Fearnes Coaches

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name = Fearnes Coaches


photo = Wagga public transport.jpg
owned = Audrey Fearne
servicearea = Wagga Wagga
hubs = Wagga Wagga, Harden
depots = Wagga Wagga, Harden.
operatingsince = 1916
numberofroutes = 6 town services, daily express service to Sydney and Canberra and 48 school bus routes
routenumbers = 960, 961, 962, 963, 965, 966
wheelchairs = most routes
Website = http://www.fearnes.com.au

Fearnes Coaches is a private bus company in founded in 1916, located in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. [cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Job Opportunities - Transport | work = Wagga Wagga City Council | publisher = Business Wagga Wagga | date = | url = http://www.businesswaggawagga.com.au/?id=jobopportunities | format = html | doi = | accessdate = 2008-05-04 ] cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Fearnes Buses | work = Junior Advertiser | publisher = Wagga Wagga City Council | date = 2007-03-28 | url = http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:2ekI2wPdEgkJ:www.wagga.nsw.gov.au/www/html/859-fearnes-buses.asp | format = html | doi = | accessdate = 2008-05-04 ]

History

Fearnes Coaches originally began general carriers and charter bus operator founded by William Fearne and William Borlase however William Borlase pulled out of the partnership in the early 1920s. By 1929 William Fearne created the first route and timetable in Wagga Wagga which started between the Wagga suburb of Turvey Park and Docker Street which was extended to North Wagga Clive Fearne, the son of William Fearne brought the company in 1936 until his death in 1989. The business was then past down to Clive's son Garry Fearne who was a pioneer in the coach industry. Garry passed away in 1996 leaving the business to his wife Audrey whom is still carrying on the family tradition.

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