New England Coaches Explained

New England Coaches
Parent:DV Arandale
Headquarters:Glen Innes
Service Area:Northern New South Wales
South East Queensland
Service Type:Charter coach operator
Depots:1
Fleet:7(June 2024)

New England Coaches is an Australian charter coach company based in Northern New South Wales.

History

New England Coaches is a coach operator, based in Glen Innes. Trading as Arandale Coaches, it operated route and school services for many years, gradually selling these.[1]

In 2010, it commenced operating a coach service from Tamworth to Port Macquarie. This ceased in May 2011. The formerly operated Tamworth to Port Macquarie service has been reinstated as Tamworth to Coffs Harbour, operating Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

In July 2012, New England Coaches commenced operating a service from Tamworth to Warwick where it connects with Crisps Coaches services to Toowoomba and Brisbane.[2] [3] It also operates a coach service from Tamworth to Coffs Harbour.[2]

In early 2021, it ended all public coach service operations.[4]

Fleet

As of June 2023, the fleet consisted of seven coaches.[1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://fleetlists.busaustralia.com/nsw.php?info=ARA New England Coaches
  2. https://www.newenglandcoaches.com.au/time-table Time Tables
  3. http://www.crisps.com.au/?p=timetable Timetable
  4. Web site: Arundale . Vanessa . 3 May 2021 . End of JobKeeper halts COVID crippled regional bus service to Coffs Harbour and Brisbane . 2 June 2023 . Glen Innes Examiner . en-AU . 21 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230321101826/https://www.gleninnesexaminer.com.au/story/7231208/end-of-jobkeeper-halts-covid-crippled-regional-bus-service-to-coffs-harbour-and-brisbane/ . live .