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In 1991 it was sold again to British Bus. [3] [4] In August 1996 British Bus was purchased by the Cowie Group. It traded as Arriva Cymru until February 2002, when it merged with Arriva North West to form Arriva North West & Wales. [2] [5] In August 2008 Arriva purchased routes 9 and 9A with seven buses from KMP. [6] [7]
The bus stands in February 2019. Wrexham bus station (Welsh: Gorsaf fysiau Wrecsam) is an eight-stand indoor bus station in Wrexham city centre on King Street. Services provide transit within the city, elsewhere in north Wales, and to Cheshire and Shropshire in England.
The bus war led to constant timetable changes by both operators and eventually led to Network Warrington deciding to route all their Northwich to Warrington services via Barnton. [4] At times, GHA Coaches drivers were known to block bus stands to prevent Network Warrington drivers picking up passengers, which on occasions led to angry exchanges ...
It remains to be seen how the vehicles used will compare to the Welsh Government owned ones on the other routes. Invitations To Tender were also published for the remaining three TrawsCambria routes X50 (Aberystwyth-Cardigan), T2 (Bangor-Aberystwyth) and X94 (Wrexham-Barmouth), to be known as T5, T2 and T3 respectively. The X94 became the T3 in ...
A fenced-off portion of the passenger footbridge leads to the disused platform. Ruabon station was originally larger than at present, with an extensive marshalling yard with a turntable and goods depot accompanying it, and was the terminus of the Ruabon to Barmouth line which ran via Llangollen, Corwen and Dolgellau. [2]
For 2021–22, there were 2,934 bus and coach drivers in Wales, a decrease of 10.6 per cent from 2020–21, and part of a general decrease over the past four years. Although the number of local bus and coach vehicles increased by 1.1 per cent in the same period (2021–22) to 2,215 vehicles, although lower than a decade earlier in 2011–12. [28]
Most routes have a fixed start and end destination. The on-demand bus service scheme is charged with normal bus fares, with provisions for seasonal and pre-purchased tickets, MyTravelpass, and 60+ or disabled concessionary travel card. Payments are taken using either a contactless card or Smartcard, although some services may accept cash payments.
TrawsCambria liveried Optare Tempo at Cardiff bus station in April 2009 Richard Brothers Optare Tempo on route X50 in Aberaeron in February 2012 Arriva North West & Wales Wright Commander bodied VDL SB200 on route X94 in Llangollen in May 2008 Stagecoach South Wales Optare Tempo on route 704 at Newtown railway station in July 2010