South Wales Transport
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|name = South Wales Transport
|logo = NBC South Wales.svg
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|image_caption = Willowbrook bodied AEC Regent Vs in Haverfordwest October 1980
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|parent = National Bus Company
|founded = 2 May 1914
|ceased = 16 June 1995
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|service_area = South Wales
|service_type = Bus operator
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South Wales Transport[http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/00133884 Companies House extract company no 133884] First Cymru Buses Limited formerly South Wales Transport Company Limited was a bus company that operated services in South Wales centred on Swansea and West Wales.
History
File:Buses Along The High Street - geograph.org.uk - 1311884.jpg bodied Ford outside Swansea station on as part of NBC in June 1980]]
File:FirstGroup Wales bus, original South Wales Transport livery, Swansea, 2000.png bodied Dennis Dart bus on a First Cymru service in 2000]]
South Wales Transport commenced operating on 2 May 1914 in Swansea. It operated bus services that connected with the Swansea Improvements and Tramway Company. It was owned by British Electric Traction. In 1937, buses replaced the trams.{{cite book|title=SWT 100|date=2014|publisher=Vernon Morgan|location=Llanelli|isbn=9780957404519}}
In 1958, South Wales Transport bought the Swansea and Mumbles Railway which was an electric tram service between Swansea and Mumbles which closed in 1960.
On 1 January 1969, it became part of the National Bus Company. In May 1987, during the privatisation of the National Bus Company, South Wales Transport was sold to a management buy out.[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/16th-may-1987/21/nbc-sale-at-halfway-stage NBC sale at halfway stage] Commercial Motor 16 May 1987 page 21 It was resold to Badgerline in 1990.{{cite journal|journal=Buses|volume=61|issue=648|publisher=Ian Allan|date=March 2009|issn= 0007-6392}} It was included in the 16 June 1995 merger of Badgerline with GRT Group to form FirstBus and became part of First Cymru in April 1998.[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/badgerline-links-with-grt-1614291.html Badgerline links with GRT] The Independent 5 April 1995[http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/link-up-creates-second-largest-bus-group-grt-and-badgerline-in-agreed-265m-merger-1.686692 Link-up creates second largest bus group: GRT and Badgerline in agreed £265m merger] Herald Scotland 5 April 1995
South Wales Transport (Neath) Limited
The South Wales Transport name has been revived by a bus operator in Neath.[http://southwalestransport.com/ Home] South Wales Transport[http://data.companieshouse.gov.uk/doc/company/05295622 Companies House extract company no 5295622] South Wales Transport (Neath) Limited
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Category:Former bus operators in Wales
Category:1914 establishments in Wales
Category:British companies established in 1914