PAST NEWS
1st June 2008 Season and Off Bus Ticket price increases
Newport Bus regrets to announce that due to continually increasing fuel prices that Season and Off Bus Tickets are to be increased from Sunday 1st June 2008. Whilst this is the first increase in these tickets since September 2004 the new prices still offer excellent discounts for regular travellers. New prices are
Faresfair Weekly Adult £10.50 Weekly Child £7.50
Faresfair Four Weekly Adult £35
Faresfair Thirteen Weekly £105
FaresfairPLus Weekly Adult £20
FaresfairPlus Four Weekly Adult £55
Term Ticket Child £85
1st June 2008 Return/transfer fares discontinued
Adult and child return/transfer tickets are to be discontinued from 1st June 2008 on all routes (except Services 30, 30D, X30 and 61). There is no change to the Day Ticket prices (Adult £2.50 and Child £2.00) which give unlimited travel on all Newport Bus services (except outside Newport on Service 61).
6th May 2008 Services 30, 30D, X30 Newport to Cardiff
From 6th May 2008 departures from Cardiff will be affected by the major redevelopment in the vicinity of the Bus Station. Services will not serve (to/from) the Bus Station until after 1900 hours (7pm).
During the day and up until 1900 hours services will arrive and depart from the lower part of St Mary's Street picking up from outside the Philharmonic Public House (Stand 2).
We apologise for any inconvenience caused through these alterations.
23rd March 2008
Fares increase due to the further escalating fuel prices and the Welsh Assembly Government's decision not to follow England's move to rebate last October's increase in fuel duty to bus operators. (click on Fares)
30th March 2008 Bus service and network changes
As part of our ongoing network review we have introduced a new network of services for Malpas area (separate leaflets will be available shortly from our Bus Station Enquiry Office). We have also renumbered some of services with a view to grouping service numbers by area (we still have some further work to do on this in future months) and there is some minor amendments to intermediate timing point times.
We have timed these changes to coincide with changes to Newport City Council's contracts to keep disruption to a minimum. We will have a new timetable booklet and separate leaflets available shortly from our Bus Station Enquiry Office.
Details of changes:
Services 3, 3A, 3C, 3X Newport to Malpas
(separate leaflet available shortly from our Enquiry Office).
These services have been renumbered Services 17, 18 & 19.
Following our public consultation we have revised the network of services to Malpas, investing in more resources to provide higher frequencies and better coverage.
Service 3X Newport to Malpas - Withdrawn as part of the revised Malpas network.(We believe that Newport City Council has contracted an alternative operator - please contact Newport City Council for more details).
Services 5A, 5B, 5C Newport to Whitson/Goldcliff -
This is a Newport City Council contracted service which due to contractor changes, Newport Bus will no longer be operating. We would like to thank passengers for their support during our operation of this contract. Please contact Newport City Council for more details.
Services 7 & 7B - Newport to Cwmbran Minor evening re-timings.
Service 9 Newport to Spytty Renumbered Service 42.
Service 9B Newport to Felnex Industrial Estate Journey withdrawn.
(We believe that the Council has contracted an alternative operator - please contact Newport City Council for more details).
Service 10A & 10C Newport to St Julians Service re-timed to twenty past the hour at the request of Newport City Council.
Service 12 Newport to Llanwern Corus - This is a Newport City Council contracted service which due to contractor changes, Newport Bus will no longer be operating. We would like to thank passengers for their past custom. Please contact Newport City Council for further information.
Services 16, 16A, 96 Newport to Moorland Park Renumbered. Service 16 to Service 43 & Service 16A to Service 43A.
Service 17 Newport to Foxgloves Renumbered Service 5.
Service 18A & 18C Newport to Bettws Renumbered. Service 18A to Service 15 and Service 18C to Service 16.
Service 19 Newport to Ringland/Alway Renumbered Service 9.
Service 29B Newport to Leeway Industrial Estate Journey withdrawn.(Use Service 42).
Services 31A & 31 C Newport to Castleton/Marshfield Minor re-timings plus the three afternoon works journeys withdrawn (alternative now Service 36)
Service 40 Newport to Pillgwenlly (separate leaflet available shortly from our Enquiry Office).
