A TOWN in the Vale of Glamorgan will host a festival of transport, with classic cars and heritage and modern buses to pay a visit to the festival.
Barry will once again play host to Barry Festival of Transport, considered the largest festival of its kind in South Wales, put on by motoring enthusiasts at the Cardiff Transport Preservation Group.
Mike Taylor, chairman for the Cardiff Transport Preservation Group, said “Barry will see a large number of classic cars, heritage and modern buses visiting Barry next Sunday.
"The area for classic cars is restricted and we are grateful for the South Wales Classic Car Club who will manage the parking for us."
Among the heritage buses on show will be the recently restored "51 year old 1973 Merthyr Tydfil bus which first ran in May this year".
The Cardiff Transport Preservation Group said they "also hope to show off for the first time our 53 year old 1971 Leyland Leopard Western Welsh bus that back in its day was allocated running services out of Barry Depot – so very much a Vale of Glamorgan bus."
In terms of open top buses, the group said there will be: "The 1988 Scania in red Sightseeing livery we had last year, a former Newport bus, has been restored back to its original Newport green and cream livery and we are sure will be popular."
The Bus Depot will be open to the public with sales stalls and a chance to see the group's restoration projects, including progress on the restoration of the former Cardiff trolleybuses.
Mr Taylor added: "Our free heritage bus services will be operating, a frequent free Island Suttle (shuttle) something like every 10minutes and will be running every half hour Open Top bus tours of Barry.
"We are also running a Park & Ride shuttle from the new Barry Dock Station Interchange every 15 minutes so we can cater for longer distance car and train users ”
The Festival of Transport, taking place at the bus depot on Broad Street in Barry, will run from 10am until 4.30pm on Sunday, June 9.
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