Briens Bus Service

[busmadrod]

a collection of from Briens Bus Service they operated routes
119 Leichhardt - South Annandale - Newtown Bridge 1925-1931
119 Newtown Bridge - Johnston St Annandale 1931-1933
119 Newtown Bridge to White Bay 1933-1987 in October 1950 sunday services were extended from White Bay to Leichhardt Town Hall. in 1987 this service was taken over by ABC Coach Lines
120 Stanmore - Lilyfield from March 1937 to July 1937
120 extended from Stanmore to Enmore in July 1937 and operated by Briens until it was transferred to Spencer Lowe in March 1953

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[CB80]

That last bus is an awesome looking little unit.

[boronia]

Photos #3 and #5 are Route 222, not those mentioned.

Did Brien's run this too at one stage ??

What is the half cab in No 5 ? Looks like a Dennis ??

[busmadrod]

Thanks for that Boronia, i did forget
Route 222
Central Railway to Sydenham via Parramatta & Sydenham Rds operated by Brien's from 22 February 1929 to 31 October 1931
Sydenham to Fiveways Dulwich Hill operated from 31 October 1931 to June 1933 by Mrs Priscilla Brein (Later trading as Sydenham Bus Company)
Sydenham to Dulwich Hill Tram Terminus June 1933 to 17 September 1937, meanwhile Mrs Brein remarried in 1934 to become Mrs Warren
Sydenham - Enmore - Stanmore - Petersham commenced on 17 Sept 1937
22 August 1938 extended from Petersham to Lewisham
1953 Stanmore - Lewisham axed, Sydenham to Stanmore remumbered 227
4 November 1967 Mrs Warren passes away and service operated by her estate
January 1969 Transferren to Marrickville Bus Lines owned by Mr Barry D Barton
Early 1974 Marrickville Bus Lines transfered to Mr Max Holman
16 May 1977 Marrickville Bus Lines transferred to Orana Tours (Mr Bob Wood)
January 1979 transferred to BJ (Ben) Rachwal, company named changed back to Marrickville Bus Service
16 November 1979 remunbered 448 in Sydney Region Route Number System. Off-Peak Service's extended to Marrickville Metro

[Leopard_071]

I am pretty that Mo648 White {photo no.1} Rte., 127 Stamore Fire Station - Sydenham Stn was ownd by Mrs Warren and sold to Appleby & Nelson T/A Tempe B.S,I am not sure of the year but it was around the time that Rte., 129 was exstened right through from Rockdale to Roszelle and was not ownd by Briens B.S.

[busmadrod]

Route 119
as data of Government Gazette of 13 November 1925 ran as Leichhardt to Newtown operated by T Brien
sometime around 1930-1932 transferred to Rozelle-Newtown Bus Company (a group of Brien's employees)
31 October 1931 ceased because partly competitive with trams under State Transport Co-ordination Act
1931/2 restored as a feeder Newtown to Johnston St Annandale
somerime between 1932-August 1933 extended from Annandale to Rozelle Bay
16 August 1933 extended to White Bay (Barnes St/Commercial Rd)(now called Victoria Rd/The Crescent
15 September 1938 Transferred to W J Brien
October 1950 Sunday service extended from White Bay to Leichhardt Town Hall
1 August 1987 Transferred to ABC Coach Lines (incorporating Brien's Bus Service)
16 November 1987 extended from Newtown to MArrickville Metro when it opened and renumbered to
451 Marrickville Metro to White Bay and
452 Marrickville Metro to North Annandale

Route 120
as data of Government Gazette of 13 November 1925 Marion St Leichhardt to City York St via Parramatta Rd and Pyrmont Bridge operated by Mt Angus Chisholm
27 May 1927 extended from Marion St to Allen & Flood Sts Leichhardt
31 October 1931 Ceased because competitive with trams under State Transport Co-ordination Act
1932 recommenced as a feeder Leichhardt to Ashfield
31 May 1933 ceased due to lack of Patronage

