mandarin blue and riviera white livery was introduced on buses, suburban electric trains and ferries while freight wagons were painted in a teal blue livery. From November 1976, trains reverted to Tuscan red while ferries would revert to their Tuscan and green liveries in the 1980s. In November 1979, a modified livery for locomotives was introduced with the colours on the Tuscan and yellow painted ends reverted.The original logo had the letters NSW with arrows pointing east and west. It was replaced in 1975 by the L7 logo. It would continue to be used, albeit with different colours, on buses and ferries until 1989 and on trains until 2010. In June 1974, the PTC took over the operation of Bowden's Bus Service route 79 from the Town Hall to Tamarama. In September 1975, the PTC began operating Denning coaches out of Dubbo when the Far West Express was replaced. While best remembered as an era of cutbacks, investment was made during the tenure of the Public Transport Commission with the following ordered: 312 Leyland Leopard buses 750 Mercedes-Benz O305 buses 359 Comeng built S set double deck suburban carriages 150 A Goninan & Co built S set double deck suburban carriages 30 V set double deck interurban carriages 10 FAM sleeper carriages 30 80 class diesel locomotives 10 85 class electric locomotives various modern bulk freight wagons More than 1,000 RACE containers suitable for the Australia standard pallets 2 Lady class ferries (Street & Herron) Publication The PTC published an in-house journal, Transport News, with the first edition published in November 1972. See also Railways in Sydney Rail transport in New South Wales Timeline of Sydney Harbour ferries References Bus companies of New South Wales Defunct government entities of New South Wales Ferry companies of New South Wales Railway companies of New South Wales Transport in New South Wales Transport companies established in 1972 Transport companies disestablished in 1980 1972 establishments in Australia 1980 disestablishments in Australia