m/o 4774 was a Syd Wood bodied AEC Half Cab with Vardys Road Bus Service and came from Pioneer Coaches of Bexley where it had been m/o 266. After sale from Vardeys Road it went to a wreckers yard at Padstow. Hi Red and Cream Slightly off-topic. But I had never seen reference to "Vardys Road Bu...

Yes, Tony, you are right about the Lilli Pilli route, it has been extended to Miranda.

And Hurstville-Connells Point has been permanently rerouted via Kyle Bay.

This all shows that, on the whole, it is only routes which terminate at a waterway that have remained largely unaltered.

Interesting topic for me. I think you could include these other routes as having passed their centenaries, as they are listed in the Government Gazette in 1921:

• Caringbah - Lilli Pilli
  Hurstville - Connells Point
  Miranda - Yowie Bay/Point

Does anyone now remember what route number (s) were used for the Coogee Pumpkins bus?

I have heard both 330 and 999.

Thanks Robert

I know this is an old thread but I found this map showing Epping Recreation Ground hence the name for Epping Junction on the old tram network: https://www.bondivillage.com/pics2017/glebe-map-1925.jpg That map is map 4 in my facsimile copy of the Premier Street Directory of Sydney and Suburbs, which...

I think that room from the station with the point levers inside was rescued and placed on display near the bus ranks in Orchard Rd. maybe they are still there?????????? Yes, building and levers are still there. A refreshing example of transport history being well preserved. There are also lots of p...

Red and Cream wrote: ↑Tue Feb 15, 2022 9:42 pm
I have a photo of Wagg's UF AEC m/o 4571 on the Bradfield run, did that replace the older large buses in the end.

Did m/o.4571 later become m/o.5114 under Barnes or Deane? If so, the answer is Yes.

Thanks for posting the pic of m/o.948, the body of which has close similarities to 263, although FE rather than FC. One of those two buses did a diversion to Lindfield Public School morning and afternoon, for most of the period I attended there 1949-55.

I add to my thanks for all these photos which ran near my school boy home in Roseville. Besides Pymble-Lindfield, for a period in the second half of the 1960s, a second (peak hour) route under the route 133 banner ran from Gordon to Eucalyptus St, East Gordon. I recall seeing m/o.481 being used on t...

Another thank you for the photo spread. Some more buses which I rode back in the days. I think Glass's first name was Roy (?). And Smith's was Ron. I believe that Smith also went to Barnes when route 124 and m/o.4692 were sold. From memory, Barnes operated out of the former Hales depot in Burns Bay ...

Thanks for posting R&C. I particularly enjoyed seeing the image of m/o.263, as I certainly rode on it. Although it was mainly used on the Lindfield-Bradfield Park (now West Lindfield) part of route 221, it occasionally did some trips on the Lindfield-Roseville part, which was a lot quieter, and ...

I assume it is Ron Ison who is being discussed. If so, see

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There was a local tradition that Lane Cove shopping centre was known as the "tram terminus" (or more simply "terminus"), apparently for quite a considerable time after trams stopped running there in 1958. As referred to in Leon Manny's excellent book, "Terminus" please...

Hi all, More tangential information here.. I apologise. By coincidence I recently researched Higlett's as a tangent to investigating the Lee family of Picton Omnibus, which in itself was a tangent when looking into the Heise family of Cooma Coaches! Several factors arose in the 1940's that saw bus ...

Photo of m/o 5482 shown with desto sign for the extension of route 779 from Erskine Park to Kemps Creek, which only started yesterday. New bus on newly extended route!

According to the fleet lists for Deane, the Bedford m/o 4533 was previously with Col Sinclair in 1962 and prior to that with Clinton Motors for the transport of coal miners. I am learning new info about Clintons as a bus operator here. I have googled Clintons Motors and have found this link: https:...

s I know Clinton's had a motor vehicle sales business in Camden at the time but am not sure if they operated it on a service or were just the selling agent for the Bedford ( as it was over 50 years ago since i made the entry in my notes i am not really sure but it would have been unusual of me to no...

Yesterday I travelled on m/o 6520, an Element (demonstrator?), doing the 1.53pm route 270 from Terrey Hills. First day in service with Forest? And how was it Robert compared to other electric buses you've ridden? Tony Fairly quiet, even if not totally, a hum possibly from the aircon (?). But certai...

Yesterday I travelled on m/o 6520, an Element (demonstrator?), doing the 1.53pm route 270 from Terrey Hills. First day in service with Forest?

I have the lists of routes in each region in about 2007, which were part of documentation issued to people attending the "community consultation" meetings ahead of the network reviews. 269 was then shown in region 7. Curiously 201 was shown in both regions 7 and 8. Pre the allocating of e...

I have the lists of routes in each region in about 2007, which were part of documentation issued to people attending the "community consultation" meetings ahead of the network reviews. 269 was then shown in region 7.

Curiously 201 was shown in both regions 7 and 8.

Hi Robert! 1. School holiday Wiseman's Ferry service is wheel chair accessible, so these Hinos could not operate it (being school buses they are still high floor) 2. School holiday trip still definitely runs Thursdays only, and is shown as such in the Busways "area timetable" booklet. I a...

m/o 6991 1459 Hino FD seems a interesting purchase,is it for a special purpose? These are replacing minibuses (a Rosa and a Mercedes Vario so far) on rural school runs out of Mulgrave depot. I didn't realise a second one had been acquired until a looked at the fleet lists; the first replaced the Va...

Red and Cream wrote: ↑Thu Sep 16, 2021 9:36 pm GM, did'nt J.T. Ford take over King's route and buses before sale to Deane????

My notes say King transferred route 223 Turramurra-Bobbin Head to Ford in July 1949. To Deane in Jan 1961.

Here in NSW, quite close to where i live are two former depots still standing albeit with other busines's now occupying them. Royle Bros. in Willoughby and Longueville Motor Bus Company( that wonderful title from a long gone age was used right up till the takeover by Deane in 1968.) in Longueville....