Welsh Bus 18
Golden Day's...
27/02/2014. Built at Falkirk in Scotland in March 1998 R792 DHB became the last ever Volvo B10M - 55/Alexander PS to be manufactured for a British operator.
New to Stagecoach Red & White as 792 in 1998 she was allocated to Cwmbran depot where she now finds herself once again 16 years later.
She was fitted with DP48F seats and a Volvo 9.6 litre horizontally mid mounted engine.
She stands at 3.2. meters tall, 2.4 meters wide and 11 meters long.
Although new to Cwmbran depot she spent many years at Aberdare depot where she was allocated to the 172 service which runs to and from Aberdare and Porthcawl.
In March 2013, she was tranfered to Blackwood IBT depot who were given the job of restoring her back to her former Red & White days.
The restoration project involved re-paneling, a re-spray back into the Red & White livery, and engine change and original style seats being fitted.
She was then transfered from Blackwood depot back down to Cwmbran where she first entered service 16 years ago.
Today, she operates mainly local service such as the 64 to Underwood, 74 and X74 to Chepstow form Newport but she does however make a occasional appearance on the X3 between Cardiff and Abergavenny.
She is pictured here in the front of the 15 meter high 'Newport Wave' which stands on the bank of the river Usk which runs through the city center.
Golden Day's...
27/02/2014. Built at Falkirk in Scotland in March 1998 R792 DHB became the last ever Volvo B10M - 55/Alexander PS to be manufactured for a British operator.
New to Stagecoach Red & White as 792 in 1998 she was allocated to Cwmbran depot where she now finds herself once again 16 years later.
She was fitted with DP48F seats and a Volvo 9.6 litre horizontally mid mounted engine.
She stands at 3.2. meters tall, 2.4 meters wide and 11 meters long.
Although new to Cwmbran depot she spent many years at Aberdare depot where she was allocated to the 172 service which runs to and from Aberdare and Porthcawl.
In March 2013, she was tranfered to Blackwood IBT depot who were given the job of restoring her back to her former Red & White days.
The restoration project involved re-paneling, a re-spray back into the Red & White livery, and engine change and original style seats being fitted.
She was then transfered from Blackwood depot back down to Cwmbran where she first entered service 16 years ago.
Today, she operates mainly local service such as the 64 to Underwood, 74 and X74 to Chepstow form Newport but she does however make a occasional appearance on the X3 between Cardiff and Abergavenny.
She is pictured here in the front of the 15 meter high 'Newport Wave' which stands on the bank of the river Usk which runs through the city center.