The Long and Low
'Long and low' Northern Counties-bodied Volvo Olympian 16149 was unique in Stagecoach's South Wales fleet. New to Selkent in dual-door configuration, she lost her centre door upon transfer, and spent all her tenure at Cwmbran depot, where her 80-seat capacity came in useful for school and college contracts. However, she would frequently venture on to Tuesdays only Service X20 (Newport-Cwmbran-Pontypool-Abergavenny) and the Severnside network until it passed to Newport Transport in July 2014.
Withdrawn in July 2014, she quickly passed to Ensignbus, and then on DA Coaches of Coatbridge, re-registered MIG 9522.
I caught up with her on a Tuesday in Pontypool in November 2011 when she was operating the aforementioned X20, not long after a fresh repaint.
The Long and Low
'Long and low' Northern Counties-bodied Volvo Olympian 16149 was unique in Stagecoach's South Wales fleet. New to Selkent in dual-door configuration, she lost her centre door upon transfer, and spent all her tenure at Cwmbran depot, where her 80-seat capacity came in useful for school and college contracts. However, she would frequently venture on to Tuesdays only Service X20 (Newport-Cwmbran-Pontypool-Abergavenny) and the Severnside network until it passed to Newport Transport in July 2014.
Withdrawn in July 2014, she quickly passed to Ensignbus, and then on DA Coaches of Coatbridge, re-registered MIG 9522.
I caught up with her on a Tuesday in Pontypool in November 2011 when she was operating the aforementioned X20, not long after a fresh repaint.