Arriva North West/Arriva Buses Wales VDL Cadets

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RE: Arriva North West/Arriva Buses Wales VDL Cadets

(22/10/2018 19:29)N531 DWM Wrote:  Yes that could be right about EHZ being new to AMN, I can't remember to be honest..
As for the other 3, they did enter service at Wrexham and were also used on the short lived Wrexham Nightbus service on a weekend. I used to use that after a few beers in Scotts nightclub... many years ago lol.

CX04 EHZ was ordered new with EHV/W/Y by Arriva Cymru [Arriva North West] but EHZ was moved to Oswestry before it entered service brand new when the service was jointly operated by Arriva Cymru, Wrexham and Arriva Midlands North Oswestry. The reason was the PVR for the Cymru turns was 3 and it was decided a spare was not needed in the end. Oswestry later got Darts 2378/9 FJ55 BVT/U for their share, Cadets however were the first option it was said at the time but they was a long lead time for them as ANW had a large order in build so Darts were obtained. The three Cymru ones moved to Oswestry a few years later when the service was decided to be moved for full operation by Oswestry, a decision said to have been decided at Sunderland at the time, unsure how true that is however!

The 2/2A/2B/2C services introduced were a result of linking up some shorts at the Oswestry and Wrexham ends for more frequency to Oswestry as follows:

2 Oswestry - Wrexham (Oswestry operated)
2 Wrexham - Cefn Mawr (Wrexham operated)
2A Oswestry - Lodgevale in Chirk [some turns to Wrexham at peak times in lieu of a 2] (Oswestry operated)