Upon arrival to Newport station, I was not blown away. The…read morestation looked very old, and needed a serious makeover. When I wanted to enquire about what bus to take, their office was on a bus, this was due to the fact that their office was getting a makeover. National express coaches and normal bus service's stop here. In the bus station you have the gate numbers, which are separated by colourful handlebars where the passengers wait for their bus. You have the computerised timetable which shows the bus number and what time the bus is coming. That was properly the most modern thing about the bus station. You also had permanently closed shops in the station as well. The city centre is right next to the station. Well if and when I come back I hope that the station has a cosmetic makeover.

Newport Bus Station is by far nothing special. To be honest, it's actually not that bad given the…read moreabysmal dead-city state Newport is in (as Omoraka noted, plenty of closed shops dont' make for much of an appealing atmosphere). ~ Atmosphere: Came here midday and it was pretty packed with people coming in and out. The place was filthy, but then again Newport usually is. Thankfully, it's in a great location right close to the city centre. ~ Ease of Use: This bus station is really simple to navigate, with multiple gates and clear electronic signs showing the timetables of upcoming buses. It would be difficult to be confused here. Additionally, from my experience people line up in the great British queue pretty well so there's never a mob of people crowding around a certain gate! There's not much to fault about this bus station. It does it's job in an efficient manner and has easy to read signs to help you find your way!

What I don't understand is, why does it take the same amount of time for the bus to drive to the…read morestation as it does for me to walk? Also, why do empty buses rattle past my window all day (when in service) but they never drive past the bus stop when I'm waiting for one? No joke, I just looked out my window again and there was yet another, with not a sole on board!! A city like this needs a good public transport system, what with the hilliness making it harder to walk and cycle and the traffic diabolical due to tiny windy roads. We need a solution and fast!

Today, 9th of september, i've waited for the bus for over a whole hour. Never thought it was…read morepossible to skip exacly 10 busses in a row (6x for number 76 and 4x for number 2). I've been at the bus stop from 13:48 and finaly caught a number 2 bus at 15:04. When I told the driver I've been waiting for the bus for a whole hour he just shrugged and said "it is very busy in town". I get that its not his fault, and I'm used to 2 or even 3 busses not arriving, its beyond me as to what has to happen to skip 10 busses in a row. I was also suppossed to start my shift at 3pm. In seriously reconsidering my decision to get around by bus. (Might as well had walked to city center today). Sincerely, Vito.

For anyone planning to drive into Cardiff centre this is a valuable service to make use of as…read moreCardiff's streets can get so busy at certain times of the day and parking is a huge nightmare. Especially with Cardiff Council's new responsibility to parking fines. Parking in Cardiff can be very costly if you do not adhere to road markings etc and even if you do, the car parks can charge quite a pretty penny depending when and where you are parking. For this reason, why not simply park here and ride the bus. It's only £3.00 to park at this facility which has ample spaces free throughout the day and then you can ride the bus into town for free. It doesn't really take that much longer and there is a bus every 15 minutes so you never have to wait too long before the next bus. The busses are all very new looking and this service is in operation 5 days a week. Monday to Friday the services start at 7:30am and the last services from the city centre is at 7:00pm except for match days when this changes to 5:30pm.

Newport 2A Bus Driver 14.10.23 11.45 wanted to charge my wife and 2 children under 10 - To travel…read morefrom Handpost to Town one way £9.50 my wife and children waited for the next and paid £4.40 to go to Town

Are you surprised that I'm rating a public transportation company 5 stars? Because I certainly…read moresurprised myself. As a regular customer of Newport Bus (and having ridden Stagecoach buses as well), this is one of the best services I've ever used. ~ Price: If you're a student, I highly recommend purchasing a UNIGO pass; the best deal is a £300 down payment but in return you get unlimited travel on any Newport Bus service for a year. An absolute steal in my opinion because from what I've seen, Stagecoach doesn't offer anything near the equivalent. ~ Buses: They either use the single-story buses or the double-decker ones depending on which route you're taking. They usually take into consideration whether or not it's peak time for loads of students and bring out the double-decker ones, which I think is pretty awesome that they think about the customers. The interiors of the buses themselves are fine as well. From my experience, they're kept relatively clean (the shabbier ones are their older buses, but even those aren't that bad) and the newer double-decker buses have extremely cushy comfortable seats. --- But you want to know the best thing about Newport Bus? The free Wi-Fi on board at DECENT SPEEDS! And if you're not obsessed with Wi-Fi like I am, they also give you free daily newspapers to keep yourself entertained during your journey. As far as public transportation goes, you'd really be hard pressed to find anything that even competes with Newport Bus's quality of service. I believe they do coach hire as well, but I haven't utilised that to comment.

I thought that Aber Station (the next one up the line from Cardiff Central) was slow, but…read moreCaerphilly is almost as bad. Monday to Saturday, the train to/from Cardiff runs every 15 minutes or so. On Sundays, the train runs every two hours. Be prepared. There is a staffed ticket booth during some hours but the rest of the time there is just the automated ticket vending machine. There are no ticket barricades and there is step free access. There is a confectionery/soda vending machine. The bus station/depot is attached and there is a taxi stand just opposite.

