Tanat Valley Coaches

Tanat Valley Coaches

Headquarters Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
Service area Shropshire and Powys
Service type Bus services
Website www.tanat.co.uk
Northern Counties Palatine bodied Leyland Olympian in April 2008

Tanat Valley Coaches operates bus and coach services in Montgomeryshire and across the Shropshire-Welsh borderland, in the United Kingdom.

The family-run firm is based in Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant.[1] It also has a depot in the nearby village of Pentrefelin, in addition to Kerry, near Newtown, Powys. The former includes facilities to park vehicles, whilst the latter includes workshop premises and is used to operate services in the upper Severn Valley.[2]

In addition to bus and coach operation, Tanat provides private and commercial vehicle service and repair facilities within two large and fully equipped workshops.[3]

It has a wide variety of vehicles from local taxis to mini-buses, midi-buses, single/double decker buses, coaches and executive coaches. Tanat Valley operate 22 local public bus services, many of which are contracted by Powys County Council and Shropshire Council. The local councils and schools also contract 34 school buses, which carry approximately 1,560 students every school day. The fleet amounts to approximately 60 vehicles.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 About Us Tanat Valley Coaches
  2. ↑ Poole, Brian (2009). Montgomery's Buses: an empire of independents. Usk: Oakwood Press. pp. 105-17. ISBN 978-0-85361-694-8
  3. ↑ Nook Lane Garage, Kerry Tanat Valley Coaches

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