Top of the Rhondda Fach
A number of villages in the Rhondda retian their designated bus turning points - Blaencwm, Blaenrhondda, Cwmparc, Clydach Vale and Blaenllechau all spring to mind - which allow drivers to spin their vehicles around and wait time, sometimes away from the final stops.
This is the turning point in the large village of Maerdy, at the top of the Rhondda Fach, in a shot from August 2012, which depicts a couple of Stagecoach Darts and a Plaxton Primo owned by Thomas of Rhondda.
Nearest the camera is 9m Alexander ALX200-bodied 34083, which was new to Selkent, and came to South Wales in 2006 after a spell in Cumbria, helping out after the Carlisle depot flood. She is operating Service 171 to Clydach Vale, which would take her over the Penrhys Mountain Road.
Pulling away from behind her is 10.7m Pointer-bodied 34757, which is from a batch of 29 that transferred en masse to Porth depot from the Merseyside fleet in late 2009 and early 2010. She is operating Service 124 to Cardiff, which takes a longer route than more frequent Service 132, the main route in the Rhondda Fach.
The Thomas of Rhondda Primo, YX08 MHZ, is operating Rail Linc Service 902 to Ystrad Station in the Rhondda Fawr under contract to Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC, and this would also take her over the Penrhys Mountain Road.
Top of the Rhondda Fach
A number of villages in the Rhondda retian their designated bus turning points - Blaencwm, Blaenrhondda, Cwmparc, Clydach Vale and Blaenllechau all spring to mind - which allow drivers to spin their vehicles around and wait time, sometimes away from the final stops.
This is the turning point in the large village of Maerdy, at the top of the Rhondda Fach, in a shot from August 2012, which depicts a couple of Stagecoach Darts and a Plaxton Primo owned by Thomas of Rhondda.
Nearest the camera is 9m Alexander ALX200-bodied 34083, which was new to Selkent, and came to South Wales in 2006 after a spell in Cumbria, helping out after the Carlisle depot flood. She is operating Service 171 to Clydach Vale, which would take her over the Penrhys Mountain Road.
Pulling away from behind her is 10.7m Pointer-bodied 34757, which is from a batch of 29 that transferred en masse to Porth depot from the Merseyside fleet in late 2009 and early 2010. She is operating Service 124 to Cardiff, which takes a longer route than more frequent Service 132, the main route in the Rhondda Fach.
The Thomas of Rhondda Primo, YX08 MHZ, is operating Rail Linc Service 902 to Ystrad Station in the Rhondda Fawr under contract to Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC, and this would also take her over the Penrhys Mountain Road.