The South Wales Festival of Transport held on Barry Island saw large numbers of visitors last Sunday, with another grand display of classic cars and heritage buses giving free rides….
Past Events
Heritage Buses in Barry marked 100 years of Edwards Coaches
The Barry heritage bus group held their Spring Running Day event on Sunday 4th May. With a slightly cloudy start, visitor numbers increased as the sun came out with quite…
Heritage Bus Running Day marked 100 years of Newport motor buses
The Barry heritage bus group held their Autumn Running Day event on Sunday 8th September. With 70% rain forecast all day visitor numbers were fortunately well above expectations. The Cardiff…
Festival of Transport sees great visitor numbers for classic cars and buses
The largest South Wales transport festival saw early crowds at the annual Classic Car and Heritage Bus event on Sunday at Barry. The early sunshine brought well over 200 cars…
Spring Running Day
We held our Spring Running Day event on the Bank Holiday Sunday 5th May 2024. With Bank Holiday rains forecast, visitor numbers were still up on last year. CTPG presented…
MERTHYR TYDFIL FESTIVAL OF TRANSPORT
On Sunday 10th September, despite the weather the Festival of Transport at Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre drew visitors from many parts of South Wales. At the event the bus preservation…
Merthyr Amazes Saturday 19th August
A selection of Barry based buses made the journey to Merthyr Tydfil for their Merthyr Amazes event outside the restored town hall, much interest was generated from a photo display…
EBBW VALE CLASSIC BUS EVENT
The CTPG attended this popular annual event at the old steel town again on Saturday 15th July, several buses attended from Barry including R&W Guy, Bedwas 6, Caerphilly 36 and…
Barry Rally Review
The event attracted record numbers of classic and performance cars and other vehicles to the seaside town. Around 450 visiting vehicles turned up from an Aston Martin DB 6 to…
BUS & COACH WALES 2016
On Sunday 11th September visitors were drawn to the Classic Car, Bus & Coach Wales 2016 event at Merthyr Tydfil, many for a new book launch on Cardiff buses. The…
