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In the mid 1980s Murrays purchased a number of new Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and Austral coaches. Following the collapse of Deluxe Coachlines and Sunliner Express amongst others, Murrays was able to renew its fleet with large numbers of near-new Austral, Denning and Scania coaches. In the mid-1990s it took delivery of 120 PMC Australia bodied MANs ...
Murrays Austral Pacific bodied Scania K113TRBL 14.5-metre quad-axle coach in Canberra, Australia. Scania L113
While operating the standard Austral Tourmaster and Denning Landseer coaches, in 1986 Bus Australia began importing Bova Futura coaches from the Netherlands. [9] [10] Some were assembled in Perth by JW Bolton. [11] [12] Fleet livery was white, red and blue.
Following individual annual departures to Canada, Alaska and the US, sold to APT Club members, in 1991 APT's Canada & Alaska program was established and continued to grow significantly throughout the decade. This program marked APT's first major foray outside Australia, New Zealand and traditional coach-only touring, to now include cruise ships.
Deluxe built up a large fleet of Domino and Austral Tourmaster coaches. It later purchased coaches from Denning, MotorCoach Australia and Setra. [13] [14] Deluxe adopted a white with two shades of blue livery that was a familiar sight on Australia's road for many years after its demise courtesy of the number of operators who elected not to repaint former Deluxe coaches they purchased.
In December 1988, Austral was sold to JRA Limited who also owned Denning, Austral's largest rival in the coach market. [2] [3] Both continued to operate separately until 1990 when the Denning plant in Acacia Ridge was closed and production transferred to the Austral factory. [4] From 1992 onward, the combined business was rebranded "Austral ...
Ansett Pioneer was an Australian long distance coach operator. Founded in 1905 as the AA Withers Bus Company, the company maintained continuous operation under a variety of corporate monikers until its 1993 merger into Greyhound Pioneer Australia .
Can-ar Coach was established in 1983 when Travelways Incorporated, a Thornhill-based bus operator founded in 1976, was sold by Larry Needler (co-owner with several other partners). [citation needed] Both TOK Coachlines and TOK Transit originally operated as Can-ar Coach Service. [2] [3] [4]