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.[1][2]
In 1994, Joe and Tony Calabro bought a 50% share of Neville's Bus Service with the operation rebranded as Busabout.[3]
The Calabro family had a long history with the south-western suburbs, having operated services in Bonnyrigg from 1951[4] until selling the operation to Westbus in June 1989 with 70 buses and coaches.[5] Joe and Tony Calabro subsequently purchased Surfside Buslines in October 1989[6][7] followed by Hawkesbury Valley in November 1990.[8]
In September 1997, the Calabros purchased Liverpool Transport Co from the Garrard family, who operated services from Liverpool to Miller, Austral, Hillview and Cartwright.[1][2][9] In October 2001, the Calabros purchased the remaining shares in Busabout and it was amalgamated with Liverpool Transport Co at the latter's West Hoxton depot under the Busabout name.
From 2005 to 2013, Busabout's services were part of Sydney Bus Region 2, with some routes part of Region 3.[11] On 13 October 2013, Transit Systems took over Region 3 having won a tender to operate the new region including two routes that were operated by Busabout.[12][13]
On 1 June 2014, Busabout's Sydney Bus Region 2 services passed to Interline and Busabout took over the Sydney Bus Region 15 services from Busways.[14][15][16] A new depot in region 15 opened 20 January 2015.[17]
On 8 October 2023, Region 15 services passed from Busabout to Transit Systems NSW, as part of a consolidated Region 2.[18][19]
Fleet
As at December 2020, the fleet consists of 124 buses.[20] Since 2001 all purchases have been bodied at the Calabro's Bustech operation. With the introduction of the Busabout name in 1994, a white, green and yellow livery was introduced. In 2010 the Transport for NSW white and blue livery began to be applied.
References
^ abNew South Wales Bus Operators and Fleet Listings. Sydney: Historic Commercial Vehicle Association. 1993. pp. 66, 73.
^ abc"Contractor changes in Sydney regions 2 and 15" Australian Bus issue 64 July 2014 pages 38/39
^"Ownership and route changes" Fleetline October 1994 page 193
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