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Murrays expanded rapidly in the early 1990s, capitalising on the growth of inbound tourism and the departure of some of its rivals. In May 1998 the
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Until the early 1990s, Murrays had a livery of three greens and black when a new livery of white with green signwriting was adopted.
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with 10 buses. Murrays were operating seven school buses when the services were taken over by
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amongst others, Murrays was able to renew its fleet with large numbers of near-new Austral,
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Between 2008 and 2011, Murrays conducted a major fleet renewal purchasing over 60
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Murrays was founded by Bill Murray in the early 1950s as a school bus operator in
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At some point Murrays diversified into coach operation, initially to the
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In May 2015, Murrays commenced operating a service in Queensland from
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coaches. As at January 2020, the fleet consisted of 199 vehicles.
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is an Australian express and coach charter company.
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These services continue today. 551: 33: 458:issue 14/2 December 1998 page 8 454:"What Has Changed in 20 Years" 522: 500: 487: 474: 461: 448: 435: 416: 403: 1: 818:Central Coast & Newcastle 445:issue 186 January 1991 page 9 396: 507:All aboard new bus for Dalby 7: 1300:Companies based in Canberra 10: 1316: 1295:Bus companies of Australia 682:Kirkland's Omnibus Service 359:Following the collapse of 188: 44:Flinders Street, Melbourne 1261: 1240: 1215: 1199: 1187: 991: 914: 893: 876: 841: 805: 791: 760: 659: 618: 578:Murrays GM PD 4107 images 538:Australian Bus Fleet List 534:17 September 2013 at the 162: 154: 124: 116: 108: 77: 67: 59: 51: 32: 23: 1274:Taxis in New South Wales 1049:Northern Rivers Buslines 631:Australian Pacific Tours 328: 1133:Premier Transport Group 961:Premier Transport Group 512:8 December 2015 at the 495:Australian Bus Panorama 469:Australian Bus Panorama 456:Australian Bus Panorama 999:Australia Wide Coaches 934:Blue Mountains Transit 916:Metropolitan operators 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BCI
Flinders Street, Melbourne
Red Hill
Canberra
Gold Coast
Melbourne
New South Wales
Sydney
Queensland
Canberra
Melbourne
Sydney
Gold Coast
Brisbane
Chinchilla
www.murrays.com.au

Austral Pacific
Scania K113TRBL
Jolimont Centre

BCI
Canberra
Canberra
Captains Flat
Kowen Forest
Naas
Tidbinbilla

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