THE SHOWBUS AUSTRALIA BUS IMAGE GALLERY
SITA Buslines | Coaches in non standard liveries
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In 1995 SITA acquired the Queensland Coachtrans operation and moved into Sydney using the Coachtrans fleetname with the SITA logo. Later SITA retreated to Melbourne and having closed down Sydney operations it sold the Queensland operation to Con-X-ion. This is thought to be an MCA Marathon at Sydney Airport around Christmas 2001.
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Seen around the same time was what is thought to be an Austral Tourmaster with another Coachtrans coach and APT's ex South Yorkshire PTE East Lancs bodied Leyland Atlantean.
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Another MCA Marathon in downtown Sydney that holiday.
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 Several Coachtrans vehicles were transferred south to Melbourne including some Denning Landseer deckers. This one was new to Deluxe in Wangarratta as 188 (VX44BS) in 1988. It is seen on the Sunbus Airport Shuttle in April 2007. |
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 Seen after dark in August 2008 a Landseer on the Airport Shuttle joins city traffic. |
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 Another August 2008 view of 217 at the West Footscray depot. |
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 The nearside rear view of 217 at the depot. |
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 Alongside Austral Tourmaster HD1, 249 (2359AO) in the yard that day was Denning Landseer 215 (2348AO) lettered for the Sunbus Airport Shuttle. This too was new to Deluxe in 1988 and worked in WA and Quensland before arriving in Melbourne. It is not thought to have been a Coachtrans fleet member. Its last oprator was Moore's Tours in NSW being sold for a motorhome in 2023. |
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 The Sunbus Airport Shuttles were not all Landseer deckers. Seen from the Prince of Wales Hotel on Fitzroy Street in St Kilda in April 2007 was this unidentified coach with Siemens Combino five section tram city bound on the 96. |
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 A pair of Autobus bodied Volvo B7R coaches at the West Footscray depot in August 2008. Nearer the camera is 225 (2725AO), whilst the second is undidentified, but lettered for the Sunbus Airport Shuttle. |
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 Not on Airport duties at the Melbourne Cup in November 2012 was MCA Marathon 228 (2728AO), which was new to Coachtrans with rego 084CTN in 1994. It is lettered for the Avalon Airport service. |
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 On a beautiful day in St Kilda in April 2010, Coach Concepts bodied Volvo B9R 281, lettered for the Avalon Airport Service, was only seven months old. Seen outside the iconic Palais Theatre with South Australia rego SB85CV the coach later received 8975AO. It was one of a trio of coaches acquired for the service which were all later sold, with the Avalon service to Skybus who numbered it 52 and later despatched it to their Gold Coast unit with rego XQ58OW. |
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 Sister vehicle 282 (2737AO) was seen in March 2013. Its original rego was SB85CY and it also ended up with Skybus Gold Coast as 54 (XQ57OW). |
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 The final member of the trio was 280 (2703AO) seen arriving at Southern Cross Station from Avalon in April 2014. It too had an SA rego initially, SB51CX, but also was reregistered whilst with SITA to BS01JF. It joined the others with Skybus in 2017 as their 53, transferring to the Gold Coast with rego XQ56OW.
Picture ref A2682 |
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 The coach is seen again in February the following year approaching the entrance of the West Footscray depot.
Picture ref B9651 |
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