Story: Coaches and long-distance buses

New Zealand Railways Road Services bus

New Zealand Railways Road Services bus

The government-owned New Zealand Railways Road Services was the biggest operator of coaches from the mid-1930s to 1991, when the company was privatised. In the 1960s the company ran a large number of Bedford SB3s with New Zealand Motor Bodies’ Omnicoach bodywork – like this one.

Reproduced courtesy of NZ Transport Agency library

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
Reference: AAVK W3493 B8925
Photograph by John LeCren

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How to cite this page:

Jane Tolerton, 'Coaches and long-distance buses - Early long-distance buses', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/20939/new-zealand-railways-road-services-bus (accessed 19 April 2024)

Story by Jane Tolerton, published 11 Mar 2010