Service extended to Dock Gates and around Usk Way and Old Town Dock. Circular service provided with introduction of Service 41 (Service 40 anti-clockwise and Service 41 clockwise).
Service 61 Newport to Magor via Redwick
Following the award of this Newport City Council Contract, Newport Bus will be operating this service from 31st March 2008.
Service 96 Newport to Moorland Park/Spytty - Renumbered Service 44.
Service 98 & 99 Newport to Royal Gwent/St Woolos Hospitals
The Saturday service is a Newport City Council contracted service which due to contractor changes, Newport Bus will no longer be operating (Newport Bus will still be operating the Monday to Friday service). Please contact Newport City Council for further details.
Service 96 Newport to Moorland Park/Spytty - Renumbered Service 44.
Service X30 Newport to Cardiff Express Minor intermediate re-timings.
New timetable booklets and leaflets will soon be available from our Bus Station Enquiry Office. For more details please contact our Enquiry Office on the Bus Station (01633 263600) or call PTI Traveline on 0871 200 22 33.
18th FEBRUARY 2008 UPPER DOCK STREET TERMINUS
With effect from Monday 18th February 2008 some services will terminate and depart from Stands SA and SB on Upper Dock Street. They will not continue to call into the Bus Station. This move is forced upon us by the changes to the Bus Station being made as part of the redevelopment works. We apologise for any inconvenience caused to our customers.
Stand SA (nearest new bus stand to Corn Street/Skinner Street)
Services 1, 1A, 1C to Rogerstone
Service 17 to Foxgloves via Mount Pleasant
Stand SB (second nearest new bus stand to Corn Street/Skinner Street)
Services 11A, 11B, 11C, 11X to Gaer
All services will come down Stow Hill and Skinner Street before turning left into the Upper Dock Street bus stands area. The services will depart via Upper Dock Street then Queensway and normal route.
Traffic Congestion in and around Newport
Severe delays to bus services over the whole of Newport City due the road works on Kingsway and various other locations necessary for the redevelopment project of Newport City. Newport Bus apologises for any inconvenience caused to its customers through these delays which at times can be excessive and unpredicted. We are working with the Council to see if any alternative options will provide the bus network with less congested routes.
Once the Kingsway road works have been completed the continuing redevelopment project in Newport particularly in and around the Bus Station will continue to cause problems during the duration of the works. These matters are outside of our control but we will endeavour to minimise disruption wherever possible. The difficulty for staff is the unpredictability of traffic problems which can be seriously enhanced when there are problems on the motorway network. The knock on effects of these traffic problems can affect every route at varying times and days. Again we apologise for any inconvenience caused which is entirely out with our control. However we can all look forward to the positive results the redevelopment will have on Newport and we will have to work round the problems as best we can during reconstruction.
6th January 2008 Fares Increase
Due to the significant rise recently in fuel costs certain fares are to be increased from Sunday 6th January 2008. These are mainly the single and return fares. Our Day Ticket of £2.50 and other range of season tickets for regular travellers remain unchanged.
We are also introducing a Child Day Ticket priced at £2 but from 6th January 2008 child fares will only be available for issue and use up until 9pm (2100 hours).
For full details please contact our Enquiry Office on the Bus Station (01633 263600) or click on Fares increase
6th January 2008 Service changes in Duffryn
Service 15A and 15C Newport to Duffryn
Due to the expansion of this area of residential and industrial development and following the public consultation exercise the Company has revamped its network of services in this area along with a renumbering of the services.
Services 15A and 15C (every thirty minutes each daytime) have been replaced by the following:
Service 34 - Service to operates early morning and mid evening
Newport Bus Station, Cardiff Road, Duffryn Drive, Tredegar House Road, Duffryn Way, Lighthouse Road, Cardiff Road Newport Bus Station.
Service 35 - Service to operates every twenty minutes (main daytime)
Newport Bus Station, Cardiff Road, Mendalgief Road, Docks Way, Lighthouse Road, Morgan Way, Duffryn Way, Lighthouse Road, Docks Way, Mendalgief Road, Cardiff Road Newport Bus Station.
