Talk:Deanes Coaches

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Deanes Coaches (South)[edit]

The Menai Bus Service trading name was retained until the Southtrans trading name was adopted. As at least one Hadfield repaint into Deane livery carried Menai signwriting,[1] would appear unlikely the Deanes Coaches name was used. Only reference to the Deane name was in the legal entity, Deanes Coaches (South) Pty Ltd.[2]

The image[3] clearly does display the Deanes Coaches name, however it is from 1995/96, not 1989 as:

advertisement is for the January 1996 Coke Surf Classic
the Bustrans Hino in the background dates from November 1994
legal signwriting is carried below the driver’s window, this was only introduced in 1994

Can only think perhaps it was a mistake at the spraypainters that saw the Deane's signwriting applied, as the Southtrans brand was retained until the Connex sale. Even when a coach operation was established in the mid-1990s, this operated under the Southtrans name. Mo7838 (talk) 19:04, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]