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Dolgellau to Corris Bus outside the Golden Lion Hotel, Dolgellau, c. 1910
  • The Corris Railway was one of the first railways to operate motor omnibuses, two being employed during the 1908 season.  The buses were rented from the parent Bristol firm and were initially returned there with their drivers at the end of each season.

[Source:  The Corris Railway Society, A Return to Corris: The Continuing Story of the Corris Railway, 1988, p. 25]
A motor bus outside the Penybont Inn at Talyllyn, 1908
A G.W.R bus outside the Feathers Hotel, Aberaeron
Ffostrasol Inn
  • Photographed by Geoff Charles.
Winners of the Crosville bus company shield, Dolgellau, 1 March 1957
  • Photographed by Geoff Charles.
Workers employed by the Crosville bus company, Dolgellau, 1 March 1957