A family-run coach company operating for more than 40 years has become a local COVID-19 casualty following the end of the federal government's $90 billion JobKeeper wages subsidy scheme on March 28.
From April 30, the Tamworth to Brisbane service operated by the New England Coaches company in Glen Innes will cease.
The company has announced it will no longer run buses on its New England Highway route, signalling the end of any coach service through Armidale, Glen Innes, Guyra, Uralla, and Tenterfield between Tamworth and Brisbane or Coffs Harbour.
And those affected most by the end of the service will be the elderly and pensioners, according to second-generation business owner Daniel Arandale, who took over the business from his brother two decades ago.
Vanessa Arundale
Everyone has a story to tell and I like to help them do it.
Everyone has a story to tell and I like to help them do it.