Service 36 - Service to operates every twenty minutes (main daytime)
Newport Bus Station, Cardiff Road, Duffryn Drive, Tredegar House Road, Duffry Way, Pencarn Way, Cleppa Park, A48, Pencarn Way, Duffryn Way, Tredegar House Road, Duffryn Drive, Cardiff Road Newport Bus Station.
Service 17
Due to unreliability caused through the traffic congestion and road works we have retimed intermediate timing points in an endeavour to provide customers with a more realistic timetable.
Service 31A/C Newport to Marshfield
Further update.
In relation to the Lighthouse Inn Car Park Newport City Council Public Transport department are discussing alternative options for turning of the 31A/C services near or at the Lighthouse Inn. For more details please contact 01633 656656.
19th November 2007 New Service X30
Launch of New Express Bus Service Newport to Cardiff X30
Newport Bus is introducing a brand new half hourly express bus service between Newport and Cardiff city centres via the motorway network on Monday 19th November 2007. The service will operate every half hour each way during the day Monday to Saturday with a journey time of just 35 minutes via the M4 Motorway. The day ticket (and day return fare) is priced at just £2.50. The service will be operated by brand new dedicated air conditioned Scania OmniCity vehicles costing nearly half a million pounds with CCTV cameras and screen, and will provide a real alternative to the private car which in turn will help combat both cities growing traffic congestion issues.
The current Service 30 (run jointly with Cardiff Bus) will continue to operate every twenty minutes via Cardiff Road and St Mellons and take about fifty minutes. Whilst it serves the local communities along the line of route there is significant end to end traffic which we believe will benefit from a more direct service. We also believe that there is potential for student (university) travel in both directions (Cardiff and Newport Universities), commuter travel in both directions, shopping in both directions and for leisure and pleasure in both directions. We believe a speedier service priced competitively will attract car users reducing traffic congestion in both cities.
The Company has invested over seven million pounds (£7m) in new vehicles in the last five years (with ever improving exhaust and emission controls our latest vehicles are to Euro Four standard) and is committed to providing modern public transport opportunities. The introduction of the three dedicated vehicles on the new express service is a further investment of half a million pounds. The service will be driven by dedicated drivers specifically hand picked for the route.
19th November 2007 New Uniforms
The Company continues to invest in a professional approach and is introducing new uniforms for all drivers over the course of the next few months.
19th November 2007 Service 8A/C
Due to unreliability caused through the traffic congestion and road works we have retimed intermediate timing points in an endeavour to provide customers with a more realistic timetable.
7th September 2007
Service 30/30D Cardiff City Centre
After 2000hours (8pm) on Friday and Saturday evenings due to health and safety reasons Service 30/30D will only serve Greyfriars Road in the outward direction (Cardiff to Newport) until further notice. We apologise for any inconvenience.
25th June 2007
Minor timetable changes to Services 8A/C and 30/30D - a new timetable booklet is available from the Bus Station Enquiry Office.
8th June 2007
Newport Transport's Commercial Driving Training Centre has been given approval by the Sector Skill Council to open an approved Driver CPC Centre with both Driver CPC PCV and LGV courses being approved. Further information and developments will be announced shortly. http://www.dsa.gov.uk/Category.asp?cat=470
1st April 2007 - Service 30/30D
From Sunday 1st April 2007 following customer requests Newport Bus are extending the £2.50 Day Rover Ticket to include Service 30/30D to Cardiff. This means that the £2.50 day Rover ticket is available for purchase and use on ANY Newport Bus bus journey and allows all day travel on the entire Newport Bus service network.
Unfortunately Cardiff Bus are only willing to accept our ticket for travel within the Newport City boundary on their Service 30 journeys. We apologise if this is causes customers any difficulties but is beyond our control. (For example a customer buying a Day Rover on a Newport Bus Service 30/30D to Cardiff must return on a Newport Bus Service 30/30D).
Also from 1st April Cardiff Bus are making changes to their ticket and fares ranges;
CardiffBus Day To Go/Weekly To Go tickets WILL only be valid for sale and use on Service 30/30D within Cardiff County area (no longer includes Newport).
