Sort of knew that already. What caused the momentary double-take was a private operator, especially in a regional area, buying a brand new fleet of citybus-standard artics. That must be just about unprecedented, even among urban operations. I think typically this very expensive type of bus is purchased by the agencies on behalf of operators nowadays. To cap it off, the very part-time use to which they'll be put is rather like buying a fleet of Rolls Royces for a part-time cab service. Meanwhile, the actual town bus services here are ... well, poor! And the Gong Shuttle could do with something more.burrumbus wrote: Owned by Nowra Coaches Pty.Ltd.All buses used on Rural and Regional contracts are owned by the operators.
Hope this helps,Tony.
This is no ordinary family of owners though:
http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/stor ... o-holiday/
Edit:
This may also have been relevant to the decision to replace the buses:
http://www.otsi.nsw.gov.au/bus/131126_N ... _FINAL.pdf