McHarry's Buslines

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McHARRYS BUSLINES
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Mills-Tui bodied Mercedes Benz OH1830 in October 2010
Founded1932
Service area Geelong & region
Service typeBus & coach operator
Routes12
Fleet225 (June 2022)
Fuel typeDiesel
OperatorMcHARRYS BUSLINES
Website www.mcharrys.com.au

McHarry's Buslines is a family-owned bus company in Geelong, Victoria, dating back to 1932. It operates public transport bus routes in Geelong, and on the Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast, as well as school bus and charter services. The company's main depot is in Breakwater, and there are smaller depots in Apollo Bay, Torquay, Ocean Grove, Queenscliff and Drysdale. There used to be a depot in Portarlington, but it has been replaced by the one at Drysdale.

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History

The origins of McHarry's Buslines date back to 1932, when John McHarry was employed at Ford's Geelong plant as a coach-builder. He transported his own employees to the plant in his truck, and it wasn't long before he was inundated with requests from other Ford workers for a ride to work. The current managing director of the company, also called John McHarry, is the grandson of the original owner. His son, Ashley McHarry, is the company's general manager. [1]

Livery

Following the inauguration of the Geelong Transit System (GTS) in the early 1980s, McHarry's public transport buses were obliged to be painted in the GTS livery. After 2000, however, the company's contract with the Victorian Government no longer required its GTS buses to wear the system livery, and so buses were progressively re-painted with McHarry's own new livery.

LiveryLivery Summary
Geelong Transit System Overall white, with two blue horizontal stripes and the letters "GTS" written in the middle, as seen here. This livery has been phased out and all buses have been repainted in the corporate livery.
CorporateOverall white, with a red, yellow and black stripe, incorporating a stylised arrow head, as seen here.

Fleet

As at June 2022, the company's fleet consisted of 225 buses. [2]

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References

  1. "The McHarry's Story". McHarry's Buslines. Archived from the original on 12 July 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. "McHarry's Buslines, Geelong". busaustralia. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.