Phased Withdrawal
When Veolia began its phased withdrawal from local bus operations in South and Mid Wales in 2011, it held a large number of Powys County Council contracts awarded in 2007 for five years, and which could not be reliquinshed. Therefore, Crossgates Coaches Ltd was formed (as a renaming of Veolia Transport Cymru Ltd) in 2011 to mange the operation from the Crossgates (near Llandrindod Wells) and Abercraf depots for the final nine months or so.
In those days, the service between Brecon and Swansea was numbered X63 and was an an Abercraf operation. An eclectic range of vehicles were used including this anonymous 12m 'classic shape' Alexander Dennis Enviro300 with paper destination displays, which had been new to Bodmans of Worton in Wiltshire.
I captured her during the last month of the contract in August 2012 on the A4067 between the Crai Reservoir and Tafarn-y-Garreg when returning to Swansea.
By the following month, she had transferred to Worcestershire-based Aston Coaches, also a former Veolia company, and was still in service earlier this year.
Phased Withdrawal
When Veolia began its phased withdrawal from local bus operations in South and Mid Wales in 2011, it held a large number of Powys County Council contracts awarded in 2007 for five years, and which could not be reliquinshed. Therefore, Crossgates Coaches Ltd was formed (as a renaming of Veolia Transport Cymru Ltd) in 2011 to mange the operation from the Crossgates (near Llandrindod Wells) and Abercraf depots for the final nine months or so.
In those days, the service between Brecon and Swansea was numbered X63 and was an an Abercraf operation. An eclectic range of vehicles were used including this anonymous 12m 'classic shape' Alexander Dennis Enviro300 with paper destination displays, which had been new to Bodmans of Worton in Wiltshire.
I captured her during the last month of the contract in August 2012 on the A4067 between the Crai Reservoir and Tafarn-y-Garreg when returning to Swansea.
By the following month, she had transferred to Worcestershire-based Aston Coaches, also a former Veolia company, and was still in service earlier this year.