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Reem Ahmed

Cardiff's long-lost trolleybuses and the dedicated band of friends trying to preserve them

In an old bus depot a small group of volunteers is working hard to restore Cardiff's long-lost trolleybuses. Seven members of the Cardiff and South Wales Trolleybus Project meet twice a week to repair two trolleybuses – a single-decker and double-decker – which are the only ones left in Wales.

Their workshop is located in an ex-Western Welsh depot in Barry, known as Barry Bus Museum, which is run by the Cardiff Transport Preservation Group charity. The depot is full of buses that ran in South East Wales and the Valleys and their associated memorabilia. Different groups while away the hours restoring various types of vintage buses within the depot.

The Cardiff and South Wales Trolleybus Project has been running for three decades (Richard Swingler)
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