As part of the takeover agreement in 1988 National Welsh agreed to operate six buses in a blue “Taff-Ely” livery. These were Freight Rover Sherpas 215-219 (F215-9 AKG) and 226 (F226 AWO), all of which had Carlyle B20F bodies.
They were new in October 1988 (215-219) or November 1988 (226) and withdrawn in February 1992. All were sold for further service with the most interesting disposal being of 216 bought by a company Offerdemo which provided vehicles for the rapid and short-lived expansion of Cynon Valley Transport service. It received the fleet number 44 in the Cynon Valley series, previously carried by a Bristol RE that had only been withdrawn in 1989.
© David Beilby
