Transborder Express
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Transborder Express is a Canberra, Australia based bus company. Established in 1954 as a Canberra to Yass omnibus service by the Williams family, the company has expanded to provide services to most of South Eastern New South Wales.
[edit] Services
Transborder Express operates services under contract to Countrylink, commuter services between Canberra and Yass, services to the New South Wales snowfields and charter operations.
Countrylink services
Transborder operates a daily bus from the Queanbeyan railway station to Cootamundra and return, stopping en route at Kingston railway station, Jolimont bus station, Murrumbateman, Yass, Binalong, Galong, Harden and Wallendbeen.
The company also runs bus services for Countrylink between Canberra and Eden, Canberra and Bombala, and Tumbarumba to Cootamundra.
Commuter services
Transborder Express operates 8 daily services between Canberra and Yass to cater to the commuter market.
Snowfields services
The company runs daily services from Canberra Airport to the ski resort village of Thredbo, passing by Jolimont, Michelago, Bredbo, Cooma and Jindabyne.
School services
Transborder also operates school bus services under contract to the New South Wales Government. These bring children from the various rural communities on the western side of Canberra, including Hall, Wallaroo, Murrumbateman and Yass.
[edit] Fleet
Transborder Express has a fleet of 28 buses, mainly of Swedish construction with Australian built bodies.
Countrylink services are primarily operated with 4 Volvo B12B 3-axle coaches purchased in 2003 with Autobus bodies (ACT rego MO-211, MO-212, MO-213 & MO-214), although in times of high demand, such as during the school holidays, the Cootamundra service is operated with a 4 axle Scania K113TRB (MO-5).
On other coach services, Transborder use a fleet of 4 Scania K124IB 3 axle coaches (ACT MO-1, MO-6, MO-7 & SA rego XGG 129), along with 2 Scania K94IB 2 axle coaches (MO-49 & MO-51).
On commuter and school services, Transborder Express make use of 5 Volvo B7R buses with Custom Coaches CB50 bodies (ACT MO-247 & MO-248, SA XEI-150 ...), 2 Irisbus Delta with Express bodies (MO-162 & MO-165), 3 MotorCoach Australia Marathon (MO-210, MO-215 & MO-216), 3 Scania K82 with Custom Coaches Mk85 bodies (MO-50, MO-52 & MO-53), one Scania K92 (MO-65) and one MAN SL200 (MO-48). The Scania K82s (which are 21 years old now) have recently been overhauled with their manual transmissions being replaced by autos, better adapted to the stop start conditions of school services.
Finally, Transborder Express employs 3 minibuses: a Mercedes-Benz LO812 (MO-217) and 2 Toyota Coaster (MO-133 & MO-134).
