Arriva Cymru

Arriva Buses Wales

Alexander ALX400 bodied DAF DB250 in Rhyl in March 2012
Parent	Arriva
Founded	1919
Headquarters	Bangor
Service area	Anglesey Chester Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Wrexham Cheshire West
Service type	Bus services
Destinations	Llangollen, Wrexham, Bangor, Chester, Rhyl, Llandudno, Mold, Northwich
Fleet	200 (roughly from 2015 August)
Chief executive	Michael Morton
Website	www.arrivabus.co.uk/Wales

Arriva Buses Wales (Welsh: Bysiau Arriva Cymru) is a bus operator providing services in North Wales and Chester. It is a subsidiary of Arriva.

Crosville Motor Services was formed in 1919 and operated services in Wales and northern England. It became a subsidiary of National Bus Company before its Welsh operations were split into Crosville Cymru in preparation for sale in 1987 through a management buyout.

In 1989 Crosville Cymru was sold to National Express. In 1991 it was sold again to British Bus.

In August 1996 British Bus was purchased by the Cowie Group. It traded as Arriva Cymru until February 2002, when it merged with Arriva North West to form Arriva North West & Wales.

In August 2008 Arriva purchased routes 9 and 9A with seven buses from KMP.

In January 2009, Arriva North West & Wales was split, with the Welsh operations being managed by a new management team based at Llandudno Junction depot.

Arriva Buses Wales operates services across North Wales from Holyhead to Chester and Wrexham. During the summer months open top buses operate services in Rhyl.

Arriva Buses Wales previously operated some Trawscambria services.

As from July 2016 several ex GHA Coaches routes have been taken on by Arriva Buses Wales after GHA Coaches went into administration. They are as follows:- 5 Wrexham to Llangollen 82 Chester to Northwich DB1 Chester to Mold DB2 Chester to Saltney DB4 Chester to Deeside X51 Wrexham to Denbigh (was X50 with GHA)