Perfectly located station, just on the edge of the central part of town. Small station with exits…read moreon both sides (so you don't have to labour over an annoying footbridge).

I like to do comedy routines on the platform here, I'm known as Cathays Clown…read more This station is only one mile north of Cardiff Central and it's a cute little Suburban Station in the middle of the North part of the city. For a long time you had to kind of fend for yourself here, but now at rush hour they actually have people helping out and employees and what not. It's literally right in the middle of a development of housing, and surrounded by businesses and whatnot which is pretty cool. In fact when you pull up here you will notice that a little shopping center is right next to it - although you have to kind of cross a bridge and walk back down to it. But it's good for your cheap shopping if you need it. They've also made some colourful admissions to some of the buildings here. I meant additions, but maybe they've admitted stuff to the buildings too?

Cathays Railway Station basically has no facilities except a ticket office (manned part time) and a…read moreself-service ticket machine, but the good thing about it is that it's in a safe, residential area where you won't feel threatened hanging around waiting for a train. It only gets busy on the platforms during peak travel times when people are using this line to get to and from the Valleys in one direction, and to and from the city centre in the other direction. It's very convenient for anyone working or studying at the University, which surrounds the station, or for those living in Cathays, as it offers a good alternative to a taxi if you want to get into town quickly without the walk - particularly if you have heavy bags to carry.

My dog went for free and loved it . It was so hot on the train we decided to walk back it's a…read moregood walk but lovely food a the cafe under the station

This is a really good place to visit, especially if you are a train enthusiast! It has steam trains…read morethat operate at weekends throughout the year. There are also special events at Valentines and Christmas. The Christmas Special is really lovely with mince pies and mulled wine for the adults and juice and biscuits for the children. Each child gets to see Father Christmas and the gift that they receive is remarkably good quality. There is a small playground on site and a cafe. There is also a shop selling paintings and children's toys. A really enjoyable day out, especially the Thomas themed days when the trains are dressed up as the charaters from Thomas The Tank Engine.

Hugely popular bikers meeting place. The bus station cafe must make a fortune out of us in the…read moresummer.

For anyone planning to drive into Cardiff this is a valuable service to make use of. Cardiff's…read morestreets can get so busy at certain times of the day and parking is a huge nightmare. Especially with Cardiff Council's new responsibility to parking fines. Parking in Cardiff can be very costly if you do not adhere to road markings etc and even if you do, the car parks can charge quite a pretty penny depending when and where you are parking. For this reason, why not simply park here and ride the bus. It's only £3.00 to park at this facility which has ample spaces free throughout the day and then you can ride the bus into town for free. It doesn't really take that much longer and there is a bus every 15 minutes so you never have to wait too long before the next bus. The busses are all very new looking and this service is in operation 7 days a week. Monday to Friday the services start at 7am and on weekends the first bus is at 9am. The last services from the city centre are at 8:30am Monday to Friday, 7pm on Saturdays and 5:30pm on Sundays. If this ties in with your plans to visit Cardiff then it really makes more sense to use the park and ride as you would probably spend more than £3.00 in petrol whilst sitting in traffic and if you consider that, along with the parking fees, it makes it excellent value for money for the sake of a 20 minute bus ride.

Well - what a refreshing change! Went to watch the rugby in Cardiff and parked at the park and…read moreride. Coming home after the match, the sensible people laid on 2 buses to transport the huge crowd back to Pentwyn and then instead of there being a massive queue at the exit barriers they manually took the tickets off everyone, speeding up the exit. WELL DONE to the thoughtful management team.

Although their office is not based in Cardiff they run an essential bus service to and from Cardiff…read moreto the valley areas which surround the city. Without their services travel to and from the valleys would rely on some smaller operators which could mean the services were over-stretched. Being one of the larger public transport operators in the area you would expect a second from none service but in my experience this is not the case. The prices seem to be rising steadily as the years pass by, steeper and steeper. I find it makes more sense to buy a day ticket now than a return as there is not usually a lot of difference in the price, depending of course on how much distance is travelled. I've met more grumpy drivers on Stagecoach buses than on any other service operator which suggests to me that they are not entirely happy with their job. The buses are almost always late and only on time when you are running behind. Also, they seem to run some very interesting service alterations at certain times of the evening. I have known them to stop services prematurely at central town areas rather than allow them to run all the way to the end of a line. The times that they usually do this just happen to be between 5 and 7 pm which is when most of us are going to be using their service to get home. This means you are left waiting for the next bus to travel the last third of your journey and baffles me completely. Apart from that, most of the buses are fairly clean and tidy, fairly modern and although on occasions they have breakdowns (the buses, not the drivers) the buses are normally in good shape.

Used Stagecoach for years, don't have anything that bad to say about them besides prices…read more They seem much more expensive now than they used to be, but again they are mostly on time and they got me to college for 2 years pretty solidly.