Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Bus Company [Oakville] MAN 16.240 UOCL / Custom Coaches 205, m/o 7505[Preserved]

Operator: Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Bus Company - Oakville NSW 2765
Registration (fleet number): m/o 7505 (172)
Livery: Old Busways (Rowes Bus Service)
Chassis / bodywork combo: MAN 16.240 UOCL / Custom Coaches 205
Engine: MAN D2566ME, 11.413 liter, 6 cylinder, 240 hp
Transmission: ZF Friedrichshafen AG 5HP500, 5 speed
VIN: 6AB3960037BX00127
Build day / month / year: 3 December 1989
Routes: 40 - Camden to Nattai via Grasmere, Brownlow Hill, The Oaks, Belimbla Park and Oakdale (Outbound); 40 - Nattai to Camden via Oakdale, Belimbla Park, The Oaks, Brownlow Hill and Grasmere (Inbound); 32 - Camden to Warragamba via Grasmere, Brownlow Hill, Nattai and Silverdale Road (Outbound); 32 - Warragamba to Camden via Silverdale Road, Nattai, Brownlow Hill and Grasmere (Inbound)
Date / Time: Saturday 24 May 2014, 1345-1442 AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time, GMT+1000)

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The Region 15 Farewell Tour was organized on Saturday 24 May 2014 at Campbelltown bus interchange for the purpose of bidding a much-deserved tributary farewell to the incumbent operator, Busways Group, after their loss of the Region 15 bus contract by mandate from Transport for New South Wales and the subsequent transfer to its successor Busabout (Neville's Bus Service), which will commence their operations from Sunday 1 June 2014 onwards.

Busways Group has proudly operated route and school bus services in the Macarthur Region for 49 years since 1965, and will effectively cease operations at the end of Saturday 31 May 2014.

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ex Busways Group North Coast m/o 8175, 1039 MO (172), Port Macquarie NSW 2444.

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Special thanks to the drivers of m/o 7505 (172), James W Parker and Ken Chapman, and the tour event organizers, Clayton Davidson, Andrew MacGee and Ben Ogle.