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McCafferty's Coaches was an Australian interstate coach operator. ==History== McCafferty's Coaches was formed in April 1940 when Jack McCafferty began a service from Picnic Point to Rangeville in Toowoomba.〔"Jack McCafferty" ''Fleetline'' March 1999 page 49〕 In 1955 McCafferty's began operating a service from Toowoomba to the Gold Coast.〔"Vale - Jack McCafferty" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 14/4 page 2〕 Over the next few decades McCafferty's expanded to operate long distance services throughout Queensland. In December 1980 McCafferty's entered the interstate coach market with a Brisbane to Sydney service〔"Victorian Buses in the Eighties" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 6/1 July 1990 page 10〕 extending to Melbourne in December 1983.〔"Victorian Buses in the Eighties" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 6/2 September 1990 page 13〕 In November 1992 McCafferty's commenced operating Melbourne to Adelaide and Adelaide to Darwin services〔"McCafferty's" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 8/4 December 1992 page 38〕 followed by Sydney - Canberra - Adelaide in late 1993 and Darwin - Broome - Perth in May 1995 making it a national operator.〔"McCafferty's" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 10/9 July 1995 page 34〕 The latter service was withdrawn in June 1996.〔"McCafferty's" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 11/9 June 1996 page 38〕〔"Private Operators" ''Fleetline'' September 1996 page 171〕 The Brisbane to Charleville service was acquired from Skennars in 1992.〔"McCafferty's Coaches" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 8/1 July 1992 page 36〕 In 1999 McCafferty's purchased MotorCoach Australia from the administrator of Clifford Corporation.〔"Manufacturing Update" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 15/5 April 2000 page 17〕 As well as building coaches for McCafferty's it also completed orders for external customers.〔(MotorCoach Australia gallery )〕 It closed in 2004 having completed over 60 coaches. In March 2000 McCafferty's entered into negotiations with Greyhound Pioneer Australia about a possible merge.〔"Greyhound Pioneer Australia" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 15/5 April 2000 page 38〕 In September 2000 a takeover bid from McCafferty's for Greyhound was accepted.〔"National & Manufacturing" ''Australian Bus Panorama'' 16/2 October 2000 page 19〕〔(McCafferty finally gets Greyhound ) ''Australian Bus & Coach''〕 As part of the deal the McCafferty family sold their shares to Tony McCafferty.〔(McCafferty to take Greyhound within days ) ''Australasian Bus & Coach''〕 In October 2004 the McCafferty family sold its shares to ANZ Bank and George Chapman, and both operations were rebranded as Greyhound Australia.〔(McCafferty sues over $10 mil ) ''Australian Bus & Coach''〕〔(Greyhound Australia's History ) Greyhound Australia〕〔"End of the Road for McCafferty's Coaches" ''The Chronicle'' (Toowoomba) 2 November 2004〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「McCafferty's Coaches」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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