OPERATOR
GLENORIE COACHES
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eet Alan Ng, the next generation of Australian bus industry operators. Founder and operations manager of Glenorie Coaches, Ng was 27 when he set up the business in the Hills District of New South Wales with a single coach. Ten years on, the charter-only business owns a fleet of 17 coaches, although only 10 remain in operation at present due to the Covid-19 induced downturn. The business mainly runs school charters both short and long distance, as well as corporate, seniors and group
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travel in the Hills District and upper North Shore. It has a depot in Dural and workshop in Middle Dural.
JOURNEY TO BUSES Ng had an interesting foray into the bus industry. “As a kid I grew up loving anything with a motor, so catching the Harris Park Transport bus to school definitely started my interest in buses. Riding with Terry Clarke from Clarke Coaches and Richard Dawes from Australia Wide on our high school camps made it even stronger,” he said. At 19, while studying IT on a
scholarship, Ng got his first bus driving job. “After graduating I spent a few years in IT, bus driving on the side, then took a career break, which ended up being near three years, driving coaches around Europe for Topdeck Tours, followed by another two years in Australia.” In early 2010, Ng commenced operations for Glenorie Coaches, targeting the local area in the Hills District of Sydney. “We also were subcontracted work from Murrays Coaches, Clarke Coaches and Forest Coach Lines, which helped
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