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In addition to scheduled city buses, Cardiff Bus is contracted to operate some school routes in the city. [20] A smart card for Cardiff Bus passengers was trialled in spring 2009 [21] and launched as the Iff card in October 2010. [22] In March 2018, Cardiff Bus introduced contactless payment across its services. [23]
Cardiff Bus operates a comprehensive Overground network. [7] Work on the new transport interchange to replace the Cardiff Central bus station began in January 2008, though construction did not begin until 2020. Cardiff Bus has introduced articulated buses on the popular 17 and 18 Capital City Red routes to Canton, Ely and Caerau and on the ...
Cardiff Bus Interchange (CBI) [2] [3] (Welsh: Cyfnewidfa Fysiau Caerdydd; formerly Cardiff Transport Interchange, Welsh: Cyfnewidfa Drafnidiaeth Caerdydd; sometimes Cardiff Interchange or The Interchange) is a bus and transport interchange in the centre of Cardiff and forms part of The Interchange [4] development, which also includes Wood Street House at the northern end with 318 for-rent ...
Cardiff Bus (Welsh: Bws Caerdydd) is the main operator of bus services in Cardiff, Wales and the surrounding area, including Barry and Penarth.The company is wholly owned by Cardiff Council [3] [4] and is one of the few municipal bus companies to remain in council ownership; unlike most municipal bus companies elsewhere in Britain, which are run as an 'arms length' organisation, Cardiff Bus is ...
Services 26 and 151 from Blackwood to Cardiff and Newport respectively were upgraded to Gold status in 2019, [15] while Gold specification Optare Solo SRs were also introduced on Cwmbran town services 1,2,5,6 and 7 in 2019. [16] Three of these Gold buses were named after Cwmbran residents voted to be their 'local heroes' by members of the public.
Caernarfon bus station [15] Caernarfon: 3 Aberystwyth: Bangor; Llandudno; Porthmadog; Pwllheli: Caerphilly bus station [16] Caerphilly: 11 Cardiff Bargoed; Newport; Blackwood, Town Districts Cardiff Coach Station [17] Cardiff Sophia Gardens: 9 National Express services Newport, Swansea: Cardiff Bus Interchange [18] Cardiff city centre: 14 Cardiff
In 1845, the first recorded horse-drawn bus services occurred in Cardiff. [1]In 1870, the Cardiff Tramways Company was established and later ran horse trams and buses. [1]By 1902, the Corporation of Cardiff had taken over the Cardiff Tramways Company, and had commenced operating electric powered trams in the city.
Under the 5-year contract, the bus service was subsidised £200,000 per month by Cardiff Council, which owns Cardiff Bus, and by the Welsh Government. [ 2 ] The Baycar system came second to consumer watchdog Bus Users UK Cymru Wales, under the Best Example of Participation in Transport category, at the Chartered Institute of Logistics and ...