. carbridge volgren bodied merceds benz o500le at sydney airport in september 2013 parent todd family commenced operation 21 august 1995 headquarters mascot service area adelaide airport brisbane airport melbourne airport perth airport sydney airport service type airport bus operator depots 5 fleet 74 october 2014 website www.carbridge.com.au carbridge 1 is an australian airport bus company operating services at adelaide brisbane melbourne perth and sydney airports . contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 references 4 external links history edit carbridge commenced operating on 21 august 1995 . formed by the todd family it initially operated staff services for sydney harbour casino . when the casino opened on 13 september 1995 it began to operate courtesy buses from the casino to the sydney central business district with a fleet of eight ansair bodied mercedes benz o400s painted in an all black livery . 2 3 4 by the time the permanent star city casino opened in november 1997 long distance services were being operated to newcastle the central coast the blue mountains and wollongong with late model mercedes benz and scania coaches . 5 by this stage a yellow and blue livery had been adopted . 6 most star city services ceased in 1998 with the fleet sold off . 7 carbridge then diversified into operating airport bus services winning a contract at sydney airport with neoplan apron buses purchased from hong kong s kai tak airport . 8 9 it has since expanded to operate services between airport terminals and car parks at adelaide brisbane melbourne perth and sydney airports . 4 fleet edit as at october 2014 the fleet consisted of 74 buses and coaches . 10 references edit carbridge pty ltd australian securities & investments commission timetables & routes fleetline issue 238 september 1995 pages165 166 carbridge pty ltd fleetline issue 240 january 1996 page 33 a b carbridge business in focus august 2012 carbridge australian bus panorama issue 13 6 june 1998 page 44 carbridge fleetline issue 257 november 1998 page 210 carbridge pty ltd fleetline issue 258 january 1999 page 27 carbridge australian bus panorama issue 14 5 april 1999 page 48 carbridge airside australian bus panorama issue 15 2 october 1999 page 40 carbridge australian bus fleet lists external links edit company website bus australia gallery retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title carbridge & oldid 719356620 categories bus companies of australiabus transport in australia1995 establishments in australiahidden categories use australian english from november 2014all wikipedia articles written in australian englishuse dmy dates from november 2014 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 9 may 2016 at 05 59 . 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