in april 2014 parent firstgroup headquarters penlan service area south wales service type bus & coach services depots 6 fleet 387 march 2014 website www.firstgroup.com south west wales first cymru 1 is an operator of bus services in south wales . it is a subsidiary of firstgroup with its headquarters in penlan swansea . contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 unibus 2.2 park and ride 2.3 x10 2.4 cymru clipper 2.5 swansea metro 2.6 national express 3 fleet 4 depots 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit plaxton bodied volvo b7r in cardiff in march 2006 marshall capital bodied dennis dart slf at neath bus station in april 2014 wright streetcar operating an ftrmetro swansea journey in february 2014 in 1987 south wales transport was sold during the privatisation of the national bus company in a management buy out . 2 in february 1990 along with brewers motor services and united welsh coaches south west transport was sold to badgerline . 3 all initially retained their trading names but following badgerline merging with grt group in april 1995 to form firstbus all welsh operations were rebranded as first cymru . in january 2015 two successive first cymru bus drivers refused to accept a scottish banknote as payment from a schoolboy despite the note being legal currency across the united kingdom . the schoolboy had to walk for an hour in pouring rain and freezing temperatures to get home . 4 a first cymru bus spokesman said scottish currency is legal tender in the uk and it should have been accepted on our buses as payment for the journey he was making . we will investigate what has happened here . operations edit the company operates around 200 bus services in the south wales area in and between haverfordwest pembroke tenby carmarthen llanelli swansea pontardawe neath port talbot maesteg bridgend and cardiff . the company operates a bus rapid transit route in swansea branded swansea metro and a frequent shuttle service from swansea to cardiff . unibus edit for students of swansea university unibus service 8 links the hendrefoelan student village singleton park campus and bay campus to swansea city centre . they also run a half hourly shuttle bus between singleton park campus and bay campus called 8x and service 10 linking singleton park campus and bay campus with student areas uplands and sketty . these replaced the 82a and 85 . park and ride edit first cymru operates park & ride sites which are located at fabian way and landore in swansea and nant y ci in carmarthen . they also operate a summer park & ride in tenby . x10 edit first cymru operate an hourly shuttle service between cardiff bridgend designer outlet and swansea called the x10 . this replaced a greyhound uk service in december 2015 . 5 6 7 cymru clipper edit in 2014 first cymru started the cymru clipper express network which spans from carmarthen to cardiff . services x1 x2 x3 x4 x11 x13 x50 x51 x55 and x58 are encompassed into this network . dedicated vehicles operate these services with the majority of them offering wifi and leather seats as standard . swansea metro edit first cymru operate a bus rapid transport route between singleton hospital swansea university swansea city centre and morriston hospital as swansea metro . on 28 august 2015 the fleet of wright streetcar articulated buses that operated the service were replaced by conventional buses and had lost the ftrmetro branding . 8 9 national express edit until july 2012 first cymru were a national express contractor and operated services on routes 201 swansea gatwick airport 202 swansea heathrow airport 508 haverfordwest london victoria coach station 528 haverfordwest rochdale fleet edit as at march 2014 the fleet consisted of 387 buses and coaches . 10 depots edit first cymru operate seven depots in bridgend cardiff haverfordwest llanelli port talbot tycroes and ravenhill . 10 see also edit transport in wales list of bus operators of the united kingdom bus transport in cardiff references edit companies house extract company no 133884 first cymru buses limited formerly the south wales transport company limited nbc sale at halfway stage commercial motor 16 may 1987 page 21 names remain the same commercial motor 1 march 1990 page 20 swansea schoolboy bus row over 10 note bbc news 14 january 2015 greyhound has changed first south & west wales 17 november 2015 swansea to cardiff greyhound services to be scrapped from this week wales online 2 december 2015 greyhound brand in the uk comes to an end route one 16 december 2015 first cymru announces swansea s bendy bus services to be scrapped south wales evening post 24 june 2015 three depots and swansea ftr axed in first cutbacks buses issue 725 august 2015 page 6 a b firstgroup fleetlist steve white external links edit company website media related to first cymru at wikimedia commons v t e bus operators in wales companies arriva buses wales bath bus company cardiff bus edwards coaches express motors first cymru lloyds coaches nat group newport transport richards bros stagecoach south wales tanat valley coaches long distance megabus national express trawscymru v t e firstgroup united kingdom bus companies first aberdeen first berkshire & the thames valley first cymru first essex first glasgow first greater manchester first hampshire & dorset first midlands first leicester 94 % first midland red first potteries first norfolk & suffolk first scotland east first south west the buses of somerset first south yorkshire first west of england first bristol first somerset & avon first west yorkshire first bradford first calderdale & huddersfield first leeds first york first student uk international bus companies america first student united states first student canada first transit greyhound united states boltbus with peter pan bus lines greyhound canada greyhound mexico grey goose bus lines vancouver island coach lines voyageur colonial bus lines ireland aircoach railway companies great western railway heathrow connect with heathrow airport holdings hull trains transpennine express former divisions dsbfirst 25 % danish 30 % swedish first capital connect first chester & the wirral first great eastern first great western link first london first northampton first north western first gbrf first scotrail first transpennine express 55 % greyhound uk new world first bus 26 % future divisions east coast trains v t e transport in bridgend county borough road m4 motorway european route e30 a48 road a473 road a4061 road a4063 road bus first cymru veolia transport cymru national express bridgend bus station national cycle network national cycle route 4 national cycle route 88 railway lines south wales main line maesteg line vale of glamorgan line railway stations bridgend garth maesteg maesteg ewenny road pencoed pyle sarn tondu wildmill v t e transport in cardiff road m4 motorway european route e30 a48 m motorway a48 road a470 road a469 road a4054 road a4119 road a4160 road a4161 road a4232 road bus bus 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