Last Trip to Hay
Six elegant Wright Renown-bodied Volvo B10BLEs that Stagecoach acquired with First's Wigan operations in December 2012 (21174, 21176, 21178, 21179, 21180 and 21187) made their way to the South Wales fleet the following Spring. Four were allocated to Merthyr Tydfil depot from Summer 2013 for use at Brecon outstation as replacements for Alexander PS-bodied Volvo B10Ms 20385, 20387, 20388 and 20389 on Services 39B/39 (Brecon-Talgarth-Hay-on-Wye-Hereford).
Their tenure was sadly only brief and they were replaced on the service in January 2015 by four of the remaining 12.8m Alexander Dennis Enviro300-bodied MANs reconfigured with Cummins units.
This fading light shot from October 2013 shows 21176 climbing Cerrigcochion Road in Brecon, with the Beacons forming the backdrop, when operating the last Service 39B trip of the day to Hay-on-Wye.
She was sold for scrap during the Autumn of 2015.
Last Trip to Hay
Six elegant Wright Renown-bodied Volvo B10BLEs that Stagecoach acquired with First's Wigan operations in December 2012 (21174, 21176, 21178, 21179, 21180 and 21187) made their way to the South Wales fleet the following Spring. Four were allocated to Merthyr Tydfil depot from Summer 2013 for use at Brecon outstation as replacements for Alexander PS-bodied Volvo B10Ms 20385, 20387, 20388 and 20389 on Services 39B/39 (Brecon-Talgarth-Hay-on-Wye-Hereford).
Their tenure was sadly only brief and they were replaced on the service in January 2015 by four of the remaining 12.8m Alexander Dennis Enviro300-bodied MANs reconfigured with Cummins units.
This fading light shot from October 2013 shows 21176 climbing Cerrigcochion Road in Brecon, with the Beacons forming the backdrop, when operating the last Service 39B trip of the day to Hay-on-Wye.
She was sold for scrap during the Autumn of 2015.