Before 1960 Punchbowl Bus Co (PBC) started off as DeLuxe Bus Service run by PM (Pat) Geoghegan in 1943. • July 1943: Route 188 Punchbowl to
Mortdale transferred from Boatwright. • 29 April 1946: Route 29 Peakhurst to
Hurstville commenced • May 1946: Route 28 Punchbowl to
Hurstville transferred from Leach and Mallam • 18 August 1947: route 33 Punchbowl to
Hurstville commenced and route 36 Punchbowl to
Mortdale split from route 188. • Late 1947: DeLuxe incorporated as Punchbowl Bus Co. • 30 June 1952: Routes 28 and 33 transferred to Narwee Bus Co. • 1956: Geoghehan died and Miss P Fitzpatrick took over. • January or February 1957 route 140
Riverwood to
Lugarno separated from route 36. • October 1958: All routes transferred to owners of Narwee Bus Co / GP Bus Co. GP Bus Co/Narwee Bus Co. • Owned by WH Griffin, CV Griffin and FS (Fred) Pobje. GP are the initial of Griffin and Pobje. • Buses owned by GP were signwritten Narwee Bus Co suggesting a close relation between these two entities. • Believed to have started 30 June 1952 when routes 28 and 33 were transferred from PBC to one of these entities. • 11 May 1955: Routes 4
Greenacre to
Bankstown, 189 Punchbowl to
Bankstown and 190
Greenacre to
Punchbowl were transferred from XL Transport to GP Bus Co. • October 1958: Owners of Narwee Bus Co / GP Bus Co took over PBC adopting the Punchbowl Bus Co name and livery for the full operation but using the Narwee Bus Co depot. However between 1958 and 1992 various timetables were still issued in the Narwee/GP names.
Since 1960 By 1961, weekday routes 4 and 190 were combined to operate as route 4 between Bankstown and Punchbowl. Sunday route 190 trips between Punchbowl and
Rookwood Cemetery finished up either at Easter or
Anzac Day 1961. In 1967, routes 4 and 28 were combined into route 244, operating between Bankstown and Hurstville via
Chullora,
Greenacre, Punchbowl and
Roselands to give residents in the Greenacre/Chullora area direct access to the new
Roselands Shopping Centre. Later when
Punchbowl Bus Company took over route 37
Punchbowl to
Bankstown, this route was integrated with route 33
Punchbowl to
Hurstville to operate between
Bankstown and Hurstville via Punchbowl and Roselands. During the late 1960s route 189 was extended from Punchbowl to Roselands, Riverwood and
Lugarno replacing route 140, which initially operated between
Riverwood and
Lugarno. In January 1992,
Revesby Bus & Coach Service's route 26 was replaced by an extension of route 188 from
Punchbowl to
Bankstown, and route 36 was amended to travel along the route of 26 at the
Punchbowl end. In 1989 route 108 was purchased from
Southtrans. In August 1997, the routes were renumbered into the
Sydney wide scheme, including minor changes to routes. The new routes were: • 940 replacing 29 and 33 • 941 replacing 244 • 942 replacing 189 • 943 replacing 29 and 108 • 944 replacing 29 and 36 • 945 replacing 188 Route 451 was extended to Hurstville later that year when part of route 947 was acquired from
Saints creating a direct service from Hurstville to Campsie. The remainder of route 947 to
Ramsgate was taken over by Southtrans. In December 2004, route 74/106
Hurstville to
Kyle Bay and
Connells Point was taken over from
Harris Park Transport (renumbered 953) and 954
Hurstville to
Hurstville Grove and
Oatley from Moore's Tours. In July 2005 routes 446
Roselands Shopping Centre to
Kogarah and 447
Belmore to
Greenacre were taken over from Pleasure Tours. In March 2010, Punchbowl Bus Company implemented another route numbering reconfiguration as part of the integrated transport network planning process. This was done in order to provide more frequent and direct services. As a result, routes 447 and 451 were discontinued and many of the other routes modified. Several new routes were established, including the 939, 946 and 955. Punchbowl Bus Company also introduced the S14, a new service between
Lakemba and
Mount Lewis. Network changes from 26 November 2017 saw route 944 truncated to run between Bankstown and Mortdale, as well as route 450 now only running between Strathfield and Hurstville and route 946 now only running between Bankstown and Roselands. On 1 March 2018,
Nightride service N20 was extended to continue into Town Hall via Sydney Airport instead of terminating at Rockdale. Punchbowl Bus Company used to operate services in
Sydney Bus Region 5 servicing Hurstville, Roselands, Bankstown, Strathfield and surrounding suburbs. In August 2013, Punchbowl successfully tendered to operate Region 5 for another five years from July 2014. In December 2022, it was announced that Punchbowl Bus Company was unsuccessful in retaining its existing region 5 bus operations. On 1 July 2023, these operations were transferred to
U-Go Mobility. , the company continues to operate charter services in Sydney. ==Operations==