*Both Taff Ely and Merthyr took a couple of examples but Newport was the far biggest user and the marriage between Newport and Scania had began and still exists today. Newport also acquired some ex London Metro-Scanias which ousted the Bristol RE's from the fleet, what were they thinking??
Richard Field. * On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 9:42 PM, David Beilby <[email protected]>wrote: > ...the weather was as bad as it is where I'm writing this now. This is > Newport where the municipal operator is of course still with us - but the > type of bus is most definitely ceased (this will only make sense to half the > readership of this posting!). > > VWD 452H was one of two Metro-Scania demonstrators, the other being a > sister painted in London red, and is seen in arguably its most successful > demonstration as Newport were to end up with the largest fleet of the type. > > The location would seem to have changed rather a lot and I've had some > difficulty confirming it, but I believe this is Cambrian Street as it was, > in front of the station. If I am correct, all the buildings in the > background have since been swept away and the street is no longer used by > buses. > > Regards, > > David Beilby > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. > To post to this group, send email to welsh-bus-photographs@** > googlegroups.com <[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to welsh-bus-photographs+** > [email protected]<welsh-bus-photographs%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/welsh-bus-photographs?**hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/welsh-bus-photographs?hl=en> > . > > -- 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?hl=en.