CardiffBus Day To Go Plus/Weekly To Go Plus tickets are available for sale and use on Service 30/30D between Newport and Cardiff.
Cardiff Bus have increased single and return fares outside of the Newport area.
To avoid confusion and to offer our customers full flexibility and choice Newport Bus have agreed to issue and accept the following tickets on any Service 30/30d journey:
Adult Child Family (max 5 persons at least 1 but not more than 2 adults)
Day To Go £3.00 £2.00 £7.00 Only within Cardiff County area
Day To Go Plus £3.50 £2.30 £8.00
Weekly To Go £13.00 £8.00 n/a Only within Cardiff County area
Weekly To Go Plus £16.00 £10.00 n/a
Cardiff Bus Monthly To Go/Monthly To Go Plus tickets are accepted for travel on Service 30/30D.
These tickets allow return travel on Service 30/30D and all day travel on Cardiff Bus services within Cardiff (check with Cardiff Bus for full details www.cardiffbus.com ). (They are not available for use on any other Newport Bus service).
We apologise for the short notice but we think these changes will minimise the confusion for staff and customers. Whilst we have endeavoured to be flexible in accepting and issuing Cardiff Bus products we apologise that the interavailability of our Day Rover ticket on Cardiff Bus is restricted. However Cardiff Bus will still accept Newport Bus Faresfair within Newport (giving unlimited travel on Newport Bus bus services (excluding Service 30 beyond Castleton) and our FaresfairPlus between Newport and Cardiff priced at £15 weekly and £49 four weekly (giving unlimited travel on Newport Bus bus services (including Service 30).
Newport Velo Youth Cycle Club
Newport Bus have sponsored the Youth Track League at the Newport City's National Velodrome. The Tuesday evening youth event will now be known as The Newport Bus Youth Track League.
The youth league provides local children with an excellent opportunity to develop and demostrate their racing skills. It already provides an excellent training ground for Welsh youth talent in this exciting sport.
Newport Bus are proud to be main sponsors and will provide perpetual trophies for the annual Champion in all four youth rider categories of Under 14 and Under 16 girl and boy.
This extends the involvement of Newport Bus with youth cycling in the city, where we are the main sponsor of the Newport Velo Youth Cycling Club.
Various links to Newport Velo Youth Cycling News
http://www.newportvelo.com/newportvelo.htm
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/tra/News2007/20070128_Newport_Bus.asp
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/WCU/tra/News/wcu_YTL_Bus_LOGo.asp
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/WCU/tra/News/wcunctl130207.asp
New initiative in partnership with PayPoint
Currently Newport Bus customers can only purchase advance tickets from Newport Bus Station Enquiry Office. A new initiative to be introduced during January 2007 will allow customers to buy weekly, monthly and quarterly bus travel from thirty (30) local shop outlets across Newport (once they have obtained a photocard from Newport Bus Station).
Where you see the PayPoint sign your local retailer will be able to offer you a whole range of tickets to travel on Newport Bus services. All customers will need will be a travel card (available from the Bus Station).
This will allow a convenient way for customers to buy tickets in their home or work locality without having to go to the bus station or during bus station opening hours.
Look out for further details
9th April 2007 OLD GREEN ROUNDABOUT - Road works
From 9th April 2007 the roads leading up to the Old Green Roundabout are to be reduced to single lane - probably for about twelve weeks. As we believe this will have a further detrimental effect on the reliability of the bus services we have reluctantly taken the decision to miss out Queensway on all services in ward to Newport Bus Station (either services will use Stow Hill or go straight down Kingsway to the Bus Station) and the Malpas Road Sainsbury's stop (with all services operating straight from Harlequin roundabout to Kingsway to the Bus Station). We apologise for any inconvenience during these essential road works and will review the position as soon as we are able.
3rd April to 30th April 2007 Public Consultation Bus Services - click here
1st January 2007 Revised fares
Due to ongoing pressures on operating costs Newport Bus are unfortunately having to increase single fares by 5p and returns fares by 10pfroom 1st January 2007.
There are no increases to Day Rover tickets (£2.50), Faresfair, Fares fair Plus or Network Rider tickets which give even better value to regular customers.
