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McHarry's Buslines 
A McHarrys Mercedes Benz OH1830, with a Mills Tui "Orbit" body in , GeelongHeadquarters Breakwater, Victoria Service area Geelong Service type Bus, Charter, Rail Replacements Routes 19, 20, 45, 61, 62, 74, 77, 76, 78/79, 80, Geelong - Apollo Bay (Vline service) Fleet low floor bus, Coach Web site http://www.mcharrys.com.au McHarry's Buslines is a family-owned company dating back to 1932. McHarry's is a transport company in Geelong, Victoria. It operates a number of bus routes in Geelong, the Bellarine and the Surf-Coast. McHarry's also operates the Geelong Transit System. McHarry's is also available for charter-work, and is (along with Benders Busways) contracted to run rail replacements when rail operators Vline and Metro Trains Melbourne close the Geelong Line for maintenance.
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History
The origin of McHarry's Buslines dates back to 1932, when John McHarry was working at Fords Geelong Plant. He transported his own employees to the plant in his work truck, and it wasn't very long before he was inundated with requests from the Ford workforce for a ride to work.
From there, the McHarry's company grew dramatically, and in 2011, it now owns 170 buses. See more
Livery
McHarry's has two liveries. The liveries are:
Livery Livery Summary Geelong Transit System wo blue stripes flowing horizontally across the body of the bus, with the letters "GTS" written in the middle, as seen here. This livery, however, is being phased out and buses in this livery are being repainted into the Corporate Corporate A Red, Yellow and Dark Grey "arrow", with the arrow parts of the rear of the body of the bus, as seen here Routes
McHarry's operates a number of routes throughout the Geelong and surrounding regions.[1]
Route Route Details 19 Geelong to Deakin University via Marshall Railway Station 20 Geelong to Deakin University via Grovedale 45 North Shore to St. Albans Park via Corio, North Geelong, Geelong West, Geelong City and East Geelong 61 Geelong to Breakwater 62 Geelong to St Albans Park 77 Geelong to Leopold Route 79 - Geelong to St Leonards via Drysdale, Clifton Springs, Portarlington and Indented Heads 78 - Drysdale to Clifton Springs to Drysdale (circle route) 81 - Drysdale to Queenscliff via Ocean Grove (Cross Peninsula Service) Geelong to Queenscliff via Leopold Geelong to Queenscliff via Barwon Heads and Ocean Grove Geelong to Jan Juc via Wombah Park and Torquay Torquay to Jan Juc via Wombah Park (circle route) Geelong to Apollo Bay (Vline Service) Fleet
McHarrys Buslines 152 about to do a route 80 to Ocean Grove
McHarrys #153 (Scania K270IB, Express) and #35 (Mercedes-Benz O500LE, Volgren "CR228L")McHarry's operate a various range of buses and coaches.[2]
Route Bus
Chassis Body Mercedes-Benz B10B Volgren Mercedes-Benz B10M Volgren CR221 Mercedes-Benz 0405NH Volgren CR221L Mercedes-Benz 0500LE Volgren CR228L and Express Scania K270UB Express Irisbus Delta Express References
- ^ http://www.mcharrys.com.au McHarry's Website
- ^ http://busaustralia.com/fleetlists/vic.php?flsummary=MCH Bus Australia Fleet-Lists for McHarrys
Categories:- Bus companies of Australia
- Transport in Geelong
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