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| 3/12/03 to......... x25_olympian.gif Full to capacity upon arrival at Chester is this Leyland Olympian on the X25 from Llandudno Junction to Chester and Cheshire Oaks 76_solo.gif A GHA Solo now seems standard fare on Cloion Coaches' Denbigh to Graigfechan via Ruthin route 28/11/03 to... srreamline.gif It is a rare day indeed when Llangollen has no tourist coaches, even in winter months. Here, Streamline of Maidstone bring in visitors 28/11/03 to 3/12/03 bus_stan_mob.gif The Trinity Church end of the bus station features an office and scooter store for Wrexham Shopmobility. By far the greatest number of Shopmobility buggy hirers in Wrexham arrive by buspahs_2_glass.gif Wrexham Bus Station Phase 2 takes on a familiar form coast_rider.gif 22/11/03 to 28/11/03 Denbighshire contract service 32/33, now operated by M & H Coaches, sport a "Coast Rider" variation of the Council's now established "Vale Rider" livery lloyd_alero.gif 22/11/03 to 28/11/03 Flintshire's Rural Rider network recently saw the introduction of a new Optare Alero, operated by P & O Lloyd. It wears revised Connexxions livery similar to Hutchinson's on the Buckley town service ser_1_dd.gif 22/11/03 to 28/11/03 In spite of service 1 Wrexham to Chester going low floor in September, there remains one double deck working, using a vehicle bought new for the purpose in 1996 voel_43.gif 22/11/03 to An otherwise standard Mini Pointer Dart sports a very attractive Voel Coaches livery. Voel took over Abergele local service 43 from M & H on 28 September and the W-reg bus arrived the following month Front page from 20/11/03 Chester City white dart chester.gif 20/11/03 to 22/11/03 All Chester Park & Ride services passed to Chester City Transport on 3 November, including Arriva's Mancot depot workings to and from the Wrexham Road site. Chester has hired a variety of vehicles pending delivery of new stock. Meanwhile, Arriva's P & R gas buses are reportedly at Milton KeynesBus_Station_ph2.gif bbc.gif 20/11/03 to 22/11/03 When is a bus not a bus? In Queens Square, Wrexham, today (19/11/03) was the BBC's internet bus. It is actually taxed as a private HGV Front page from 15/11/03 to 20/11/03 2_yellow_olys.gif (NO COMMENTARY/TEXT) bus_station_ph_2 20/11/03 to 22/11/03 Progress on Wrexham's Bus Station Phase 2 continues for its opening next month Pics on NEWSPICS from 28 Sept to 13 November 2003 busoffuture.jpg dominator24.jpg ser1_chester.jpg 10_and_11.jpg 2 of general_1.jpg general_2.jpg General_3.jpg 1 of bridg1.jpg bridge2.jpg bridge3.jpg ruabon_bridge.jpg |
Single decks on service 1... Oswestry vehicles operate Cefn Mawr shorts... Denbighshire Passenger Services... First expand in Wrexham...
 This unusual shot shows a GHA Optare Solo "on hire to First". This vehicle, together with one each from Hutchinson and P & O Lloyd, displayed "on hire to First" signs on this Sunday's shuttle services to and from the Green Fair in Northop. Arriva also operated, as did First itself. |
 Cloion Coaches of Ruthin is using this GHA vehicle, seen on Cloion's service 68 to the west of Ruthin |
 From 1 September 2003, Arriva is using ex-MTL R- and ex-Manchester X-reg low floor Dennis Darts on Service 1. Showing branding along the cant rail in purple - and not dissimilar to First's Overground approach - is this freshly painted Dennis Dart.  "Every 10 minutes", "Easy Access Buses" and "£3.20 Arriva day ticket" feature on the near side of this freshly painted Dart. Not all service 1 vehicles have this treatment |
 With the bus station phase 2 in the background, one of Arriva's ex-Manchester Darts is overtaken by E Jones & Son |
 "Denbighshire Passenger Services" fleet consists of two contrasting vehicles: the brand new Scolarbus 24 and this somewhat older Leyland National... converted and used by Denbighshire Youth Service as an exhibition and not in passenger service |
 Improvements to Service 2 in Wrexham this month mean a half-hourly service to Oswestry. This means that Wrexham depot undertakes some of the Oswestry journeys and Arriva Midlands vehicles, such as this, appear on shorts to Cefn Mawr  Awaiting duties is this First Olympian now used on school services in the Wrexham area, as well as the operator's flotilla of yellow school buses |
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