McHarry's Buslines is a family-owned company dating back to 1932. McHarry's is a transport

Transport

Transport or transportation is the movement of people, cattle, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations...

 company in Geelong, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

. It operates a number of bus routes in Geelong, the Bellarine and the Surf-Coast. McHarry's also operates the Geelong Transit System

Geelong Transit System

The Geelong Transit System was the umbrella operating brand of public transport in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Since 2009 timetables and signage have been branded as Geelong Transit with a standard Viclink orange theme...

. McHarry's is also available for charter-work, and is (along with Benders Busways

Benders Busways

Benders Busways is a privately owned transport company in Geelong, Victoria. It operates a number of public transport routes in Geelong under the Geelong Transit System umbrella, as well as bus charter work, and is part of the ComfortDelGro Cabcharge group....

) contracted to run rail replacements when rail operators Vline and Metro Trains Melbourne

Metro Trains Melbourne

Metro Trains Melbourne is the current franchise operator of the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Australia. Metro Trains Melbourne is a joint venture led by Hong Kong based MTR Corporation together with John Holland Group and United Group Rail .Metro Trains Melbourne operates a fleet of 381...

 close the Geelong Line for maintenance.

History

The origin of McHarry's Buslines dates back to 1932, when John McHarry was working at Fords Geelong Plant. He transported his own employees to the plant in his work truck, and it wasn't very long before he was inundated with requests from the Ford workforce for a ride to work.

From there, the McHarry's company grew dramatically, and in 2011, it now owns 170 buses.
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Livery

McHarry's has two liveries. The liveries are:

Livery	Livery Summary
Geelong Transit System Geelong Transit System The Geelong Transit System was the umbrella operating brand of public transport in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Since 2009 timetables and signage have been branded as Geelong Transit with a standard Viclink orange theme...	wo blue stripes flowing horizontally across the body of the bus, with the letters "GTS" written in the middle, as seen here. This livery, however, is being phased out and buses in this livery are being repainted into the Corporate
Corporate	A Red, Yellow and Dark Grey "arrow", with the arrow parts of the rear of the body of the bus, as seen here

Routes

McHarry's operates a number of routes throughout the Geelong and surrounding regions.

Route	Route Details
19	Geelong to Deakin University Deakin University Deakin University is an Australian public university with nearly 40,000 higher education students in 2010. It receives more than A$600 million in operating revenue annually, and controls more than A$1.3 billion in assets. It received more than A$35 million in research income in 2009 and had 835...  via Marshall Railway Station
20	Geelong to Deakin University Deakin University Deakin University is an Australian public university with nearly 40,000 higher education students in 2010. It receives more than A$600 million in operating revenue annually, and controls more than A$1.3 billion in assets. It received more than A$35 million in research income in 2009 and had 835...  via Grovedale
45	North Shore to St. Albans Park via Corio, North Geelong, Geelong West, Geelong City and East Geelong
61	Geelong to Breakwater
62	Geelong to St Albans Park
77	Geelong to Leopold

Route
79 - Geelong to St Leonards via Drysdale, Clifton Springs, Portarlington and Indented Heads
78 - Drysdale to Clifton Springs to Drysdale (circle route)
81 - Drysdale to Queenscliff via Ocean Grove (Cross Peninsula Service)
Geelong to Queenscliff via Leopold
Geelong to Queenscliff via Barwon Heads and Ocean Grove
Geelong to Jan Juc via Wombah Park and Torquay
Torquay to Jan Juc via Wombah Park (circle route)
Geelong to Apollo Bay (Vline Service)

Fleet

McHarry's operate a various range of buses and coaches.

Route Bus

Chassis	Body
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...  B10B	Volgren Volgren Volgren is an Australian bodywork company previously owned by Volvo and the Grenda Corporation but is now entirely owned by the latter. It was established in 1977, initially supplying bodywork for Volvo buses sold in Australia, and later supplying bus bodywork on all types of chassis for both local...
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...  B10M	Volgren Volgren Volgren is an Australian bodywork company previously owned by Volvo and the Grenda Corporation but is now entirely owned by the latter. It was established in 1977, initially supplying bodywork for Volvo buses sold in Australia, and later supplying bus bodywork on all types of chassis for both local...  CR221
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...  0405NH	Volgren Volgren Volgren is an Australian bodywork company previously owned by Volvo and the Grenda Corporation but is now entirely owned by the latter. It was established in 1977, initially supplying bodywork for Volvo buses sold in Australia, and later supplying bus bodywork on all types of chassis for both local...  CR221L
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...  0500LE	Volgren Volgren Volgren is an Australian bodywork company previously owned by Volvo and the Grenda Corporation but is now entirely owned by the latter. It was established in 1977, initially supplying bodywork for Volvo buses sold in Australia, and later supplying bus bodywork on all types of chassis for both local...  CR228L and Express
Scania Scania Scania is the southernmost of the 25 traditional non-administrative provinces of Sweden, constituting a peninsula on the southern tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, and some adjacent islands. The modern administrative subdivision Skåne County is almost, but not totally, congruent with the...  K270UB	Express
Irisbus Irisbus Irisbus is a bus manufacturer which was formed through the merger of the bus and coach divisions of Fiat Industrial, Iveco and Renault in January 1999 and Ikarus Bus in late 1999... Delta	Express