Route 120
Comenced 31 March 1937 by Tom Brien as Stanmore to Lilyfield
26 July 1937 extended from Stanmore to Enmore
March 1953 Transferred to Spencer Lowe
August 1955 Transferred to R A (Roy) Berglund
July 1957 extended from Lilyfield to Alfred St Rozelle
May 1963 Transferred to Appleby & Nelson (later trading as Tempe Bus Service)
6 December 1965 routes
120
129 commenced as Rockdale to Tempe in 1931 by Thornton Harrigan in 1949 re routed via Arncliffe in 1954 no lonfer rerouted via Arncliffe in August 1955 transferred to Tempe Bus Service
and
227 in 1953 this service was renumbered and Curtailed from part of 222 see previous notation about 222 .operated by Sydenham Bus Service until transferred to Tempe Bus Service on April 8 1965
amalgamated as
129 Rockdale - Tempe - Enmore - Lilyfield - Rozelle off-peak
129 Stanmore (later known as Petersham) Fire Station - Sydenham Peak Only this run had ceased by 1975

[busmadrod]

I am pretty that Mo648 White {photo no.1} Rte., 127 Stamore Fire Station - Sydenham Stn was ownd by Mrs Warren and sold to Appleby & Nelson T/A Tempe B.S,I am not sure of the year but it was around the time that Rte., 129 was exstened right through from Rockdale to Roszelle and was not ownd by Briens B.S.

Route 127 in the list of Sydney Bus Routes originally ran from Longueville - Chatswood operated by Longueville Motor Bus Company from 1925 to 1977 when it was transferred to Lane Cove Bus Service which operated it until it was transferred to Macquarie Town Coach Lines in 1985

[boronia]

I am pretty that Mo648 White {photo no.1} Rte., 127 Stamore Fire Station - Sydenham Stn was ownd by Mrs Warren and sold to Appleby & Nelson T/A Tempe B.S,I am not sure of the year but it was around the time that Rte., 129 was exstened right through from Rockdale to Roszelle and was not ownd by Briens B.S.

Route 127 in the list of Sydney Bus Routes originally ran from Longueville - Chatswood operated by Longueville Motor Bus Company from 1925 to 1977 when it was transferred to Lane Cove Bus Service which operated it until it was transferred to Macquarie Town Coach Lines in 1985

I think the bus is displaying 227, not 127.

129 Stanmore (later known as Petersham) Fire Station - Sydenham Peak Only this run had ceased by 1975

The fire station was always known as "Stanmore" despite being physically in Petersham. It closed in 1991.

[Bedford-29]

The White MO-648 is displaying the route number 127.

[boronia]

The first digit is obscured behind the frame; while it may look like 127, there are at least two references above to the service being 227.

[busmadrod]

The first digit is obscured behind the frame; while it may look like 127, there are at least two references above to the service being 227.

I just looked at the original and englarged it slightly and it is 227

[PLI]

How do you get all of these old photos, BusMadrod???? they're amazing

[busmadrod]

How do you get all of these old photos, BusMadrod???? they're amazing

i bought them from the Sydney Mus Museum in a collection of Ken Magor I also bought from them the Andrew Potts Collection, the Three Disk Collection of John Burghess' Files and the Graeme Turnbull Collection. They were all $25 each excepot the John Burghess files they were $59.95 for the three.

[PLI]

Wow thats incredible!!!! To know that their selling them at the bus museum (are they still selling photos there??)

[PLI]

Yes they are PLI

And the same prices too.

PLI

[Bedford-29]

The Ken Magor,Graeme Turnbull and Andrew Potts collection are excellent collections I have still got to get the John Burgess collection.

[Bedford-29]

Looking at picture 3 it could be a 1920s Albion.Picture from the Ken Magor collection.

[captainch]

the left handed white ,belongeg to mrs warren on route 227 sydenham/stanmore fire stn she also owen route 222 sydenham stn to dulwich hill via lewisham I used to get 10/- to wash down her buses with kero each sat morning aged 12 she had 10 buses and she was related to me, there grew my intrest in buses!

[Dave Wilson]

529 looks like a Gilford C 1930

[boronia]

January 1979 transferred to BJ (Ben) Rachwal, company named changed back to Marrickville Bus Service
16 November 1979 remunbered 448 in Sydney Region Route Number System. Off-Peak Service's extended to Marrickville Metro

I am sure the name was Marrickville Bus Lines. Their coaches operated as MBL Coaches.

Also I'm sure the change from 222 to 448 was much later than 1979. Probably 1987 when other services in the area were renumbered.

[Fleet Lists]

16/11/1987 according to my timetables.