Port Stephens Coaches
{{Short description|Australian bus company}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox Bus transit
|name = Port Stephens Coaches
|logo = Port Stephens Coaches logo.png
|logo_size =
|image = Newcastle Interchange Bus Terminal (cropped).jpg
|image_size =
|image_caption = A Port Stephens Coaches Bustech ADi at Newcastle Interchange in November 2022
|company_slogan =We Know Travel
|parent = Fogg family
|commenced = 1957
|ceased =
|headquarters = Anna Bay
|service_area = Hunter Region
|service_type = Bus & coach operator
|alliance =
|routes = 7
|hubs =
|destinations =
|depots = 2
|fleet = 69 (October 2014)
|website = {{URL|http://www.pscoaches.com.au/}}
}}
Port Stephens Coaches[https://connectonline.asic.gov.au/RegistrySearch/faces/landing/panelSearch.jspx?searchTab=search&searchType=OrgAndBusNm&searchText=Port+Stephens+Coaches+Pty+Ltd&_adf.ctrl-state=4r0ln6ux2_4 Port Stephens Coaches Pty Ltd] Australian Securities & Investments Commission is an Australian bus company operating services in Port Stephens and the Hunter Region.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pscoaches.com.au/About|title=About Port Stephes Coaches {{!}} Reliable Bus & Coach Charter|website=pscoaches.com.au|language=en|access-date=2018-01-17|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118010433/http://www.pscoaches.com.au/About|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.pscoaches.com.au/Timetables|title=Timetables {{!}} Port Stephens Coaches {{!}} Newcastle, Hunter & Beyond|website=pscoaches.com.au|language=en|access-date=2018-01-17|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118010319/http://www.pscoaches.com.au/Timetables|url-status=live}}
History
File:Port Stephens Coaches bus at Salamander Bay.jpg suburb of Salamander Bay in January 2018]]
In the 1940s, the Newcastle to Nelson Bay service was purchased by the Fogg family. In 1957, the route was purchased by Sid Fogg and renamed Port Stephens Coaches. At this stage the fleet consisted of six buses.[http://www.pscoaches.com.au/about-history.php Fogg Family & The Bus Industry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405182325/http://www.pscoaches.com.au/about-history.php |date=5 April 2014 }} Port Stephens Coaches
In 1972, Port Stephens Coaches commenced operating tours to the Hunter Valley vineyards. In 1986, an express service commenced between Nelson Bay and Sydney.[http://fleetlists.busaustralia.com/nsw.php?info=POR Port Stephens Coaches] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523114851/http://fleetlists.busaustralia.com/nsw.php?info=POR |date=23 May 2015 }} Australian Bus Fleet Lists
In the 2000s, a second depot was established in Sandgate. Buses based here were originally signwritten for Newcastle Coaches until 2024 where the branding was then retired with the operations and the fleet then rebranded under the Port Stephens Coaches Umbrella.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
In 2019 the company introduced two Volvo B5RLEH Hybrid Buses with Bustech VSTH bodywork into its fleet.[https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2019/06/20/hunter-company-pioneering-hybrid-buses/ Hunter Company Pioneering Hybrid Buses] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029172141/https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2019/06/20/hunter-company-pioneering-hybrid-buses/ |date=29 October 2021 }} NBN News 20 June 2019
File:PSC HybridBus wikipedia image use.png bodied Bustech VST Hybrid bus seen operating a train replacement in Newcastle in June 2019]]
Services
Since 2008, Port Stephens Coaches's services in Port Stephens have been part of Sydney Outer Metropolitan Bus Region 3.[http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/b2b/abouttrans/Outer-Metro-Regions-1-2-3-4.pdf Outer Metropolitan Sydney Bus Contract Regions 1, 2, 3 and 4] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231427/http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/b2b/abouttrans/Outer-Metro-Regions-1-2-3-4.pdf |date=14 July 2014 }} NSW Government Transport & Infrastructure October 2009
Fleet
Depots
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.pscoaches.com.au}}
{{Regional NSW public transport|state=collapsed}}
Category:Bus companies of New South Wales
Category:Transport in the Hunter Region