EDWARDS COACHES › FLEET PROFILE
Strength through diversity Edwards Coaches operates a substantial and varied �leet re�lecting the diversity of its operation across South Wales and beyond as Andy Izatt outlines
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dwards Coaches has an O-licence for 210 vehicles and the �leet currently numbers 225. The main workshop and operating centre is at Llantwit Fardre near Pontypridd and there are depots in Swansea where maintenance is also undertaken, and at Abercynon in the Cynon Valley, Barry, Cardiff, Newport and Wattstown in the Rhondda Valley. School transport has a PVR (Peak Vehicle Requirement) of 110, but this diverse business also has its own extensive holiday tour programme and National Express contracted operation as well as a broad portfolio of other work that accounts for the variety of vehicles in the �leet. Notable are the two King Long midi coaches, which are still relatively rare. The three Neoplan Starliners are high pro�ile �lagships, as are the Van Hool team coaches while the Marcopolo Viale 74-seater is rare. MCV Evolution bodywork has become the preferred choice for bus – Volvo, MAN and VDL chassis examples being operated. The short Wrightbus Crusader-bodied Dennis Darts are also rare. A coachbuilt LDV Convoy is indeed unusual, as is the North West Coach Salesbodied Mercedes-Benz 814L. The number of 70-seat coach conversions re�lects the school transport requirement. There aren’t many �leet with Blue Birds or still operating Duple and Plaxton Paramountbodied coaches. The superbly presented Plaxton Supreme-bodied Bedford YMT from 1979 is testament to the �irm’s excellent engineering systems.
FLEETLIST
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Neoplan Tourliner C61FT ADL Enviro200 B33F ADL Enviro200 B33F King Long XMQ6900 C31F Neoplan Tourliner C61FT Van Hool TDX21 Altano TDX21 C55FT Volvo B7RLE MCV Evolution B44F Volvo B7RLE MCV Evolution B44F
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Volvo B7RLE MCV Evolution B44F King Long XMQ6900 C31FT Neoplan Starliner II C49FT Neoplan Starliner II C49FT Neoplan Tourliner C61FT Neoplan Starliner II C53FT Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL
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Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL ADL Enviro200 B39F ADL Enviro200 B29F ADL Enviro200 B29F ADL Enviro200 B29F Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Volvo B9R Caetano Levante C48FTL Van Hool T917 Astron C48FT VDL SB180 MCV Evolution B36F VDL SB180 MCV Evolution B36F VDL SB180 MCV Evolution B36F Ford Transit M16 www.coachandbusweek.com
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