Selective Acquisition
The 31st March 2015 was the last day for Select Bus & Coach of Skewen as a local bus operator. This was as a result of the acquisition of its services and several vehicles by the ever expanding NAT Group. Select is to continue, but just as a school transport operator.
The business started in December 2011 with a single Dennis Dart on a service given up by South Wales Transport (Neath). It has progressively grown into a 16 vehicle operation, covering both local bus and school transport operations, latterly based at the former Jenkins depot in Skewen. The service network has mostly centred upon the Neath to Swansea corridor, via a variety of routes, predominantly in competition with First Cymru, as well as by filling gaps created by First Cymru's refocusing of its commercial network.
The second-hand Dennis Dart with Caetano Nimbus, Marshall Capital, Plaxton Pointer and Alexander ALX200 bodies has been the service bus of choice, with examples sourced from a variety of operators, including Ensignbus, Warrington Transport, Cardiff Bus and Newport Bus, and operated in a number of livery schemes.
Representing these is T144 DAX, which was Cardiff's first short Pointer-bodied Dart and was one of nine acquired in just over a year. She is captured leaving Neath's Victoria Gardens in this July 2014 shot operating Service 30 to Swansea via Skewen and Birchgrove.
Selective Acquisition
The 31st March 2015 was the last day for Select Bus & Coach of Skewen as a local bus operator. This was as a result of the acquisition of its services and several vehicles by the ever expanding NAT Group. Select is to continue, but just as a school transport operator.
The business started in December 2011 with a single Dennis Dart on a service given up by South Wales Transport (Neath). It has progressively grown into a 16 vehicle operation, covering both local bus and school transport operations, latterly based at the former Jenkins depot in Skewen. The service network has mostly centred upon the Neath to Swansea corridor, via a variety of routes, predominantly in competition with First Cymru, as well as by filling gaps created by First Cymru's refocusing of its commercial network.
The second-hand Dennis Dart with Caetano Nimbus, Marshall Capital, Plaxton Pointer and Alexander ALX200 bodies has been the service bus of choice, with examples sourced from a variety of operators, including Ensignbus, Warrington Transport, Cardiff Bus and Newport Bus, and operated in a number of livery schemes.
Representing these is T144 DAX, which was Cardiff's first short Pointer-bodied Dart and was one of nine acquired in just over a year. She is captured leaving Neath's Victoria Gardens in this July 2014 shot operating Service 30 to Swansea via Skewen and Birchgrove.