For full details please "click here" , call in at the Bus Station Enquiry Office or call 01633 263600.
Christmas and New Year bus services
Details of Newport Bus bus services for the Christmas and New Year period "click here"
Congestion Buster
Following requests to Newport City Council some months ago that our services be given the option to use Stow Hill and Skinner Street as an alternative route when Old Green Roundabout and Kingsway are heavily congested with traffic we are pleased that from Monday 20th November 2006 that this will be possible. We are grateful to the City Council for agreeing to this alternative which should help the reliability of the daytime bus services. We are having to train all drivers in the procedures to use this access route and therefore there maybe some little delay before full introduction. For further details please click on Congestion Buster
Commencing 30th October 2006 (Awaiting revised implementation date)
Ringwood Avenue and Ringland Circle, Ringland, Newport
Newport City Council Temporary Traffic Order
Approximately three days for each of the three locations indicated below. None of the indicated roads will be shut concurrently.
Ringland Circle - from its junction with Ringwood Avenue to its junction with Dunstable Road
Ringland Circle - from its junction with Dunstable Road in a north easterly direction for approximately 150 metres
Ringwood Avenue - from its junction with Ringland Circle to its junction with Abbey Road
Apparently the reason is to enable the partial reconstruction of the carriageway and replacement of speed cushions along a road too narrow to maintain vehicle access.
The roads will be closed during the day time and will obviously affect the various Ringland services and school runs. Please contact the Council's Contact Centre 01633 656656 for more details.
Sunday 1st October 2006
The all operator Daily Network Rider price on Newport Bus increased to Adult £6 Child £4 and Family £13.
Sponsorship of Caerleon Rugby Club Mini and Juniors
Newport Bus are delighted to be associated with Caerleon Rugby Club Mini and Juniors and wish them well for the rest of the season after an impressive start. Good luck!
August Bank Holiday Bus Services Monday 28th August 2006
For details of Newport Bus bus services over the August Bank Holidays please click here August Bank Holiday Buses or call our Bus Station Enquiry Office on 01633 263600
May Day and Spring Bank Holiday Bus Services 1st and 29th May 2006
For details of Newport Bus bus services over the May Bank Holidays please click here
May Day and Spring Bank Holiday Buses or call our Bus Station Enquiry Office on 01633 263600
Sunday 23rd April 2006
Newport Bus fares are revised in Cardiff area revised click on Service 30 for details
Sunday 16th April 2006
Cardiff Bus are to introduce a fares increase from 16th April with changes to City Rider tickets and their Network tickets. Please see Service 30 fare table for revised conditions. Service 30 fares
The Cardiff Bus Day City Rider tickets will now be known as "Day to Go" tickets and will be issued and accepted on Newport Bus Service 30 journeys.
Day to Go Adult £3 Child £2 Family £7
The Cardiff Bus "Day to Go Plus" daily and weekly tickets will be accepted for use on Newport Bus Service 30 journeys but not issued on them.
Existing Cardiff Bus Network Rider Day tickets will be increased from £5.70 to £6.00 adult, £3.50 to £4.00 child and £11.40 to £13.00 family. These daily tickets are valid for use on Newport Bus bus services (however the weekly and monthly versions are not accepted).
Newport Bus Network Rider tickets are still priced at Adult £5.70, Child £3.50 and Family £11.40.
For full details of Cardiff Bus fares please click on Cardiff Bus
EASTER BUS SERVICES 14th April to 18th April 2006
For details of Newport Bus bus services over the Easter period please click here Easter Buses or call our Bus Station Enquiry Office on 01633 263600
Sunday 26th March 2006
Service 30 30D Cardiff Bus Station
From this date Service 30 and 30D will use Stand E2 at Cardiff Bus Station
Tuesday 3rd January 2006
Revised fares introduced. The Company has managed to avoid increasing its fares at all during 2005 but due to continuing cost pressures including the high price of fuels the single fares are to increase by 5p and return fares by 10p from Tuesday 3rd January 2006. There is no chnage to the prices of Day Rover, Faresfair or Faresfair Plus tickets.
