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Richards Bros Buses〔(Companies House extract company no 4461445 ) WG Richards & Sons Limited〕 ((ウェールズ語:Brodyr Richards)) is a bus operator based in Cardigan, Wales. It has purchased many smaller bus companies over time, and currently has 65 vehicles running local bus services and school buses in south-west Wales (primarily Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire, with some Carmarthenshire services), as well as coach tours. The major competitor in north Ceredigion is Arriva Cymru. Richards Bros also operates a share of the new demand-responsive Bwcabus service. ==History== Richards Brothers was established in May 1943 by William Richards, and his children Idris and Reggie were introduced to the company.〔(History ) Richards Brothers〕 The first buses run by Richards were invariably Bedfords, the first being purchased in May 1943, it was a Bedford OWB, manufactured with wooden seats〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://au.totaltravel.yahoo.com/listing/629976/united-kingdom/wales/mid-wales-cardiganbay/cardigan/richards-bros/ )〕 to fit the war years, and the first operations base was a small site in Moylgrove. Originally, Richards were contracted by the military to ferry employees of the Royal Naval Armaments Depot at RNAD Trecwn and Royal Aircraft Establishment at Aberporth; these contracts were crucial to the firm up to the 1960s. These decreased rapidly throughout the 1980s and stopped during the 1990s. In 1958 the first of many purchases was made when Owen Williams of Cardigan was acquired. In 1971 Western Welsh ceased and Richards took over the Fishguard to St Davids service. In 1972 Blue Glider of St Dogmaels was purchased from Lewis Williams followed by in 1976 by Pioneer Motors, Newport.〔 In 1982 the Haverfordwest operation of Marchwood Motorways was purchased. In 1998 TM Daniels of Cardigan was purchased.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richards Brothers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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