How ironic I should post this and I recieve a letter in the post from the operator today regarding BMA 523W and WTU 470W. I enquired about them a few years ago and they have kindly advised that the pair are been offered for sale. Sadly I am no longer in the position to get involved with another vehicle.
If anyone wants more info, please contact me off group and I will pass on some details. Chris. On Aug 15, 9:45 pm, Chris Clegg <[email protected]> wrote: > A Bristol VR that holds lots of happy memories for me from my teens as it was > a regular example I caught to and from secondary school. BMA 523W was new to > Crosvile and based at Wrexham, it was later reformed into the Crosville Wales > (Crosville Cymru) fleet on deregulation and the dismemberment of Crosville > Motor Services. BMA later was reallocated to Oswestry depot when this was a > Crosville Wales depot including the passing of this depot to Midland Red > North (Cambrian Midland Red fleetnames) in December 1991. This example > outlasted its sisters at Oswestry and remained into use until the end of 1999 > when it was withdrawn due to Oswestry moving depots that at the time could > not accommodate Double Deck vehicles (how ironic they have one now!), it > however did see use in January 2000 when stored on a D71 Oswestry to > Welshpool service one Saturday. BMA sadly moved to Swadlincote for a very > brief spell before the Bristol VRs were withdrawn and sold from the fleet in > April 2000 (it lasted into ARRIVA Midlands North ownership but in Red & > Yellow). It passed to West Kent Coach Sales but ironically came back to > Crosville Wales territory in late 2000 with Vale of Ffestiniog Motor > Services, Minfford for possible use to provide a link with Porthmadog but > this did not come into operation and was sold to Jones in 2003 with sister > WTU 470W, it has since served the island of Anglesey in the Holyhead area > ever since. > > The view shows BMA 523W at the end of its Bws Ysgol duty at Bodedern after > working from Holyhead High School in May 2012. > > Hope of interest > Chris > > bma523w_160512_bodedern.jpg > 532KViewDownload -- 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.
