Busabout Sydney facts for kids
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| Parent | Joe & Tony Calabro |
| Headquarters | Smeaton Grange |
| Service area | South West Sydney |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Alliance | Busabout Wagga Wagga Hawkesbury Valley Buses |
| Hubs | Campbelltown station |
| Depot(s) | 3 |
| Fleet | 124 (December 2020) |
| Web site | www.busabout.com.au |
Busabout Sydney was a bus company that ran bus services in South West Sydney, Australia. It helped people travel around the area. The company worked for Transport for NSW, which manages public transport in New South Wales. Busabout Sydney operated for many years before it stopped on October 7, 2023.
How Busabout Started
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Busabout Sydney began a long time ago. In November 1947, a man named Sid Neville bought a bus route. This route connected Liverpool to places like Leppington and Bringelly. A few years later, in 1955, Neville bought another route that went from Liverpool to Ingleburn.
During the 1960s, Sid Neville also started a special bus service. This service was for group trips and tours. It was known as "Coachways."
New Owners and Growth
In 1994, two brothers, Joe and Tony Calabro, bought half of Neville's Bus Service. They changed the company's name to Busabout. The Calabro family already had a lot of experience with buses. They had run bus services in Bonnyrigg from 1951 until 1989.
The Calabro brothers also owned other bus companies. They bought Surfside Buslines in 1989 and Hawkesbury Valley in 1990. This showed their big role in the bus industry.
In 1997, the Calabros bought another company called Liverpool Transport Co. This company ran buses from Liverpool to areas like Miller and Cartwright. In 2001, the Calabros bought the rest of Busabout. They combined it with Liverpool Transport Co. All their bus services then operated under the Busabout name.
The Calabro family even expanded outside Sydney. In 2008, they bought a bus company in Wagga Wagga and Harden. They renamed it Busabout Wagga Wagga.
Changes in Service Areas
From 2005 to 2013, Busabout's services were part of a system called "Sydney Bus Region 2." Some of its routes were also in "Region 3." In 2013, another company, Transit Systems, took over Region 3. This meant Busabout no longer ran those specific routes.
Then, in 2014, more changes happened. Busabout's services in Sydney Bus Region 2 were taken over by Interline. At the same time, Busabout started operating services in a new area, Sydney Bus Region 15. They took over these routes from another company called Busways. A new bus depot was opened in Region 15 in 2015 to help with these new services.
Bus Fleet
As of December 2020, Busabout had a fleet of 124 buses. Since 2001, all the new buses they bought were built by Bustech. This company is also owned by the Calabro family.
When the Busabout name was first used in 1994, the buses had a special design. They were white, green, and yellow. Later, in 2010, the buses started to get a new look. This was the white and blue design used by Transport for NSW for many public transport vehicles.
