George Edwards and Son
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George Edwards and Son is a small bus company that operates from Bwlchgwyn
Bwlchgwyn
Bwlchgwyn is a village in Wrexham county borough, Wales, on the A525 road, west of the town of Wrexham and south-east of the town of Ruthin. Bwlchgwyn is part of the community of Brymbo...

, Wrexham
Wrexham (county borough)
Wrexham is a county borough centred on the town of Wrexham in north-east Wales. The county borough has a population of 130,200 inhabitants. Just under half of the population live either within the town of Wrexham or its surrounding conurbation of urban villages. The remainder living to the south...

 in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

. It was inaugurated in 1923, and the company has run coaches since that date.

Originally, the only competition was Wrexham & District Transport Co. Ltd's Coedpoeth
Coedpoeth
Coedpoeth is a village and a local government community, the lowest tier of local government, part of Wrexham County Borough in Wales.-History:...

 route followed by the Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...

's bus services, itself followed by Crosville, which became Arriva Cymru.

It operates bus routes between Bwlchgwyn and Wrexham, through villages such as Coedpoeth
Coedpoeth
Coedpoeth is a village and a local government community, the lowest tier of local government, part of Wrexham County Borough in Wales.-History:...

 and Southsea. It operates three Optare Excel
Optare Excel
The Optare Excel is a low-floor full-size single-decker bus manufactured by Optare.Manufactured as an integral bus, the Excel was launched in 1995 as one of the first low-floor single-deck vehicles. The styling of the body was in keeping with existing Optare products, especially at the rear...

 buses and four large coaches. It uses these for coach holidays to Europe and domestic locations, as well as school transport to local secondary schools.

In late 2008, the service routes below were sold to D Jones and Son of Rhosllanerchrugog
Rhosllanerchrugog
Rhosllannerchrugog is a large village and local government community, the lowest tier of local government, part of Wrexham County Borough in Wales.-History:...

. George Edwards & Son Ltd now only runs its coach holidays business.

Routes

As of November 2007 the company operates three routes under contract to Wrexham County Borough Council
Wrexham County Borough Council
Wrexham County Borough Council is the governing body for Wrexham , one of the administrative subdivisions of Wales.- Governance and political composition :...

:
  • 9: Wrexham to Gwynfryn via Wrexham Maelor Hospital, New Broughton, and Coedpoeth. 1 trip daily in this direction only, Monday to Saturday.
  • 9: Wrexham to Minera via Wrexham Maelor Hospital, New Broughton, and Coedpoeth. Hourly service, Monday to Saturday.
  • 10: Wrexham to Gwynfryn via Wrexham Maelor Hospital, New Broughton, and Coedpoeth. 9 trips daily, Monday to Friday, 8 trips on Saturday.
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