Arriva Buses Wales

Arriva Buses Wales
Arriva Buses Wales
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A VDL SB200, Wright Commander in Llangollen on a TrawsCambria X94 service.
Parent Arriva
Founded 2009
Headquarters Llandudno
Locale North Wales
Service area Chester, Wrexham, Flintshire, Denbighshire, Conwy, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, Ceredigion
Service type Bus
Hubs Chester, Wrexham, Rhyl, Llandudno, Bangor, Dolgellau, Aberystwyth
Web site Arriva Buses Wales website

Arriva Buses Wales is a division of Arriva that operates bus services in north Wales. It has its origins in the former Crosville Motor Services. Arriva Buses Wales has approximately 700 employees.

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History

Arriva Cymru Ltd was the original predecessor of Arriva Buses Wales, who started off as Crosville Motor Services, who ran services in Wales and northern England[1]. The company was split following deregulation in 1986, with the Welsh operation called Crosville Cymru. The English operations would eventually be split between Arriva Midlands, Arriva North West and First Chester & The Wirral.

Crosville Cymru was bought by its management team in 1987 before being taken over by National Express Group in 1989. Drawlane would buy the company in 1991, with Drawlane eventually re-named as British Bus and then Arriva. The company would be known as Arriva Cymru until 25 February 2002, when it merged with Arriva North West, forming part of Arriva North West and Wales[1][2]. However, on 1 January 2009, the Welsh operations were split off again, under a new managing director, Michael Morton, and a management team based at Llandudno Junction.[1][2][3]

Operating centres

The company has depots in:

There are also smaller outstations or sub-depots at other locations, including Pwllheli, Holyhead and Amlwch (outstations of Bangor depot), Dolgellau, Machynlleth, New Quay, Lampeter and Pencader (outstations of Aberystwyth depot).

Fleet

Dennis Darts, of the low-floor SLF and MPD varieties, make up about half of the fleet. More recent deliveries have been VDL SB120 and SB200 with Wright Cadet, Commander and Pulsar bodywork, and Optare Solos. Other types operated include the Optare Tempo, eleven of which are used on TrawsCambria services south from Aberystwyth.

Only 7 double-deckers are in ordinary service, all of them Volvo Olympians with Northern Counties Palatine bodywork, shared between Bangor and Aberystwyth depots. The open-top double-deckers are operated in Rhyl, for use on the 120 Pensarn - Rhyl - Talacre summer route. Some examples find occasional use for special event private hires, such as football victory parades.

During March 2010 Arriva Buses Wales announced that the whole fleet is now 100% low floor (except open-tops and College/School duties).[4]

Fleet summary

Double-deck, low-floor
Chassis Count Body type(s) Image(s)
DAF DB250 4 Alexander ALX400
Double-deck, step-entrance
Chassis Count Body type(s) Image(s)
Volvo Olympian 7 Northern Counties Palatine AW Volvo Olympian 3345.jpg
Scania N113 1 Northern Counties (open top) Arriva Southport circular tour open top Scania 1.jpg
Leyland Olympian 2 Alexander R Type (open-top) Arriva NWW Olympian open top 1.jpg
Leyland Olympian 4 ECW (open-top) Arriva Wales open top Olympian ECW 3996.jpg
Single-deck, low-floor
Chassis Count Body type(s) Image(s)
Dennis Dart SLF / MPD 115 Plaxton Pointer
Plaxton Pointer 2
Alexander ALX200
AW Dennis Dart SLF 7540.JPGArriva Wales Dart MPD 819.jpg
VDL SB200 42 Wright Commander
Wright Pulsar
Arriva NWW VDL Wright Commander 1.jpgWright Pulsar 1.jpg
Optare Solo 25 Optare Solo AW Optare Solo 0624.jpgArriva Wales Solo 1.jpg
VDL SB120 18 Wright Cadet Arriva Wales Cadet 2481.jpg
Optare Tempo 11 Optare Tempo Arriva Optare Tempo 2863.jpg
Volvo B7RLE 7 Wright Eclipse Arriva Wales Volvo B7RLE Eclipse.jpg
Optare Versa 2 Optare Versa Arriva Buses Wales Optare Versa 999.jpg

See also

  1. Photos of Arriva Buses in North Wales[1]

References

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