Sodhi Transport Pty Ltd - Lismore
The following list is of known buses both current and those previously operated by Sodhi Transport Pty Ltd - Lismore.
| Operator Information | Full Fleet List Disposal List | ||||||
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| Accreditation: | Sodhi Transport Pty Ltd, Acc No. 39369, Dorroughby (from late-2013) Previously JS & A Sodhi, Acc No. 21966 |
| Depot Address/s: | 609 Dorroughby Rd, Dorroughby 104 Wilson Street, Lismore |
| Livery: | Dunoon Bus Service: White with blue stripes and blue cursive sign writing Sodhi Bus Service: White bus with grey skirt and logo |
| Service Runs: | 653 Dorroughby & Dunoon to Lismore (1x rtn sch service & 1x return sch hol service) |
| School Runs: | 653 Dorroughby & Dunoon to Lismore (1x rtn sch service) S891 Geneva & Kyogle to Lismore Schools S892 Tregeagle Public to Chilcotts Grass & Lismore S893 Alstonville to Lismore via Tregeagle Rd S894 Wardell to Lismore Schools via Rous Rd S895 Kyogle to Lismore Schools via Bentley S896 Hillyards Rd to Lismore Schools via Bentley S897 Dorroughby & Dunoon to Lismore Schools S898 Dunoon & Modanville to Lismore Schools |
JS & A Sodhi acquired Lines of Route N0124 Lismore - Bangalow via Booyong, N0218 Lismore - Bangalow via Richmond Hill & N0220 Lismore - Bangalow via Sneaths Rd from Exico Pty Ltd t/a Davista Clippers, Bangalow in June 1998 with MO 7551 Bedford SB5, MO 9064 Volvo B58-61 & MO 2205 Hino RG197K.
In September 2004, the three Lismore to Bangalow contracts were sold to R Sweeney t/a Sweeney Todd Bus Service, Bangalow with MO 2205 Hino RG197K, MO 2695 Mercedes-Benz OH1418 & MO 5121 Optare Metrorider. Following this sale, Sodhi relocated their business interests to nearby Dorroughby in December 2004 to take over Dunoon Bus Service from Ellwood Holdings Pty Ltd with MO 2877 Hino RG197K, MO 5192 Csepel 854.07 & MO 6120 Metrotec Delta. The operation is formed by Route 653 Lismore to Dorroughby, consisting of three school runs from Lismore district schools to the Dunoon & Dorroughby area.
Operation incorporated as Sodhi Transport Pty Ltd, with new accreditation number 39369 effective late-2013.
On 1 December 2018, Sodhi Transport Pty Ltd took over J & B Bus Services Pty Ltd, Lismore with seven buses and six contracts: N0481 Lismore - Kyogle - Geneva, N1649 Tregeagle Public School, N2568 Lismore - Alstonville (via Tregeagle, Wyrallah & Lidendale), N2569 Lismore - Wardell, N2734 Lismore - Bentley
& N2900 Lismore - Hillyards Rd, Cedar Point. These services are operated under the trading name Sodhi Bus Service.
School services were renamed and renumbered effective April 2024 in conjunction with the roll out of Transport Connected Bus Program (TCB).
History of Dunoon Bus Service:
The Lismore to Dunoon district and Dunoon Public School services can be traced back to Belyea, Dorroughby in the late 1970s who operated MO 4131 Ford, MO 9108 Bedford YMT3 and MO 9490 Mazda T3500. Belyea sold out to Rex Yates who was the first to adopt the name "Dunoon Bus Service" (Sills Office Supplies t/a Dunoon Bus Service, Acc No. 1496, Dorroughby). By the 1996, three services were operated into Lismore and one to the Dunoon Public School with (1) MO 2877 Hino RG197K, (2) MO 9875 International 1830T, (3) MO 9108 Bedford YMT3, (4) MO 9136 Hino FC144 and MO 9490 Mazda was still possibly owned.
Yates sold the business to CG & JN Barlow, Dorroughby, Acc No. 20352, who also traded as Dunoon Bus Service. It was at this point where the Lismore runs and the Dunoon local run split. The Dunoon local run went to DJ & CJ Grace t/a Dunoon Bus Service, Acc No. 22254 Dorroughby, this change of ownership first noted at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Grace sold the run to PD & PE McQuhae, Knockrow between 2000 & 1/02 and it later went to G & N Bus Services Pty Ltd 1/02.
Barlow bought a new Hino RG230, MO 4571 in late 1998 replacing (2) MO 9875 International 1830T. The 3 Lismore runs went in 2001 to Graeme A Waller Pty Ltd, Acc No. 24246, Dorroughby. Waller was the previous proprietor of Narrabri Bus Service and took over Marsh's Bus Service, Nimbin in early 2003. The 3 Dunoon runs were sold at the same time to Ellwood Holdings Pty Ltd, Acc No. 31439, Dorroughby who commenced trading around 4/03. Waller kept MO 4571 Hino RG230 and instead sold MO 5192 Csepel ex Marsh along with the other two Dunoon buses. This was another short lived venture which passed to JS & A Sodhi, Acc No. 21966, Dorroughby in December 2004.