Making Hay while the sun doesn't shine - 1
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 then remaining 12.8m Alexander Dennis Enviro300-bodied MANs reconfigured with Cummins units.
This July 2013 view is of 21187 as she emerges from Oxford Road in Hay-on-Wye whilst returning to Brecon.
After withdrawal, she was purchased by Newtons of Crumlin but did not see further service.
Making Hay while the sun doesn't shine - 1
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 then remaining 12.8m Alexander Dennis Enviro300-bodied MANs reconfigured with Cummins units.
This July 2013 view is of 21187 as she emerges from Oxford Road in Hay-on-Wye whilst returning to Brecon.
After withdrawal, she was purchased by Newtons of Crumlin but did not see further service.