company see redbus.in red bus services parent sloman family commenced operation 1923 headquarters bateau bay service area central coast service type bus services depots 1 fleet 95 october 2014 website www.redbus.com.au red bus services is an australian bus company operating route bus services on the new south wales central coast . history edit in 1923 messers barham & wells started a bus service between the entrance and wyong in opposition to a ferry service . in 1924 a service commenced between the entrance and gosford trading as the red bus company tuggerah lakes motors . the business was sold in 1929 to the sloman family and renamed the entrance red bus service . in 1946 a service between gosford and east springfield was purchased and renamed gosford bus service . 1 in 1949 services from the entrance to wyong the entrance to ourimbah and ourimbah to wyong were purchased . in 1952 local services in the entrance were purchased giving the entrance red bus service control of all services operating in the area . in the early 1950s red bus also operated coach services out of newcastle gosford and cooma and was the first mainland bus company to operate a coach to tasmania . the gosford to kariong and lisarow services were purchased and later sold . in december 1973 the gosford to matcham and holgate service was acquired . 1 2 in june 1988 the central coast airbus between bateau bay and sydney airport service commenced ceasing in 2000 . 1 3 4 the gosford bus service and the entrance red bus service names remained in use until the late 1990s when both were rebranded as red bus services and all operations consolidated at the bateau bay depot . 5 since 2008 red bus services have formed sydney outer metropolitan bus region 7 . 6 fleet edit as at october 2014 the fleet consisted of 92 buses and three coaches . 7 the fleet livery was red and cream until the transport for new south wales white and blue livery was adopted in 2010 . the central coast airbus fleet was painted in a grey white red and yellow scheme . references edit a b c a brief history of the company red bus services new south wales bus operators and fleet listings . sydney historic commercial vehicle association . 1993 . p. 16 . central coast airbus fleetline august 1989 page 122 new south wales deregulation australian bus panorama 5 2 september 1989 page 9 red bus service australian bus panorama 14 4 february 1999 page 45 outer metropolitan sydney bus contract regions 6 and 7 nsw government transport and infrastructure retrieved 8 july 2014 red bus services australian bus fleet lists v t e public transport in regional new south wales train intercity blue mountains central coast & newcastle hunter south coast southern highlands regional north coast north western southern western bus services blue mountains central coast illawarra newcastle nsw trainlink bus & coach services operators blue mountains transit busways coastal liner dion s bus service hunter valley buses newcastle buses & ferries port stephens coaches premier illawarra red bus services rover coaches ferry services newcastle to stockton operators newcastle buses & ferries light rail newcastle light rail proposed ticketing opal independent pricing & regulatory tribunal government transport for new south wales roads & maritime services sydney outer metropolitan bus system contracts taxi taxis in new south wales cabcharge retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title red bus services & oldid 720855214 categories bus companies of new south walescentral coast new south wales 1923 establishments 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 18 may 2016 at 10 46 . 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