First Cymru new TrawsCymru-liveried electric Yutong E12 65126 CE72YOK leaving Aberystwyth on 22/2/23

First Cymru new TrawsCymru-liveried Yutong E12 electric bus 65126 CE72YOK (one of 8) leaving Aberystwyth at ~1310 on the 22/2/23 after the second introduction event (at Aberystwyth Bus Station). It's on its way to Lampeter for the third introduction event (at Lampeter High Street) on the same day.
The first introduction event was on the previous day (21/2/23) at Carmarthen Guildhall Square. These buses will enter service on the T1 from the 26/3/23, with earlier and later services added, also slightly reduced journey times.
Apologies for the wind noise, I am thinking about upgrading my equipment.
The fleet and registration numbers of this batch are:
65125 CE72YOJ
65126 CE72YOK (this bus)
65127 CE72YOM
65128 CE72YON
65129 CE72YOO
65130 CE72YOR
65131 CE72YOL
65132 CE72YOP

[@transportlegend.shorts]

That bus looks like a delight to ride on! 🔥 the livery is immaculate!

[@RWL2012]

They are very nice buses, and yes the new TrawsCymru livery is also nice :) They've now been in service for about 4 and a half months on the T1 between Carmarthen and Aberystwyth. They replaced (on the T1) the 63 reg Enviro300s (some of which had done well over half a million miles going back and forth on the 48-mile, 2+ hour runs, and were showing it, although I did since have Cymru Clipper-repainted 67436 on an X11 from Llanelli to Carmarthen!) I'm lucky to have these on the longer distance bus service I frequently use (living in Aberystwyth, which hasn't had a passenger railway line to Carmarthen since 1965, although its reopening has been looked into and there's a petition and fundraiser). I've travelled on (in the order I first went on them) 65127 4 times, 65132 7 times, 65130 11 times, 65131 6 times, 65128 5 times, 65125 twice, 65126 once (and only short - the irony! I had sat in it at the introduction event lol) and 65129 twice. So I've travelled on these buses 38 times in the 4 and a half months! As well as the E12s being electric rather than Diesel, they also have features the E300s didn't have. Without mentioning all of them, instead of the standard First Bus interior with the bum-sweating fully-e-leather seats and the pink poles, they have a nice new TrawsCymru-spec black/grey (and a bit of red) interior, with half-fabric, half-e-leather seats, and on the back of the seats are the (presumably kinetic wireless) stop buttons (making the bus mostly free of poles), USB charging ports, phone holders with wireless charging, reading lights and fold-down tables :)

[@transportlegend.shorts]

@@RWL2012 cool

[@RWL2012]

I've uploaded a new video!

[@transportlegend.shorts]

@@RWL2012 I’ll watch it !

[@NebulousBlizzard]

I know most of the drivers on that route now I travel on it daily incredible bus trips

[@RWL2012]

I think I've seen you on the bus lol. if you like trains, I have a "new" 5 month old video I've just made public 😆😝 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/inqunnqugZeZd6csi=4wXIKwllsfLO0oYE

[@RWL2012]

are you on my bus? 😆

[@NebulousBlizzard]

@@RWL2012 yeah I am on the bus daily HAHAHAH stop and say hello sometime so I know who you are

[@RWL2012]

​@@NebulousBlizzardwas that you who just got off lol?

[@NebulousBlizzard]

@@RWL2012 I thought it was you since you were smiling and stuff hahahaha 😂😂😂 I was wondering why you were all smiles

[@NELincsTransport]

Great video

[@RWL2012]

Thanks, glad you like! To think these will be the buses I'll travel on most frequently!

[@SionsTrainVideos]

@@RWL2012 I've told him about E12 is all about

[@RWL2012]

​@@SionsTrainVideoscool 😎

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Yay! Bus ! 👍

[@RWL2012]

these will soon be the buses I'll ride frequently between Aberystwyth and Carmarthen, because my southbound railway line was lost to the _Beeching cuts_ and although its reopening is being looked into, it will probably be about 10 years away. And some of the outgoing Diesel Enviro300 T1 buses are on very high mileage, about 750,000 miles on 2013 63 reg vehicles.

[@RWL2012]

I've uploaded new videos!

[@SionsTrainVideos]

wow public lol theres that driver again nice he waved back. back of the bus looks like a campervan of some sort

[@RWL2012]

ikr 😜 yeah nice of the driver to wave to the two spotters. lol I sort of get what you're saying mate

[@SionsTrainVideos]

@@RWL2012 lol yeah