Smithfield Bus & Coach Works

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Smithfield Bus & Coach Works
Industry Bus manufacturing
Successor Custom Coaches
FoundedJune 1971
FounderBosnjak family
DefunctMay 1981
Headquarters
Smithfield
,
Australia

Smithfield Bus & Coach Works was an Australian bus bodybuilder in Smithfield, Sydney.

Smithfield, New South Wales Suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Smithfield is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Smithfield is located 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Fairfield and Cumberland Council. Located in the Greater Western Sydney region, the suburb is one of the largest in Fairfield City by area.

Sydney City in New South Wales, Australia

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Port Jackson and extends about 70 km (43.5 mi) on its periphery towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, 40 local government areas and 15 contiguous regions. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". As of June 2017, Sydney's estimated metropolitan population was 5,230,330 and is home to approximately 65% of the state's population.

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History

Smithfield Bus & Coach Works was formed when Westbus proprietors Bob and John Bosnjak purchased the bus bodying designs and jigs of Commonwealth Engineering in 1971. [1] [2]

Commonwealth Engineering defunct Australian engineering company which specialised in design and manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock

Commonwealth Engineering was an Australian engineering company that designed and built railway locomotives, rolling stock and trams.

As well as buses for private operators, Smithfield bodied these buses for government operators:

Leyland Leopard

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In May 1981 Smithfield Bus & Coach Works was sold to Custom Coaches. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Complete And Utter History of Smithfield" Australian Bus Panorama volume 16 Special pages 6-48
  2. ↑ Dunn, John (2010). Comeng: A History of Commonwealth Engineering Volume 3: 1967-1977. Kenthurst: Rosenberg Publishing. p. 137. ISBN   9781877058905.
  3. ↑ State Transit Authority Disposal Lists Bus Australia
  4. 1 2 3 4 ACTION Fleet - Disposals actbus.net
  5. ↑ Metro Tasmania - Volvo B58 Disposal list Bus Australia
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