GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

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RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)
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The latest arrival is ex Fairbrother Warrington Dennis Dart / Plaxton Pointer X511UAT which has been purchased for spares only and will probably be scrapped once it has donated parts.

Left the fleet is K758SBB - DAF SB220 / Optare Delta (ex Bryn Melyn) - it has been scrapped on site

Also as expected the ex West Riding Volvo B10B / Wright Endurance L408NUA has been scrapped on site - it was withdrawn last year after an engine fire.

Getting the new Service Bus livery are
Solo M710SE YJ09EZK. It has recently been silver but not long ago had the 101 Hoppa Shoppa livery and
Enviro 300 SN04EFS This is the last of the ex Warwickshire green and yellow batch to be painted

Getting the GHA (silver) livery is yet another of the ex Shropshire Bus and Coach fleet - GN53OPM - PHOTO LINK

Former Line 9 Dennis Dart SK52UTT is currently in the bodyshop receiving a makeover and it is expected to get the new livery when complete.

CNZ3819 DAF / Plaxton Premier - having returned from a specialist repairer in Blackpool and now with GHA (Silver) livery is expected to enter service once final preparations have been completed. Similar DAF vehicle with Van Hool bodywork 264CHX has now gone to Blackpool for similar treatment.

Unfortunately one of the new Beartown liveried ADL E20Ds 1471 - YY15CMX has been involved in a RTC and has sustained considerable front end damage - it is believed that the bus was stationery at the time of the incident.

Having won further contracts involving Reaseheath College a number of vehicles are to be given a special Reaseheath college livery. Included are expected to be N8 GHA, N9 GHA, P5 VLT and VT59 VLT.

After the mass involvement of double deckers at the Betley Court Farm - Total Access Concert on 15th August there is to be a further event where a number of GHA deckers will be involved. This is at the British Aerospace Airshow on September 5th. Unfortunately it is not a public event and entry is normally restricted to staff and their families.