liverpool station in july 2013 parent joe & tony calabro commenced operation november 1947 headquarters smeaton grange service area south west sydney service type bus services alliance busabout wagga wagga hawkesbury valley buses hubs campbelltown station depots 3 fleet 112 december 2014 website www.busabout.com.au busabout sydney is an australian bus company operating route bus services in south west sydney . contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 references 4 external links history edit bustech bodied mercedes benz o500le in prestons in may 2012 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 . on 2 december 2008 the calabros purchased the fearne s coaches business in wagga wagga and harden and rebranded it as busabout wagga wagga 2 10 since 2005 busabout s services have been part of sydney bus region 2 with some routes part of region 3 . 11 on 13 october 2013 transit systems sydney 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 the transit australia group consists of queensland operations including surfside buslines which the calabro family has acquired . fleet edit as at december 2014 the fleet consisted of 112 buses . 18 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 new south wales white and blue livery began to be applied . in july 2014 the joint heavy taskforce made up of people from nsw police and roads & maritime services inspected the fleet at smeaton grange depot and found that 32 out of 88 buses had major defects . 19 references edit a b new south wales bus operators and fleet listings . sydney historic commercial vehicle association . 1993 . pp. 66 73 . a b c 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 tribute to frank calabro hansard nsw parliament 6 may 2011 calabro s sold fleetline november 1989 page 176 stateliner takes over greyhound australian bus panorama 5 5 march 1990 page 23 surfside bus lines australian bus panorama 6 6 february 1991 page 45 ownership changes fleetline july 1991 page 118 liverpool transport australian bus panorama 13 2 october 1997 page 44 fearne s is sold to sydney firm the daily advertiser wagga wagga 7 december 2008 region 2 transport nsw cut costs or bus contracts will go to private sector minister tells drivers sydney morning herald 7 november 2012 transit systems awarded sydney buses contract transit systems 7 november 2012 more than 60 new buses and improved customer service with new bus contracts transport for nsw 29 august 2013 busabout news may 2014 retrieved 11 may 2014 busways campbelltown april 2014 retrieved 18 april 2014 busabout newsletter busabout june 2015 busabout campbelltown smeaton grange & west hoxton australian bus fleet lists smeaton grange based busabout buses found to be defective camden narellan advertiser 1 july 2014 external links edit media related to busabout sydney at wikimedia commons showbus gallery v t e public transport in sydney train sydney trains t1 north shore northern & western t2 airport inner west & south t3 bankstown t4 eastern suburbs & illawarra t5 cumberland t6 carlingford t7 olympic park sydney metro northwest rapid transit operator sydney metro northwest under construction sydney metro city & southwest proposed infrastructure list of sydney railway lines list of sydney trains railway stations sydney rail rolling stock bus services local routes metrobus nightride rapid routes suburban routes 144 190 400 operators busabout busways forest hillsbus interline punchbowl bus company state transit transdev transit systems infrastructure liverpool parramatta t way north west t way ferry sydney ferries f1 manly f2 taronga zoo f3 parramatta river f4 darling harbour f5 neutral bay f6 mosman f7 eastern suburbs harbour city ferries other captain cook cruises church point ferry cronulla and national park ferry cruises hawkesbury river ferries manly fast ferry palm beach ferry light rail l1 dulwich hill cbd & south east under construction parramatta proposed point to point taxis in new south wales uber cabcharge ticketing opal card earlier ticketing systems independent pricing & regulatory tribunal government infrastructure nsw railcorp roads & maritime services transport for new south wales retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title busabout sydney & oldid 737082258 categories bus companies of new south walesbus transport in sydney1947 establishments in australiahidden categories use dmy dates from november 2013use australian 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