GHA Routes / Services

From the depots at Ruabon, Tarvin. Winsford, Ruthin and Shrewsbury GHA operated many services. At some stage you could find a GHA vehicle operating as far West as Barmouth and as far East as Manchester.

Some of the services were subsidised or run under contract from Local Authorities whereas a number were commercial.

This page lists most of the services that the 'Group' at some stage operated. It does not include school and college services. In additional to a number of these services that were registered with the Traffic Commissioners the group also operated numerous 'scholar' journeys under contract to the various Local authorities or the educational establishments themselves.

The first list below are the services that were in operation at the time of the demise in July 2016. Notes are offered of what has happened to these services since.

The second list are services the 'Group' previously operated showing the dates involved.

Lastly, at the bottom of this page, there are some notes on some 'special' services that the company operated.

The list below are services the 'Group' previously operated showing the dates involved. (some of the earlier dates of when the services started is not currently known - it is hoped to add this information soon)

In addition to the regular services registered there were a number of 'special' routes that were registered for short periods. These included :-

Up to 2012 a number of mainly summer workings were registered some connected to Loggerheads Country Park and a number of them came under the umbrella of 'Clwydian Ranger'. Examples include journeys from Wrexham, Dyserth, Prestatyn and Connah's Quay.

One special type of service that was occasionally operated and registered were 'Real Ale trails' ran mainly on Saturdays and in association with a number of public houses in the area. Buses would convey passengers around a selection of rural pubs. These events included:-

Starting in Ruthin the '76A' Trail was operated in July 2011, Oct 2013, July 2014 and October 2015

Starting in Mold the '14A' Trail was operated in Sept 2011, April and Sept 2012, April 2013 and April 2014

Lastly some services were registered for specific events. Included in this category are:-

Shuttle service to Erddig Hall, Wrexham March 2009

Shuttle service at the Cheshire Shows June 2011 and June 2014

Shuttle service at Wrexham National Eisteddfod July 2011

Shuttle service for the Park and Ride service at the Mold Food festival October 2013