Southtrans (Deanes Coaches (South) Pty Ltd) - Menai & Taren Point (as at 7/9/99)
This is a historic listing of vehicles owned and operated by Southtrans (Deanes Coaches (South) Pty Ltd) - Menai & Taren Point (as at 7/9/99).
| Operator Information | Full Fleet List Disposal List | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accreditation: | Deanes Coaches (South) Pty Ltd, Acc No. 8260, Taren Point & Menai Hadfield Bus Lines, Acc No. 8269, Taren Point |
| Depot Address/s: | Lot 2 Old Illawarra Road, Menai 33-39 Bay Road, Taren Point |
| Livery: | All white with yellow, orange and blue stripe |
Southtrans (Deanes Coaches (South) Pty Ltd) sold out to CGEA Transport NSW Pty Ltd (Acc No. 23537) on 27 September 1999. See Veolia Transport fleet list for subsequent name changes, acquisitions and fleet disposals.
History of acquisitions by Deane family:
17 August 1988 - Menai Bus Service.
10 July 1989 - Hadfield's Bus Lines, Engadine.
28 January 1992 - South Western Coaches, Jannali (after operating their routes on behalf of the Department of Transport for over a year since 8 October 1990 following the delicensing of South Western).
29 December 1993 - Carss Park Chartered Tours and Bus Lines, Taren Point.
1 April 1994 - Kogarah - Carss Park Bus Service (N Blythe), Bexley.
Fleet numbers were originally allocated on 11/10/89.
The former Hadfield depot at Wollybutt Road, Engadine was vacated as the end of June 1992 and all the Engadine based vehicles were moved to the Menai depot. A new depot was established in Gow Street, Padstow and 20 vehicles were transferred from Menai to this depot. It was closed before the cale to CGEA in September 1999.
