Transborder Express - pre Deane's
This is a historic listing of vehicles owned and operated by Transborder Express - pre Deane's.
| Operator Information | Full Fleet List Disposal List | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accreditation: | ACT - Transborder Express Pty Ltd, ACTBS004TC/RR, Mitchell (achieved 25/10/02). NSW - Transborder Express Pty Ltd, Acc No. 9366, Mitchell, ACT (achieved 2/92). |
| Depot Address/s: | 12 Callan St, Mitchell ACT 2911 48 Rossi Ct, Yass NSW 2582 |
| Livery: | Transborder: Silver lower body, white & dark green upper body Lever Coachlines: Silver/Grey with mid-body green stripes Countrylink: White with Countrylink logo/signwriting |
| Service Runs: | 981 The Canberra Hospital, Woden Interchange & Canberra central - Yass 982 Canberra Central - Yass "Alpinexpress" Canberra - Thredbo (May-October) "Surfborder" Canberra - Ulladulla via Batemans Bay |
| School Runs: | Echidna: AM Wallaroo Road to Hall, Hall to Belconnen schools, PM 2x trips Belconnen to Hall and Wallaroo, then Hall to Wallaroo. Penguin: AM/PM Nanima & Spring Range Rd to Hall, Kaleen High & Lake Ginninderra College. Platypus: AM/PM Merriville Esate & The Woods Estate - Hall & Belconnen schools. Koala: AM/PM Merriville Esate, Murrumbateman & Hall - Belconnen schools, then Belconnen - Hall and second trip Belconnen to Euroka. Emu: AM/PMYass, Murrumbateman West & Hall - South Canberra schools (quick bus). Bilby: AM/PM South & McIntosh, Murrumbateman - Gungahlin schools. Kangaroo: AM East side of Muurrumbateman & Hall - North Canberra schools and PM North Canberra - Hall & Murrumbateman, then to Yass via Euroka & Patemans. Wombat: AM/PM Yass, Murrumbateman & Hall - Canberra central schools. Cockatoo: AM/PM Gundaroo Road & eastern Murrumbateman to Yass schools. Wallaby: AM/PM Murrumbateman village & Merriville Estate to Yass schools. |
| Website: | www.transborderexpress.com.au |
This list represents the fleet information at the time the operation was taken over by Deane's.- a separate new list has been prepared to reflect the fleet as owned by Deane's.
All two and three digit MO registrations are (ACT) - Four digit MO registrations are (NSW) and all others are (SA)
* 52 seating capacity with no wheelchairs; 50 seats with one wheelchair (the standard layout); 46 seats with two wheelchairs.
History: (Source: Transborder website)
The Williams family took over the Yass to Canberra mail service on 1 July 1954. An 11 seater International K3 from Pioneer Tours was purchased to run the service. The Yass Junction to Yass Town tram was withdrawn on 17 May 1958 and Williams were successful in providing the replacement VW Combi mini-bus. A connection service off the Intercapital Daylight Express (Sydney to Melbourne) at Yass Junction to Canberra commenced with a brand new International AA148 / Syd Wood in 1959.
The name Transborder Express was adopted in 1983 to replace the former Yass Canberra Coaches trading name. The Lever Coachlines name was purchased 31/5/99 with four vehicles initially hired (mo 3 Eagle 10, mo 6 Tourmaster, mo 7 MCA and TV 905 Tourmaster) pending the delivery of four Scanias. Under the operating name of Lever Coachlines, a divsion of Transborder Express, a Canberra to Snowy Mountains Express service commenced in the winter of 1999. This was supplemented from June 2003 with the "Alpinexpress" Canberra to Thredbo via Canberra Airport and Jindabyne.
Transborder successfully tendered for the Canberra to Bombala, Canberra to Eden, Cootamundra to Queanbeyan and Cootamundra to Tumbarumba Countrylink contracts in 2002 and commenced operating them as of 1/1/03. Four new Volvo B12B / Autobus coaches were ordered for these contracts and were delivered in July 2003, all registered on 22 July and the first entered service on 31 July. Transborder lost the Cootamundra to Queanbeyan and Cootamundra to Tumbarumba services to LV & AV Makeham, Nangus who took over operation for the next 5 year term on 1/1/08.
A service known as the "Goulburn CityLink Service" which connected Canberra with the Sydney train at Goulburn Railway Station was discontinued from 1 May 2004 as a result of the recommencement of multiple train service by Countrylink between Canberra and Sydney.
The "Surfborder" service from Canberra - Narooma ceased as of 4/2/08. The "Dingo" Yass schools - Dog Trap Road school run was sold to MG & LA Benton, Yass 31/3/08 with no bus.
As of 7/08, Transborder transferred ownership to Deane's Buslines, Queanbeyan in a takeover which will see the Transborder name unaltered and continued as a subsidiary of Deane's.
