X947CNO (00-D-70024) was acquired during July. This bus had a spell on loan with Veolia earlier this year. One more is due, and possibly a third. They are due to enter service in September. It may be a requirement by Mon.C.C. to use low floor vehicles on the service. I don't think the step entrance Dart was ever used, and has been advertised for sale on ebay.
The increased frequency was introduced Spring 2010. Regards, Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: Barrie Gilbert To: Welsh Bus Photographs Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 8:44 PM Subject: Town & Country Bus S196 HOK Town & Country Bus Plaxton Beaver 2-bodied Mercedes Vario S196 HOK is seen passing through the distinctive arch at the exit of Monmouth Bus Station in August 2011 when operating Service 60 (Monmouth-Raglan-Usk-Newport). The service frequency was increased from two hourly to hourly earlier in the year, reversing the cutback implemented by National Welsh when the Wyedean MAP Scheme was introduced in 1982, and passenger numbers appear to be increasing. I'm sure I read that the company is planning to introduce two former Dublin Bus Wright Crusader-bodied Volvo B6BLEs as a consequence. For a small town, Monmouth still has a fair share of local bus operators - Veolia, Town & Country Bus, Chepstow Classic Bus, Stagecoach West's Coleford depot and H&H Motors of Ross-on-Wye. (c) Barrie Gilbert -- 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. -- 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.
