Tempo Interlude - 11
Stagecoach in South Wales received six 12m Optare Tempos in early 2012 (25104-9) which were owned by Powys CC with Welsh Government funding. Allocated to marathon Service T4 (Cardiff-Pontypridd-Merthyr Tydfil-Brecon-Builth Wells-Llandrindod Wells-Newtown), they operated from Merthyr Tydfil depot and its Brecon outstation. Having clocked up high mileages for their age, they lasted until the arrival of the batch of 12 MCV eVoRa-bodied Volvo B8RLEs (21351-62) in 2019.
This shot from February 2012 was taken in her first week of service, passing the Storey Arms outdoor education centre on the A470 with a fair amount of snow on the slopes of Pen-y-fan (the highest mountain in the Brecon Beacons range).
After the batch was returned to Powys CC for onward sale, she was purchased by Wheadons of Cardiff primarily for Rail Replacement work.
Tempo Interlude - 11
Stagecoach in South Wales received six 12m Optare Tempos in early 2012 (25104-9) which were owned by Powys CC with Welsh Government funding. Allocated to marathon Service T4 (Cardiff-Pontypridd-Merthyr Tydfil-Brecon-Builth Wells-Llandrindod Wells-Newtown), they operated from Merthyr Tydfil depot and its Brecon outstation. Having clocked up high mileages for their age, they lasted until the arrival of the batch of 12 MCV eVoRa-bodied Volvo B8RLEs (21351-62) in 2019.
This shot from February 2012 was taken in her first week of service, passing the Storey Arms outdoor education centre on the A470 with a fair amount of snow on the slopes of Pen-y-fan (the highest mountain in the Brecon Beacons range).
After the batch was returned to Powys CC for onward sale, she was purchased by Wheadons of Cardiff primarily for Rail Replacement work.