South Wales Transport was a bus company that operated services in
South Wales centred on
Swansea and
West Wales
West Wales ( cy, Gorllewin Cymru) is not clearly defined as a particular region of Wales. Some definitions of West Wales include only Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, which historically comprised the Welsh principality of ''Deheub ...
.
History
South Wales Transport commenced operating on 2 May 1914 in
Swansea. It operated bus services that connected with the
Swansea Improvements and Tramway Company
The Swansea Improvements and Tramway Company operated street Tram, trams in and around Swansea in Wales from 1878 to 1937.
Background
Swansea is Wales's second city and was a leader in the Industrial Revolution owing to the ready availability o ...
. It was owned by
British Electric Traction
British Electric Traction Company Limited, renamed BET plc in 1985, was a large British industrial conglomerate. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but was acquired by Rentokil in 1996, and the merged company is now known as Rento ...
. In 1937, buses replaced the trams.
In 1958, South Wales Transport bought the
Swansea and Mumbles Railway
The Swansea and Mumbles Railway was the venue for the world's first passenger horsecar railway service, located in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.
Originally built under an Act of Parliament of 1804 to move limestone from the quarries of Mum ...
which was an electric tram service between
Swansea and
Mumbles
Mumbles ( cy, Mwmbwls) is a headland sited on the western edge of Swansea Bay on the southern coast of Wales.
Toponym
Mumbles has been noted for its unusual place name. The headland is thought by some to have been named by French sailors, ...
which closed in 1960.
On 1 January 1969, it became part of the
National Bus Company. In May 1987, during the
privatisation of the
National Bus Company, South Wales Transport was sold to a
management buy out. It was resold to
Badgerline
Badgerline was a bus operator in and around Bristol from 1985 until 2003. Its headquarters were in Weston-super-Mare. Initially a part of the Bristol Omnibus Company, it was privatised in September 1986 and sold to Badgerline Holdings in a manag ...
in 1990. It was included in the 16 June 1995 merger of Badgerline with
GRT Group
:''This article describes the bus group, for the Grampian Regional Transport bus company and successors/predecessors, see First Aberdeen''
GRT Group was a bus operating company in the United Kingdom from 1989 until 1995. It was formed when Gr ...
to form
FirstBus and became part of
First Cymru
First Cymru is an operator of bus services in South West Wales. It is a subsidiary of FirstGroup with its headquarters in Swansea.
History
In 1987, South Wales Transport was sold during the privatisation of the National Bus Company in a man ...
in April 1998.
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South Wales Transport (Neath) Limited
The South Wales Transport name has been revived by a bus operator in Neath.Companies House extract company no 5295622
South Wales Transport (Neath) Limited
References
{{Defunct British Bus Companies
Former bus operators in Wales
1914 establishments in Wales
British companies established in 1914
Transport companies established in 1914