[2] It became a subsidiary of National Bus Company before its Welsh operations were split into Crosville Cymru in preparation for sale in 1987 through a management buyout.

[11] Councillors and AMs criticised the short notice given by Arriva, leading to fears that communities could be left without bus services;[12] however, other operators took over the running of the routes.

More recent deliveries have been VDL SB120 and SB200 with Wright Cadet, Commander and Pulsar/Pulsar 2 bodywork, as well as Optare Solos of differing lengths.

The most common double deck type in the fleet is the Alexander Dennis Enviro400 - all 40 of which are currently operated on Sapphire services based at Wrexham, Chester[14] and Rhyl[15] depots respectively.

[16][17] Other double deck types in the fleet are the Wright Gemini 2 bodied VDL DB300 which are operated exclusively on Cymru Coastliner services from Rhyl depot and eleven DAF DB250RS.

Six of these are East Lancs Myllennium Lowlander bodied (these being cascaded from Arriva Midlands to replace Volvo Olympians at Bangor) whilst the remaining five are former Arriva London Alexander ALX400 bodied examples which have been converted to open top to replace Leyland Olympians to operate the Roller Coaster service between Llandudno and Prestatyn.