1982 ceased operation february 2007 headquarters bankstown airport service type bus services depots 1 fleet 86 february 2007 website www.transitfirst.com.au transit first was an australian bus company operating in the south western suburbs of sydney . contents 1 history 2 routes 3 shopper hopper services 4 fleet 5 external links 6 see also 7 references history edit transit first s origins can be traced back to august 1982 when peter threlkeld purchased holswothy bus co with 15 buses and services between liverpool holswothy and east hills adopting the trading name of westway bus & coach service . in july 1987 milperra bus co was purchased with services between milperra and bankstown . 1 in january 1997 westway purchased the routes 915 to 921 in the auburn and bankstown area from crossley bus lines . 2 3 in may 2003 bankstown strathfield bus service and west bankstown bus service were purchased from the treuer family . in july 2003 the combined operation was rebranded as transit first . 4 5 due to the sydney metropolitan bus service contracts that started in january 2005 some of the baxter s bus lines were transferred to connex and transit first . 6 in september 2006 the services that were transferred to connex were eventually replaced by new services which were operated by transit first . 7 in february 2007 transit first was sold to veolia transport nsw . 8 9 routes edit transit first operated 15 bus routes in south western sydney 900 liverpool burwood via bankstown 901 liverpool holsworthy via wattle grove 902 liverpool holsworthy via moorebank 902x voyager point pleasure point sandy point 903 liverpool chipping norton liverpool 904 liverpool fairfield via lansvale 905 fairfield bankstown via villawood 909 bankstown parramatta via auburn 911 bankstown auburn via chester hill 913 bankstown strathfield via roberts road 914 greenacre strathfield 915 lidcombe university via tafe 925 bankstown condell park east hills shopper hopper services edit s1 lansvale cabramatta shops s2 auburn botanic gardens auburn shops fleet edit westway operated a varied fleet of albions hinos leylands mans and volvos . in the late 1990s it standardised on mercedes benz o405s . 4 westway adopted a white red and blue livery . transit first adopted a white green and blue livery . 10 external links edit company website february 2007 westway website april 2001 see also edit buses in sydney references edit new south wales bus operators and fleet listings . sydney historic commercial vehicle association . 1993 . p. 121 . crossley bus lines fleetline march 1998 page 66 crossley bus lines fleetline may 1998 page 100 a b westway transit first australian bus fleet lists transit first launches australasian bus & coach baxter s bus lines february 2005 home page sydney bus routes 900 999 retrieved 12 february 2014 veolia transport nsw australian bus fleet lists veolia to expand sydney bus services sydney morning herald 9 january 2007 transit first bus australia photo gallery retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title transit first & oldid 738301818 categories bus companies of new south walesbus transport in sydney1982 establishments in australia2007 disestablishments in australiahidden categories use dmy dates from november 2013use australian english from november 2013all wikipedia articles written in australian english navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 september 2016 at 03 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view