Punchbowl Bus Company

Punchbowl Bus Company

Austral Pacific bodied Scania L113 M/O 693 at Central station in July 2013
Parent	Steve Scott
Commenced operation	1952
Headquarters	Riverwood
Service type	Bus services
Hubs	Bankstown Hurstville
Depots	2
Fleet	73 (January 2015)
Website	www.punchbowlbus.com.au

Punchbowl Bus Company is an Australian bus company operating services in Sydney Region 5, servicing the Hurstville, Roselands, Bankstown, Strathfield and surrounding suburbs.

Punchbowl Bus Company was formed in 1952 when Cornelius Griffin purchased Narwee Bus Service operating routes:

In 1955 GP Bus Company was acquired with route:

In 1958 Punchbowl Bus Company was purchased with routes:

In 1965 routes 4 and 28 were later combined into route 244, operating between Bankstown and Hurstville via Chullora, Greenacre, Punchbowl and Roselands to give residents in the Greenacre/Chullora area direct access to the new Roselands Shopping Centre. Later when Punchbowl Bus Company took over route 37 Punchbowl - Bankstown, this route was integrated with route 33 Punchbowl - Hurstville to operate between Bankstown and Hurstville via Punchbowl and Roselands. During the late 1960s route 189 was extended from Punchbowl to Roselands, Riverwood and Lugarno replacing route 140, which initially operated between Riverwood and Lugarno. In January 1992 Revesby Bus & Coach Service's route 26 was replaced by an extension of route 188 from Punchbowl to Bankstown, and route 36 was amended to travel along the route of 26 at the Punchbowl end. In 1989 route 108 was purchased from Southtrans.