page_title: Arriva Buses Wales
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Arriva Buses Wales / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Arriva Buses Wales open top 1986 Leyland Olympian bus D170 FYM in Llandudno
context_page_description: Arriva Buses Wales is a bus operator providing services in northern Wales and Chester in northern England. It is a subsidiary of Arriva UK Bus.
context_section_description: 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.
  The Crosville Cymru / Crosville Wales Limited name exists today but not with Arriva. It is a dormant company and is registered in Wales.
caption: Open top Leyland Olympian on tour of Llandudno in 2010
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