man 14.220 in porthmadog in july 2007 parent eric jones founded 1908 headquarters penygroes service area gwynedd service type bus services fleet 40 september 2012 website www.expressmotors.co.uk northern counties palatine bodied volvo olympian in llandudno in may 2013 open top ecw bodied bristol vr at rhyd ddu in september 2006 express motors is a bus and coach hire company based in penygroes gwynedd . the company operates public bus services in the caernarfon porthmadog blaenau ffestiniog bangor and llandudno areas as well as long distance trawscambria service t2 between bangor and aberystwyth . contents 1 history 2 fleet 3 references 4 external links history edit express motors was established in 1908 . 1 it remains a family owned business and is owned by eric jones . 2 it operated a small number of local bus services alongside its main coach hire work until 1970 when the bus routes were sold to silver star . 3 with bus deregulation in october 1986 express motors re entered the local service market . a local route in caernarfon was introduced in competition with national bus company subsidiary crosville cymru may . contracted work on route 1 caernarfon blaenau ffestiniog was won at the same time as part of the bws gwynedd network . the operations of maldwyn jones were acquired in 1989 . a competing route between caernarfon and bangor was introduced in 1991 but withdrawn after four years . 4 in 2005 the company began a new route linking llandudno and blaenau ffestiniog . two years later the welsh assembly government granted free rail travel to pensioners on the parallel conwy valley line causing passenger numbers on the route to be lower than expected . 2 the four bus services operated silver star were taken over by express motors with four buses in november 2010 in a move which reversed the events of 1970 . 3 fleet edit as at september 2012 express motors operated 25 buses and 15 coaches . 5 6 references edit about us express motors a b bus firm losing out over free rail trips . wales online . 8 march 2011 . a b millar alan november 2010 . silver star gives up its local bus routes to express motors . buses magazine . ian allan publishing 668 8 . saxby bob autumn 1996 . bws gwynedd the end of an era . buses focus 36 42 . our fleet buses express motors our fleet coaches express motors external links edit express motors website 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title express motors & oldid 682615605 categories llanllyfnitransport in conwy county boroughtransport in gwyneddbus operators in walescompanies established in 1908companies based in gwynedd1908 establishments in wales navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 24 september 2015 at 21 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view