Tempo Interlude - 24
Arriva Cymru operated a dozen Optare Tempos, both 12m and 12.6m variants, numbered 2860-71. These were funded by Welsh Government and allocated to Aberystwyth depot for what were then termed as TrawsCambria services down the Ceredigion coast. These included a pair that were new to First Cymru for Service X40 (Aberystwyth-Aberaeron-Lampeter-Llanybydder-Pencader-Carmarthen), which was initially a joint operated with Arriva.
The First Cymru pair were former 64501 & 64503 (YJ55 BJE & BJF), which transferred to Arriva as their 2870 & 2871 in 2010. They received corporate livery, though in a style that saw the black panels above the windows painted in aquamarine giving them a rather 'heavy' appearance.
2870 left the fleet in 2013 when Arriva pulled out of Ceredigion.
This August 2010 shot was taken in Swansea City Centre as she was crossing from Orchard Street on to The Kingsway when operating one of the short-lived Swansea extensions on Service X40.
Tempo Interlude - 24
Arriva Cymru operated a dozen Optare Tempos, both 12m and 12.6m variants, numbered 2860-71. These were funded by Welsh Government and allocated to Aberystwyth depot for what were then termed as TrawsCambria services down the Ceredigion coast. These included a pair that were new to First Cymru for Service X40 (Aberystwyth-Aberaeron-Lampeter-Llanybydder-Pencader-Carmarthen), which was initially a joint operated with Arriva.
The First Cymru pair were former 64501 & 64503 (YJ55 BJE & BJF), which transferred to Arriva as their 2870 & 2871 in 2010. They received corporate livery, though in a style that saw the black panels above the windows painted in aquamarine giving them a rather 'heavy' appearance.
2870 left the fleet in 2013 when Arriva pulled out of Ceredigion.
This August 2010 shot was taken in Swansea City Centre as she was crossing from Orchard Street on to The Kingsway when operating one of the short-lived Swansea extensions on Service X40.