Cummins and Goings
The 16 surviving 12.8m Alexander Dennis Enviro300-bodied MANs from a batch of 17 delivered to the Stagecoach in South Wales fleet in 2009 were replaced on Services X3/X33 (Abergavenny-Pontypool-Cwmbran-Cardiff) and X4 (Hereford-Abergavenny-Brynmawr-Ebbw Vale-Tredegar-Merthy Tydfil-Pontypridd-Cardiff) last Winter initially by a similar number of Alexander Dennis Enviro300s, which have since moved to the East Midlands fleet.
10 of the MANs transferred to the Highlands fleet during the Spring, leaving just half a dozen in South Wales. Four of these are allocated to Merthyr Tydfil depot and the other two are at Cwmbran.
Those based at Merthyr have had their MAN engines replaced by Cummins units and have been repainted. Three of the four are usually found on rotation at Brecon outstation for Services 39/39B (Brecon-Talgarth-Hay-on-Wye-Hereford), on which they replaced Wright Renown-bodied Volvo B10BLEs.
Merthyr depot tends to use the fourth either on Service 78 (Merthyr Tydfil-Treharris) or on Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff Service T4 short workings. 22785 is illustrated operating the former in this mid September 2015 shot as she crosses the River Taff Central Link Bridge in Merthyr Tydfil.
Cummins and Goings
The 16 surviving 12.8m Alexander Dennis Enviro300-bodied MANs from a batch of 17 delivered to the Stagecoach in South Wales fleet in 2009 were replaced on Services X3/X33 (Abergavenny-Pontypool-Cwmbran-Cardiff) and X4 (Hereford-Abergavenny-Brynmawr-Ebbw Vale-Tredegar-Merthy Tydfil-Pontypridd-Cardiff) last Winter initially by a similar number of Alexander Dennis Enviro300s, which have since moved to the East Midlands fleet.
10 of the MANs transferred to the Highlands fleet during the Spring, leaving just half a dozen in South Wales. Four of these are allocated to Merthyr Tydfil depot and the other two are at Cwmbran.
Those based at Merthyr have had their MAN engines replaced by Cummins units and have been repainted. Three of the four are usually found on rotation at Brecon outstation for Services 39/39B (Brecon-Talgarth-Hay-on-Wye-Hereford), on which they replaced Wright Renown-bodied Volvo B10BLEs.
Merthyr depot tends to use the fourth either on Service 78 (Merthyr Tydfil-Treharris) or on Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff Service T4 short workings. 22785 is illustrated operating the former in this mid September 2015 shot as she crosses the River Taff Central Link Bridge in Merthyr Tydfil.