Newport 141 a Scania N113 with Alexander bodywork arrived at Broad Street recently to add to our open toppers, 141 was used until recently on Newport tours after conversion by…
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SMALL BUS RUNNING DAY
Sunday 1st May heralded our small bus running day, in the end only one visiting Transit arrived (thanks to WHOTT) which was good as even our own Bustler No.1 was…
CTPG Publish Memories of 1930's Merthyr to Cardiff Commute
“MEMORIES OF 1930s BUS TRAVEL – Merthyr – Pontypridd –Cardiff” by ARTHUR HUGHES How many of you now regret…
856 RETURNS TO BARRY
WW 856 returned to Barry Depot on Tuesday 13th April following an extensive restoration that has taken over a decade, however as can be seen the quality of the work…
50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SEVERN BRIDGE
The original Severn Bridge was opened on Sat 8 Sept 1966 and a day later the Red&White and Bristol Omnibus Co started running their 300/301 Cardiff- Bristol routes over the…
EBBW VALE CLASSIC BUS DAY
Ebbw Vale Business Forum have confirmed this years event has sufficient funding to take place on Saturday 16th July in the town centre, the CTPG hope to provide open top…
SWANSEA BUS MUSEUM OPEN DAY
On Sunday 28th February we took Cardiff 267 and WW 177 to Swansea for their open day, several other members buses from Barry also attended. The day was cold and…
856 PROGRESS
A recent visit to Lydney has shown some good progress on Western Welsh 856 as can be seen in the photos below, the interior is almost complete with the freshly…
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
We are always looking for volunteers to help restore our buses, anyone can be of help even if you have no experience. There are a number of projects under way…
BUS & COACH Wales 2015
CTPG were on tender hooks the two days before Bus & Coach Wales 2015 as rain all day was forecast. On Friday, Cardiff 360, our yellow open top bus with…