History
GHA Coaches was founded by Eifion Lloyd Davies in 1990 and was originally based at Mill Garage, Betws Gwerfil Goch, near Corwen before moving to Ruabon, near Wrexham in the mid-nineties and since then has expanded with the purchase of a number of other local companies, including:
- Hanmers Coaches, Southsea
- Chaloner's Buses, Moss
- Bryn Melyn, Llangollen
- Vale (of Llangollen) Travel, Cefn Mawr
- JO Travel, Ponciau
- Pat's Coaches, New Broughton (bus operations only)
- RS Travel, Middlewich
Despite the first services being operated in north east Wales, with rapid expansion only about half the services currently run by GHA are in this area. The company operates the DeeBee services on behalf of Cheshire West and Chester Council, as well as a number of commercial routes in the Cheshire area. Most of the acquired firms have been absorbed into the main GHA business, though Bryn Melyn and Vale Travel have remained as semi-autonomous companies. Bryn Melyn mainly operates the Shropshire routes, and Vale Travel mainly operates the routes in eastern Cheshire and Staffordshire.
GHA bought its first new buses in 1996, a pair of Mercedes 719d minibuses for service work in the Corwen, Dolgellau and Bala areas. The garage at Betws Gwerfil Goch remains in use, though is now generally regarded as an outstation of Ruthin depot. Eifion Lloyd Davies' sons, Arwyn and Gareth, are now the company directors.
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