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Port Stephens Coaches | Coaches
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 Newcastle Bus Station in August 2004 with two Newcastle O405s and a B12BLE, a Blue Ribbon Mercedes plus Port Stephens Volvo B7R 12 (MO2262) with Autobus coachwork bound for Nelson Bay. |
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 A better view of 12 on the stand awaiting departure. The bus has since been reregistered 3125MO. |
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 Three days later and 12 is on coach charter in Sydney. The Port Stephens Coaches fleet features many coach seated vehicles able to perform bus work as and when required. |
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 On layover in a yard in Tralee earlier on the same day was TV8162, a Coach Design bodied Volvo B11R in the new NSW TrainLink livery.
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 A short lived member of the fleet was this Volvo B7R with Autobus coachwork, unusually registered VPQ339. The coach was new in 1998 to Great Lakes Coaches of Heatherbrae and spent a short time with King Bros Bus Service in Taree in 2003 before joining Port Stephens that year. They sold it to Ogdens in Dubbo in 2007 but it is seen here in Sydney in January 2004. |
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 Seen on Christmas Eve in 2008 near Sydney Central is Port Volvo B12R 2 (TV1803) also with Autobus 64 seat coachwork. Port Stephens operate an express coach daily to and from Sydney and 2 appears to be heading back home on the afternoon run. |
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 Seen just after Christmas the previous year is 10 (MO7444) on charter work in Sydney having just crossed the Harbour Bridge - which can be seen in the background. This Volvo B12R dates from 2000 but was new to Premier Motor Service as their 154 and joined Port Stephens in 2004. It is seated for 54. |
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 Seen passing the QVB in Sydney in July 2009 is this impressive Austral HD1 45 (TV4410). The 48 seater was new to Murrays as their 297 in 1989. |
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 HD1 45 was again in Sydney on a school charter and parked up alongside the Royal Botanical Gardens in October 2011. Less than a year later the coach was sold to Group Charters of Berridale. |
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 A second view of Volvo B12R 2, again at Sydney Central under the tram archway on New Year's Day 2010. The coach, again working the express service, had been treated to the new Port Stephens Coaches insignia. |
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 This 1992 Volvo B12R, 4 (TV1808), has MCA coachwork and is seen in October 2011 on a school trip at Sydney's Royal Botanical Gardens where it was with the Austral HD1 45. |
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 No fewer than three coaches were on the school excursion and completing the trio was 2006 Volvo B12B with Coach Concepts coachwork, 9 (TV4614). |
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 The following day Volvo B9R/Coach Design 5 (TV2312) was seen under the Sydney Central arch operating the express route. The coach used to be registered 6257MO. |
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 Another Coach Design bodied Volvo, but this time on the heavier B12B chassis, is seen a bit further from home. Coach 57 (TV4123) is seen in Hobart, Tasmania in March 2012 two years after joining the fleet. It was new to Get'Em Lost Tours of Somersby in 2008. |
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 A familiar spot to find a Port Stephens Coaches in Sydney, under the tram bridge outside Central Station though the terminus changed from Eddy Avenue to the Western Forecourt of the Station in 2017. Coach Design bodied Volvo B9R 5 (TV2312) is seen in January 2015. Picture ref A6574 |
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 In the same location in November 2016 is Irizar Century bodied Volvo B13R TV8167, which is four years younger than 5, but has no fleet number. The coach was new to Greyhound in 2013 as 366 (SB70HO) but was withdrawn after a fatal accident and then rebuilt for Port Stephens.
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 Caught out of a Melbourne tram window in Bourke Street in January 2017 was this unidentified visiting member of the fleet.
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 On rail replacment work at Sydney Central in January 2018 was Denning Gold Phoenix TV7305. The coach had been new to Ogdens in 2008 as their 77. It was sold on to Oxley Explorer in 2021 as their 57 and moved again in 2024 as 22 in the fleet of Parkes based Western Road Liners. Note it carries branding for Newcastle Coaches.
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 Photogrphed in the Anna Bay depot in November 2023 was TV5773, a 2017 Coach Design bodied Volvo B11RT.
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 Also in the yard that day was this unidentified Motorcoach Classic III, clearly at the end of its time in Anna Bay.
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 New as 69 (TC6279) to Pinnacle Tours in 2009 was this Coach Design bodied Volvo B11R, now with rego TV8161. Adams took over Pinnacle and the coach was renumbered C83. Alongside is Custom SB40 30 (3129MO) a 2006 B7R bought new..
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 This 2022 Coach Design bodies Volvo B11RT, TV1803, is resplendent in the latest livery.
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 Back under shelter was 2003 Autobus bodied B7R 12, now with rego 3125MO. Alongside is six year younger Custom CB60 Evo II bodied B7RLE 40 (4668MO).
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 This Denning Silver Phoenix, 4661MO, was new in April 2020 when Covid was kicking off, unfortunately it caught the TNSW livery.
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 Freshly decked out in the new livery was Toyota Coaster TV7503, new in 2006.
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 Dumped in a field on the edge of the Anna Bay depot was this unidentified Denning Landseer doubledecker. Over the years Port Stephens had six Landseer deckers, though not all at the same time. All six found new owners so it is nor known if this was a seventh or if it ever worked for Port Stephens. Maybe it had been acquired for spare parts. In 2024 the fleet still boasted four deckers, Denning Landseer DD TV 8163 new in 2015, a BCI, an MAN/Gemilang and a very flash Bonluck coach.
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 Seen at Sydney Central in November 2023 was 5 (TV2312) a 2009 Coach Design bodied Volvo B9R on the Port Stephens Express. The coach was seen above in 2010, also at Central and also on the Express service.
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 Several secondhand Marcopolo Audace bodied Volvo coaches have been acquired. This is TV820A which was new to GC Coaches of Parkwood in Queensland with rego 950XFI in 2017. It is seen in central Newcastle in November 2023.
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 Seen alongside the MCA in the depot yard was this unidentified semi-wreck lettered for "Grand Touring".
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 The depot was also home to this fleet of 4x4 Fusos lettered for Port Stephens 4WD Tours. From left to right we Fuso Canters TV6395, TV2337, TV6393 and TV6398. The end bus is not identified. The operation is part of
Port Stephens Coaches. Picture ref D5399 |
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