Tuesday 2nd July 2024 Hot on the heels of the much delayed commencement of trams running to Blackpool North railway station, comes another “At last” transport development: the long awaited, much anticipated, opening of Cardiff’s new Bus Interchange on Sunday. The Welsh capital’s former bus station closed in 2015 to make way for a smart... Continue Reading →
BusAndTrainUser Verify
Saturday 28th October 2023 Welcome to BusAndTrainUser Verify a new occasional media monitoring service which aims to fact check the veracity of headline grabbing negative claims about buses and trains so beloved of modern main stream and social media channels. To kick off here’s a story that appeared across many media outlets earlier this month... Continue Reading →
Cardiff’s powerful electriCity buses
Saturday 5th February 2022 Cardiff Bus publicly launched its fleet of 36 Yutong E12 EV buses in the middle of last month. They looked very smart and inviting from the photographs on social media so I popped over to the Welsh capital on Wednesday to give them the once over. They’re being used on three... Continue Reading →
Rooftop bus riding in Cardiff (not Reading)
Wednesday 30th June 2021 It might not have the scenic delight served up by the Exmoor Coaster or Dartmoor Explorer but the new open-top bus service introduced by Cardiff Bus this week has the potential to prove popular with both residents and visitors fancying a novel bus ride to Cardiff Bay and Penarth seafront. Open-top... Continue Reading →
