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Punchbowl Bus Company is an Australian bus company operating services in Sydney. ==History== Punchbowl Bus Company was formed in 1952 when Cornelius Griffin purchased Narwee Bus Service〔(About Us ) Punchbowl Bus Company〕〔"Vale" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 11/6 March 1996 page 21〕 operating routes: *4 Punchbowl - Bankstown *28 Punchbowl - Hurstville *33 Punchbowl - Hurstville *189 Punchbowl - Bankstown In 1955 GP Bus Company was acquired with route: *140 Riverwood - Lugarno In 1958 Punchbowl Bus Company was purchased with routes: *29 Peakhurst - Hurstville *36 Punchbowl - Mortdale〔(The Times January 2004 Page 6 ) Australian Timetable Association〕 *188 Punchbowl - Mortdale In 1965 routes 4 and 28 were later combined into route 244, operating between Bankstown and Hurstville via Chullora, Greenacre, Punchbowl and Roselands to give residents in the Greenacre/Chullora area direct access to the new Roselands Shopping Centre. Later when Punchbowl Bus Company took over route 37 Punchbowl - Bankstown, this route was integrated with route 33 Punchbowl - Hurstville to operate between Bankstown and Hurstville via Punchbowl and Roselands. During the late 1960s route 189 was extended from Punchbowl to Roselands, Riverwood and Lugarno replacing route 140, which initially operated between Riverwood and Lugarno. In January 1992 Revesby Bus & Coach Service's route 26 was replaced by an extension of route 188 from Punchbowl to Bankstown, and route 36 was amended to travel along the route of 26 at the Punchbowl end.〔〔"Punchbowl private bus services since the late 1950s" ''Fleetline'' October 1992 page 183〕 In 1989 route 108 was purchased from Southtrans. In August 1997 the routes were renumbered into the Sydney wide scheme, including minor changes to routes.〔"Timetable and service changes" ''Fleetline'' September 1997 page 164〕 The new routes were: *940 replacing 29 and 33 *941 replacing 244 *942 replacing 189 *943 replacing 29 and 108 *944 replacing 29 and 36 *945 replacing 188〔 In April 1998 Punchbowl Bus Co purchased Canterbury Bus Lines with routes 450 Hurstville - Strathfield and 451 Roselands - Campsie.〔"Private Buses" ''Fleetline'' May 1998 page 97〕〔(Canterbury Bus Lines ) Australian Bus Fleet Lists〕 Route 451 was extended to Hurstville later that year when part of route 947 was acquired from Saints creating a direct service from Hurstville to Campsie. The remainder of route 947 to Ramsgate was taken over by Southtrans.〔〔"Peakhurst - Kogarah Route 94" ''Fleetline'' March 1999 page 43〕 In December 2004, route 74/106 Hurstville - Kyle Bay and Connells Point was taken over from Harris Park Transport (renumbered 953) and 954 Hurstville - Hurstville Grove and Oatley from Moore's Tours.〔(Moore;s Tours ) Australian Bus Fleet Lists〕 In July 2005 routes 446 Roselands Shopping Centre - Kogarah and 447 Belmore - Greenacre were taken over from Pleasure Tours.〔〔(Pleasure Tours ) Australian Bus Fleet Lists〕 Since 2005 Punchbowl's services have formed Sydney Bus Region 5.〔(Region 5 ) Transport NSW〕 In November 2008 Punchbowl purchased Goulburn Bus Service followed in October 2009 by neighbouring Noack's Bus Service.〔(About Us ) PBC Goulburn Bus Service〕〔(PBC Goulburn Service ) Australian Bus Fleet Lists〕 In March 2010 Punchbowl Bus Company implemented another route numbering reconfiguration as part of the integrated transport network planning process. This was done in order to provide more frequent and direct services. As a result, routes 447 and 451 were discontinued and many of the other routes modified. Several new routes were established, including the 939, 946 and 955. Punchbowl Bus Company also introduced the S14, a new service between Lakemba and Mount Lewis. In August 2013 Punchbowl successfully tendered to operate Sydney Bus Region 5 for another five years from July 2014.〔(More than 60 new buses and improved customer service with new bus contracts ) Transport for NSW 29 August 2013〕 Punchbowl for many years operated a coach charter operation. This had ceased by 2012 but still carries on with local charters using existing city buses in the fleet. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Punchbowl Bus Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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