Bidding in the valleys
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• Bus operator National Welsh has approached Cynon Valley Borough Council about the possibility of buying the municipally-owned Cynon Valley Transport.
The council, which owns around 97% of the bus company, met last Thursday to discuss the proposal, but a decision was deferred until next month to give the council time to consider the implications.
It says: "We decided to analyse the option of selling Cynon Valley Transport before committing ourselves to a deci sion. We did not make the move to sell the company — the letter from National Welsh, putting the suggestion to us, came as a bolt out of the blue.
"Before deciding the future of the company we must make sure the employees are fully aware of the situation and find out what would happen to Cynon Valley Transport."
The council will meet again in October to discuss the proposal more fully.
Cynon Valley Transport runs 24 single-deckers — a mixture of Leyland Nationals and Bris tol REs — and 15 Dodge midibuses. It has a depot in Aberdare, Mid-Glamorgan, and employs 27 depot staff and over 45 road staff.
National Welsh, which runs around 530 vehicles, says the proposal to the council was not a bid to buy the company, but a "friendly suggestion on the options open to the council concerning Cynon Valley Transport". The company recently bought another Welsh bus operator, municipally owned Taff Ely Transport of Pontypridd.