillsbus while bus route 718 was transferred from Hillsbus to Busways.[15] In November 2007, the Blacktown - Parklea of the North-West T-way opened. Existing Busways bus routes were amended and renumbered to become new T-way routes (T70, T71, T74 and T75) and ran mainly along the new section.

In October 2013, Busways after winning the tender for Sydney Bus Region 1, took over the operation of services in the St Marys, Penrith, Windsor and Richmond areas from Hawkesbury Valley Buses and Westbus.[16][17]

In May 2019, as part of the Sydney Metro opening, all Busways T-way services were renumbered from "T7x" to "73x", and the former Hawkesbury Valley Buses services (661-664) were renumbered to "67x" or "74x". Some services were also rerouted to stop at Tallawong station.[18]

Sydney North Shore & West services

In July 2021, Busways was announced as the new operator for

Northern and Western regions of Sydney. Busways commenced operating Region 7 on 9 January 2022, taking over from State Transit.[19][20]

Central Coast services

The

MacMasters Beach
in the east.

With depots at

Lake Haven, Erina Fair and Woy Woy. Occasional trips also serve Charlestown in the north and Spencer
in the west.

North Coast services

In September 2003, Busways purchased the services of

Heatherbrae, Macksville and Raleigh
.

Adelaide Outer South services

In July 2020, Busways took over Adelaide's Outer South network from SouthLink, including the Lonsdale and Seaford depots.

Former operations

Macarthur services

From 2005 Busways' services in the

Catherine Field and Raby
.

Regional and district centres such as Campbelltown,

Narellan and Camden were the focus of all routes. Busways operated the free Macarthur CBD shuttle which was terminated in August 2014. In June 2014 operation of the Sydney Bus Region 15 passed to Busabout.[5][21][22]

Coach services

Rowe's Bus Service previously operated coach services with a fleet of six

Dennings until the coach licences were sold to Westbus in 1986. Macarthur Coaches also operated some coaches that were sold in 1990.[23] Until October 2011 Busways operated a service from Forster to Sydney. Busways operate coach services from Newcastle to Taree under contract to NSW TrainLink
.

Fleet

A Bustech 'VST' bodied MAN 18-310 in current Transport for NSW livery

Having traditionally purchased Leyland buses, in November 1978 the first of 30 Volvo B58s were delivered. Since then, Busways have purchased buses from MAN, Mercedes-Benz, Scania and Volvo. In the 1970s the Rowe fleet livery was white with a red stripe, with an orange stripe added in 1988. Since 2010, the blue and white Transport for NSW livery has been applied to the Sydney and Central Coast fleets.

As of April 2024, Busways operates 1,221 buses, excluding Adelaide operations.[24] Busways' Adelaide operations operates 135 buses. A total of 1,356 buses are operated by Busways across Australia.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Busways (Sydney).

References

  1. ^ "Our Company". Busways. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Busways extends service operations to South Australia, appointed new operator of Adelaide's Outer South contract". Busways. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d The History of Busways Busways
  4. ^
    Historic Commercial Vehicle Association
    . 1993. p. 41.
  5. ^
    Australian Bus
    issue 64 July 2014 pages 36/37
  6. ^ Delwood Coaches Archived 5 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Australian Bus Fleet Lists
  7. Australian Bus Panorama
    14/2 October 1998 page 8
  8. Fleetline
    June 1990 page 96
  9. ^ "Ownership changes" Fleetline June 1990 page96
  10. ^ "Peninsula Buslines" Australian Bus Panorama 10/2 August 1994 page 54
  11. ^ "Private operators" Fleetline September 1993 page 193
  12. ^ a b Bus firm buys failed King Bros business Archived 4 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine ABC News 24 September 2003
  13. ^ Yarramalong Bus Lines Archived 8 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine Australian Bus Fleet Lists
  14. ^ Kulnura Bus Lines Archived 9 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine Australian Bus Fleet Lists
  15. ^ Improved bus services in the Blacktown region Busways 27 February 2007
  16. Sydney Morning Herald
    7 November 2012
  17. ^ Busways win a 300 bus contract in Western Sydney Archived 26 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine Busways 7 November 2012
  18. ^ "Western Sydney bus service adjustments from 26 May". Busways. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  19. ^ "Busways' Sydney operations more than double with award of one of Transport for NSW's largest bus contracts". Busways. 30 July 2021. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  20. Australasian Bus & Coach
    30 July 2021
  21. ^ More than 60 new buses and improved customer service with new bus contracts Archived 8 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine Transport for NSW 29 August 2013
  22. ^ Busways Campbelltown May 2014, Retrieved 18 April 2014
  23. ^ Hunt's Coaches Archived 26 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine Australian Bus Fleet Lists
  24. ^ Busways Archived 26 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine Australian Bus Fleet Lists
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