Just out of interest, what would a Rhondda double decker have been doing in Porthcawl?
During my time in South Wales, the Pontypridd-Porthcawl services (240/244) were always worked with single deckers, and generally only short ones (Tiger Cubs or PSU4 Leopards). Nigel On Nov 11, 1:05 am, "Peter Relf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Ian. > > I suspect that bus terminal arrangements in Porthcawl were altered following > the closing of the railway. ISTR that a number of services used to terminate > at the station, and others in KA Square. A new north-south road (The > Portway, A4106) has been built since then (on the railway track bed ?) that > effectively closed off the east end of Knights Arms Square, so it is now > effecively a cul-de-sac. > > Peter. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ian Kirby > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 10:37 PM > Subject: Re: Rhondda VTX 436 > > The Cardiff service was using the present stop outside what was the > Stoneleigh Club by the end of the 1970s. > > Ian > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:51 PM, Peter Relf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rhondda, 436 (VTX 436). AEC Regent V LD3RA.364 with Weymann H39/31F > body, new in 1958. > > Knights Arms Square, Porthcawl. 6th August 1963. When did buses > stop using KA Square as a terminus ? Looks very derelict there these days. > > (c) Peter Relf. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Welsh-Bus-Photographs -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
