ARRIVA Cymru: 879 Y39 TDA

[Chris Clegg]

One of three examples 'Aircon' Dennis Dart MPDs that have migrated to the most southern outpost of ARRIVA Cymru from the parent ARRIVA North West company. 879 Y39 TDA was one of several new to ARRIVA Midlands North, Crewe depot to replace P-HOJ registered Mercedes-Benz minibuses for route 6 Shavington - Crewe - Leighton Hospital, this example was originally numbered 239. These unusually came with 'Aircon' units for extra air conditioning comfort and prominently route branded to raise the profile of the service. The majority of the batch continued to service south Cheshire when the Crewe, Macclesfield and Winsford depots passed to ARRIVA North West control in 2003, Crewe ended up been closed and the allocation served from Winsford with some occasionally working out of Macclesfield.

879 is found near Llanbadarn Fawr on the outskirts of Aberystwyth operating on town service route 1 'Gwasanaeth Y Dref' whilst a new arrival in the area to displace the last of the S-SNB small Darts it would appear.

Hope of interest
Chris.