We will be running a regular park and ride service on Sunday from the dock offices in Barry to the Depot and then from the Depot to Barry Island working between 10am and 4:45pm.We have over 500 vehicles attending, a mix of classic cars, buses and commercials.
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Barry Festival of Transport
This weekend on Sunday 9th June there will be a Depot open day and large vehicle display on Barry Island, we will be running free bus services from 10am until 4:45pm between Barry Island and the Bus Depot and a park and ride service from the Dock offices to the Bus Depot. Weather permitting we…
1518 in Red
The top coat has been added onto WW1518 and it looks fantastic in original colours, work moves back to the interior now with new flooring & laminate to be added before glazing takes place.
WW1518 PROGRESS
Work on our Western Welsh Leopard has restarted and things are moving quickly, 1518 was new to Barry Depot and in later years was converted to a tow bus the rear quarter being removed in the process. As can be seen a new section has been added, this was removed from a scrap exOxford AEC…
Swansea Museum 24th Feb
The CTPG visited Swansea Bus Museum on Sunday 24th Feb, we took our National Welsh Olympian as the restoration of Swansea’s SWT Olympian had recently been completed. The photos below show the two preserved South Wales Olympians together almost identical to look at but with very different running gear, one being Gardner/Hydracyclic and the other…
Progress on WW1518
Work has restarted on the restoration of WW1518 our Leyland Leopard ex tow bus now restored to full length, we hope to see some paint on her in the near future.
Windward Depot
At the end of January the move into Windward Depot was completed following a month of preparation and cleaning, the end result seems to be better than the old Atlantic Depot layout.
INTRODUCING WINDWARD DEPOT
The CTPG received the keys to our new building on Barry Dock on 14th December, Windward depot will replace Atlantic depot in the new year. Luckily for us Windward has a pair of pits, a spray booth and store room already in place and will be very useful to ensure we can keep the fleet…
Pontypridd 8 visits Swansea
Pontypridd 8 visited Swansea for the Bus Museums open day at the end of October, the weather was cold and bright as can be seen in the photos. WW1370 and PTX830F also travelled along the A48 from Barry. No. 8 performed two timetabled runs during the day.
