Makeham's Coaches - Nangus
The following list is of known buses both current and those previously operated by Makeham's Coaches - Nangus.
| Operator Information | Full Fleet List Disposal List | ||||||
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| Accreditation: | Makeham's Coaches Pty Ltd, Acc No. 43048 (NSW) & ACTBS026TC (ACT), Nangus |
| Depot Address/s: | 27 Lake Albert Rd, Wagga Wagga Tor St, Gundagai 'Allandi', 195 Oakhills Rd, Nangus |
| Livery: | White with three different shades of blue stripes |
| School Runs: | S241 Gundagai - Nangus (ex N0121) S242 Cootamundra - Illabo via Bethungra, McGledes Hill Rd & Eurongilly (ex N2466 Cootamundra - Frampton) S243 Wagga Wagga - Gundagai via Oura & Nangus (ex N2500) S244 Wagga Wagga - Eurongilly via Oura, Wantabadgery & McGledes Hill Rd (ex N0954 Wagga Wagga - Oura - Wantabadgery) S245 Nangus - Gundagai via Wantabadgery & Mundarlo (ex N1898 Nangus - Wantabadgery) S246 Gundagai - Tarrabandra via Jackalass (ex N0480) S247 Gundagai - Tumblong Lewins Lane via Minjary & Snowball Rd (ex N0483) S248 Wagga Wagga - Nangus via River Rd (ex N3114) S249 Wagga Wagga - Gundagai via Wantabadgery & Nangus (ex N4034 Wagga Wagga - Gundagai Route 2) |
| Website: | www.makehamscoaches.com.au |
Lindsay and Annette Makeham commenced operation on the 1st of April 1983 with a 1976 Leyland 49 seater operating Line of Route N0121 Gundagai - Nangus. This bus was replaced in 1989 with a Bedford.
Line of Route N2466
Cootamundra - Frampton was taken over from AA & AG Sutherland, Cootamundra in July 1990 with MO 8324 Bedford.
Following the delicensing of EG & MJ Worldon, Nangus, Makeham's successfully tendered for Lines of Route N0954 Wagga Wagga - Oura - Wantabadgery, N1898 Nangus - Wantabadgery & N2500 Wagga Wagga - Gundagai.
Makeham moved into the charter business in 1992.
Lines of Route N0480 Gundagai - Jackalass - Tarrabandra & N0483 Gundagai - Snowball Rd were acquired from Kevin & Leo Eccleston in 1994 with MO 508 Hino, MO 1047 Mercedes-Benz & MO 8146 Bedford. Kevin Eccleston is Annette Makeham's father.
Twomey's Coaches, Wagga Wagga was taken over from BG & RJ Malaquin, KJ & PK Morden t/a M & M Buses, Wagga Wagga in 1998 with MO 2037 Scania & TV 931 Scania. A travel agency was opened soon after in 1999.
The Wagga Wagga - Griffith Countrlink Rural Coach Service was successfully tendered for in 2002. MO 4409 Volvo B7R was purchased from King Bros to operate the contract commencing January 1 2003. Makeham's were subsequently successful in their bids for the Cootamundra - Tumbarumba & Queanbeyan - Cootamundra contracts commencing January 1 2008. The company's Countrylink fleet was equipped with 3 new BCI Explorer coaches in mid-2008.
The Narrandera to Brewarrena Station school contract and coach charter/tour business of DW & VA Oxley, Narrandera was taken over in the first half of 2008 with TV 152 MAN & TLK 152 Toyota. The school contract ceased later in that year.
Line of Route N3114 Wagga Wagga - Nangus is a new contract that commenced around Term 1 2012.
In 2014, Makeham's Coaches were unsuccessful in their bids to retain their Countrylink contracts. The Queanbeyan - Cootamundra service passed Kmet Transport Services Pty Ltd t/a Roadcoach, Moss Vale, and Wagga Wagga - Griffith & Wagga Wagga - Tumbarumba services to LC Dyson's Bus Service Pty Ltd, Bundoora (VIC), all as of January 1 2015.
Business incorporated as Makeham's Coaches Pty Ltd mid-2018, replacing previous entity LJ & AV Makeham, Acc No's. 9493 & 11959.
As part of a Transport for New South Wales route number rationalisation, school bus services were renumbered effective Monday 1 March 2021.
