PSC Group
The following list is of known buses both current and those previously operated by PSC Group.
| Operator Information | Full Fleet List Disposal List | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accreditation: | Port Stephens Coaches Pty Ltd, Acc No. 20052 & ACTBS063TC (ACT), Anna Bay |
| Depot Address/s: | Port Stephens Coaches: 17a Port Stephens Drive, Anna Bay Mangrove Road, Sandgate Cooma Coaches: 7 Holland Road, Polo Flat (Cooma) Percy Harris St, Leesville (Jindabyne) |
| Livery: | White with red stripe and yellow signwriting Coaches are now being delivered in white with a small blue logo. Some coaches have been repainted into this livery. |
| Service Runs: | Port Stephens Coaches: 130 Fingal Bay to Newcastle via Gan Gan Rd 131 Fingal Bay to Newcastle (Express Service) 132 Nelson Bay to Soldiers Point 133 Nelson Bay to Soldiers Point 134 Anna Bay to Soldiers Point 135 Nelson Bay to Raymond Terrace Cooma Coaches: 870 Cooma town service |
| School Runs: | Port Stephens Coaches: School services associated with OSMBSC Region 3 (local Port Stephens & Port Stephens area to Newcastle schools) S852 Medowie Christian School - Stroud via Booral (Very Small Rural & Regional contract commencing 1/9/17) S719 Berridale - Eucumbene (ex N0621) Cooma Coaches: S500 Jindabyne schools to Cooma (ex N2901) S501 Jindabyne schools to Berridale 1 (ex N2876) S502 Jindabyne Central School (secondary only) to Berridale 2 (ex N4037) S503 Jindabyne schools to Kalkite via Tryolean Village 1 (ex N3019) S504 Jindabyne schools to Kalkite via Tryolean Village 2 (ex N3019) S505 Jindabyne schools to Lakewood Estate via Old Settlers Rd (ex N2899) S506 Jindabyne schools to Mowamba Way, Moonbah (ex N3126) S507 Jindabyne schools to EastJindabyne (ex N2740) S508 Jindabyne schools to Ingebirah (ex N2444) S509 Cooma schools to Bredbo (ex N0678) S510 Cooma schools to Bunyanvale (ex N2805) S511 Cooma schools to Countegany (ex N0683) S512 Cooma schools to Maffra (ex N0673) S513 Cooma schools to Myalla (ex N2413) S514 Cooma schools to Numeralla (ex N3124) S515 Cooma schools to Eucumbene (ex N2495) S521 Cooma schools town run (Green Diamond) S522 Cooma schools town run to Polo Flat Rd (Orange Circle) S523 Cooma schools town run (Blue Triangle) S527 Jindabyne schools to Thredbo (ex N1217) |
| Website: | www.pscoaches.com.au |
Port Stephens Coaches is a third generation family business owned by the Fogg family. In 1957, Sid Fogg along with two partners purchased Fogg’s Newcastle - Nelson Bay operations with 6 buses and named the company Port Stephens Buses. Prior to that, Sid Fogg had been involved with his brothers Owen, Roy and Amos running Foggs Motor Service operating Rover Motors, Kurri Kurri Bus Service, Toronto Bus Service, Toronto taxis, Hunter Valley Coaches, Allens Tours and Stockton Bus Service.
In 1963, Sid Fogg took over the shareholdings of his two business partners to become sole owner of Port Stephens Buses. In the same year, Sid Fogg's eldest son Terry Fogg (aged 22) and his new wife Kay moved to Nelson Bay to assume the role of Manager for the family business. Kay Fogg became the first female bus driver in the Hunter region. The couple purchased Port Stephens Buses off Sid Fogg in 1972.
Terry and Kay Fogg's son Chris joined the family business at age 16 in 1983, representing a third generation, starting out as an apprentice and building his way up the position of to General Manager in 2009 and now Managing Director. Their daughter Alison Schneeberger, an accountant, returned to Nelson Bay in 2013, to assist managing the business, taking up the position of Financial Controller.
Upon the deregulation off the New South Wales intrastate coach market, Port Stephens Buses commenced an express service between Port Stephens and Sydney during December 1986. The companys name was adjusted to Port Stephens Coaches Pty Ltd to reflect the operations diversification into long distance coach services, charter and tours.
In 1997, Port Stephens Coaches relocated from its depot in Tomaree Street, Nelson Bay to a larger site on Port Stephens Drive, Anna Bay.
In the early-2000's, Port Stephens Coaches established a satellite depot in Sandgate (10km from Newcastle CBD) for charter vehicles. An additional trading name Newcastle Coaches was registered November 22 2002 and featured on some charter vehicles.
Port Stephens Coaches Pty Ltd successfully tendered for the Newcastle to Taree via Gloucester Countrylink contract in 2007 and took over operation of this service from CA & C Cavanagh Pty Ltd, Kempsey effective of January 1 2008.
In 2008, Chris Fogg partnered with Anthony Royle (formerly of Forest Coach Lines Pty Ltd) to establish the company Linq Buslines Pty Ltd and take Millers Coaches (Mamparn Pty Ltd) based in the small Hunter village of Gresford in the Dungog Shire. Refer to Linq Buslines fleetlist for further information.
A majority shareholding in Cooma Coaches Pty Ltd located in the New South Wales Snowy Monaro region was acquired in 2015, with the company purchased outright in 2020. To complement the Cooma Coaches operation, smaller operators were taken over:
- Yorklyn Holdings Pty Ltd t/a Snowlink, Jindabyne in 2016 consisting of school service N1217 Jindabyne - Thredbo and three buses (2067 MO Higer Ryder, 2068 MO Mitsubishi Rosa & 2076 MO MAN 18.360).
- MM Taylor & JA Atherton t/a Snow Alliance, Berridale on July 1 2019 consisting of school service N0621 Berridale - Eucumbene and five vehicles 6949 MO Higer Munro, TV 5843 Toyota Coaster, TV 6891 Toyota Commuter 4x4, TV 8904 Mercedes Sprinter & HC 4363 Nissan Elgrand. Note this business was taken over by entity Port Stephens Coaches Pty Ltd.
- Supplementing the above takeovers, Cooma Coaches Pty Ltd was awarded caretaker of N0409 Jerangle - Peakview in early 2017, previously held by GL Hopkins of Jerangle. Existing fleet member 2052 MO Ford Transit was used on the contract, servicing the out of the way locality of Jerangle (60km north-east of Cooma) until the end of Term 4 2020, when the service ceased due to low numbers.
In addition to Port Stephens Coaches long held services around the local area & to/from Newcastle under an Outer Metropolitan Bus Service (OMBSC) contract, the company tendered for a new contract from Medowie Christian School to Stroud via Booral operating under a Rural & Regional Very Small Contract commencing September 1 2017.
Services operated under Rural & Regional contracts were renumbered / renamed as part of a Transport for New South Wales route name & number standardisation program. Cooma Coaches services were renumbered/renamed during 2020. Medowie Christian School - Stroud via Booral service was numbered S852 by August 2023. N0621 Berridale - Eucumbene was renumbered S719 in conjunction with Transport Connected Bus (TCB) GPS tracking / real time passenger information roll out, which went live in August 2024.
Acknowledgment: Earlier historical & family information sourced from article "Port Stephens Coaches marks 60 years in business" published in Port Stephens Examiner November 23 2017.
