O.T.? [NSW]North & Western Buses (was Re: Vivendi)

["Bill McNiven" <wmcniven@gunzel.ozemail.com.au>]

According to ABC News today ...
"Labor expands State bus network

"The New South Wales Government has expanded the state-owned bus network
with the $22 million purchase of the North and Western private bus company.

"Transport Minister Carl Scully says 94 buses will be added to the
1,600-vehicle government fleet and increase the number of state-run
passenger journeys to nearly 194 million annually.

Full story at
http://www.abc.net.au/news/state/nsw/default.htm#metnsw-29nov1999-5

What a contrast with Kennettisation!

Rgds

Bill

Bob Merchant wrote in message <4oP_3.937$x4.2271@newsfeeds.bigpond.com>...
>CGEA have just purchased North and Western on Sydney's north side...  The
>octopus is at work <g!>.  They should know how to run buses (and trams) as
>they run many such services, as well as rail, in Europe.
>
>Regards,
>Bob Merchant
>
>Jonathan Boles <mousewithglasses@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>01bab98d$ec886900$840565cb@tom-boles">news:01bab98d$ec886900$840565cb@tom-boles...
>| The main nth shore operators are North and Western, Forest, and
Shorelink,
>| Shorelink by far the biggest. Do they own any of those?
>|
>| >  CGEA have also bought 'SouthTrans' an empire created by 'Deans
coaches'
>| when they
>| > moved into the 'shire' (south east of Sydney -
Cronulla-Sutherland-Meni)
>| >  Deans was/is a large Nth Shore concern. I dont know if they kept their
>| Nth side
>| > operations when they started aquiring south side bus operators.
>| >
>| >
>