Stateliner
Stateliner is South Australia's largest long-distance coach operator, running services from Adelaide across the state.
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| Parent | Crawford family |
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| Founded | 1966 |
| Headquarters | Mile End |
| Service area | South Australia |
| Service type | Coach services |
| Hubs | Adelaide Central bus station |
| Fleet | 29 (August 2025) |
| Website | www.stateliner.com.au |
Stateliner is South Australia's largest long-distance coach operator, running services from Adelaide across the state.
History
[edit]In 1974 Stateliner was operating services from Adelaide to Ceduna, Streaky Bay, Port Lincoln, Port Lincoln, Broken Hill and Whyalla with a fleet of 22 vehicles out of a depot in Mile End.[1]
In March 1976, Stateliner began operating services to Perth and Sydney under the Greyhound brand under a franchise agreement, taking over from Greyhound's Murray Valley Coaches.[2][3] Pendle's Riverland Coaches that operated services from Adelaide to Renmark was purchased in 1976.[4]
In April 1977 Mount Barker Passenger Service was purchased followed by Bull's Tourist Services that operated services from Adelaide to Alice Springs a month later.[5][6] In December 1977 the Mount Barker service was sold to Briscoes.[7] In 1979 the services from Adelaide to the Barossa Valley, Truro, Morgan, Kapunda and Renmark were sold to Premier Roadliners.[8][9]
In 1980, Premier Roadliners' principal shareholder Alan Crawford purchased a substantial shareholding in Stateliner with the combined business rebranded as Premier Stateliner.[10][11] In 1982, Stateliner began operating Ansett Pioneer's Adelaide to Alice Springs service under contract.[12] It was appointed as Austral's South Australian agent the same year.[13]
In June 2016, the Adelaide to Goolwa via Victor Harbor service was sold to LinkSA. In July 2016 the tours and charters division was sold to Kanga Coaches with six coaches.[14] In 2018 Premier Stateliner was rebranded Stateliner.[15]
Services
[edit]Stateliner operate services on the following routes:[16]
- 1000: Adelaide to Ceduna
- 1001: Adelaide to Port Lincoln
- 1002: Adelaide to Whyalla via Port Broughton
- 1003: Adelaide to Whyalla via Lochiel
- 1180: Adelaide to Renmark
- 1181: Kingston on Murray to Loxton
- 1280: Adelaide to Mount Gambier via Kingston SE
- 1281: Adelaide to Mount Gambier via Bordertown
Fleet
[edit]As at August 2025 the fleet consisted of 29 coaches.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ High utilisation results from togetherness Truck & Bus Transportation March 1974 pages 66-69
- ^ Stateliner and Greyhound in franchise deal Truck & Bus Transportation April 1976 page 142
- ^ Greyhound (Southern) Limited Fleetline issue 16 November 1976 page 16
- ^ Stateliner takes over Pendle's Riverland Coaches Truck & Bus Transportation June 1976 page 133
- ^ Stateliner now running to Alice Springs, Mt Barker Truck & Bus Transportation April 1977 page 138
- ^ Stateliner Fleetline issue 23 June 1977 page 19
- ^ Route service to Briscoes Truck & Bus Transportation December 1977 page 120
- ^ Premier Roadlines Fleetline issue 51 October 1979 page 11
- ^ Servces change Truck & Bus Transportation October 1979 page 82
- ^ Notes & News Fleetline issue 59 May 1980 page 14
- ^ Obituary: Alan Crawford Truck & Bus Transportation September 1996 page 98
- ^ Ansett-Pioneer Fleetline issue 80 March 1982 page 41
- ^ Austral appoints South Aust dealer Truck & Bus Transportation June 1982 page 106
- ^ Premier Stateliner Downsizes Australian Bus Panorama issue 32/2 September 2016 page 35
- ^ New colours in South Australia Australian Bus issue 89 September 2018 page 10
- ^ Bus Timetable & Bookings Stateliner
- ^ Premier Stateliner Bus Australia Fleet Lists
External links
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Media related to Stateliner at Wikimedia Commons