Our History

Deane's Buslines had its beginning in July 1990 when the Deane family purchased Lever's Canberra to Queanbeyan Bus Service including the Queanbeyan City route bus and school bus services.

Quodling Brothers Pty Ltd, which was the operating name of the former Lever's bus service, was renamed Deane's Buslines Pty Limited on 10 April 1992.

Deane's Buslines obtained its first operator accreditation under the provisions of the 1990 NSW Passenger Transport Act on 19 May 1992. Under Accreditation No. 9499 and subsequent accreditations 13138 and 21952 the business is now permitted to operate over 100 buses and coaches on regular passenger services and charter.

A significant milestone was achieved on 7 December 1992 when an entirely new bus service was introduced in Queanbeyan. The NSW Department of Transport issued a new Commercial Contract for Queanbeyan City under the provisions of the 1990 Passengers Transport Act. Patronage levels on the City buses increased substantially as a direct result of increased levels of frequency and improved access to bus routes.

Urban school bus services based in Queanbeyan have been improved progressively in recent years and subsequent acquisitions of rural school bus services have created one of the largest fully integrated rural and regional school bus networks in NSW, utilising 22 buses.

Deane's Buslines now boasts a great deal of expertise and experience which has allowed it to develop innovative schemes in the public transport field including being the first operator in the region, and one of the first in NSW, to offer stored value Smartcards to urban bus passengers, first in the region to introduce a "Hail and Ride" urban bus service when a new Jerrabomberra bus timetable was introduced in November 1998, and Deane's has developed the largest fully integrated regional school bus network south of Sydney, offering considerable benefits to Government agencies and the community.

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