For full details click on Revised fares from Tuesday 3rd January 2006
DETAILS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM NEWPORT BUS STATION ENQUIRY OFFICE OR CALL 01633 263600
Christmas and New Year Bus Services
Details of Newport Bus' bus services over the Christmas and New Year period.
Monday 5th December 2005
Service 30 and 30D
All Service 30/30D journeys into Cardiff Bus Station will operate via St Mary Street and outward journeys will exit Cardiff Bus Station via Westgate Street. Variations may occur when events occur in central Cardiff. The bus stop at Cardiff Castle will be observed when exiting Westgate Street.
Friday and Saturday nights
Due to Health and Safety reasons and to come into line with Cardiff Bus services all journeys on Friday and Saturday evenings will operate via Westgate Street and not St Mary Street.
Monday 7th November 2005
Service 20 Newport to Christchurch, Ringland and Spytty Retail Park
Due difficulties operating around Beatty Road and Howe Circle with effect from 7th November the service will operate down Llanwern Road and straight across to Hendre Farm Drive (and will not circuit Beatty Road or Howe Circle). The return route will be straight from Hendre Farm Drive to Llanwern Road. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Monday 24th October 2005
TESCO Free Services
Newport Bus in conjunction with TESCO are introducing additional services. Stores at Penarth, Cardiff Extra, St Mellons, and Newport Spytty will be operated. Full details in store soon.
Monday 17th October 2005
Bus Lanes
Newport City Council are to open up the bus lanes off peak Monday to Friday (but NOT Saturday) to all traffic. We apologise if this retrograde step against the provision of public transport has a knock on effect to the reliability of our services which are already subject to traffic congestion and motorway closures. If you have any complaints about unreliable services as a result of the opening up of bus lanes please write to Head of Engineering and Construction, Newport City Council, Civic Centre, Newport, NP20 4UR or call 01633 656656.
Due to unforeseen circumstances these services will not now be introduced
Service 92 Duffryn direct to Cwmbran
Trial shoppers service Monday to Friday 3 off peak journeys daily
Service 93 Ringland direct to Cwmbran
Trial shoppers service Monday to Friday 3 off peak journeys daily
SERVICE CHANGES 15th AUGUST 2005
Service 1B/D Newport to Christchurch
Service withdrawn & incorporated into Service 10A/C (Gibbs Rd) & Service 20 (Christchurch) - financially supported by Newport City Council
Services 6/6A/19 Newport to Ringland/Alway
Revised Monday to Saturday timetable (basically every half hour) - No change to Sundays - partial financial support from Newport City Council
Service 7,7B Newport to Cwmbran
Slightly revised with journeys no longer serving County Hall - (financial support withdrawn)
Services 10A/C Newport to St Julians
Revised route (withdrawal from Moorings but will incorporate Gibbs Road) and timetable - partial financial support from Newport City Council
Services 13A/C/E Newport to Brynglas Drive
Revised Monday to Saturday timetable - no change on Sundays
Services 15A/B/C Newport to Duffryn and Maesglas
All 15B service journeys withdrawn - Maesglas Avenue & Crescent incorporated into Service 31A/C - financially supported by Newport City Council
No changes to Services 15A/C
Services 16/16A/96 Newport to Moorland Park and UGC Cinema
Evening service 96 revised route Monday to Saturday - no longer serving UGC Cinema/Spytty Retail Park - financial support withdrawn
Service 20 Newport to Spytty Retail Park
Completely revised timetable and route incorporating Christchurch. Two hourly off peak Monday to Saturday -financially supported by Newport City Council.
Services 30/30D Newport to Cardiff
Revised route in Cardiff for Newport Bus journeys - revised timetable Monday to Saturday - no change on Sunday
Service 31A/C Newport Marshfield
Revised timetable and route to include Maesglas Avenue & Crescent - financially supported by Newport City Council
Services 32/33/34 Newport to Rhiwderin
Service 34 withdrawn - some 32/33 journeys extended to Rhiwderin Village - revised Monday to Saturday timetable
FULL DETAILS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM NEWPORT BUS STATION ENQUIRY OFFICE OR CALL 01633 263600
Monday 20th June 2005
ASDA Store Duffryn Special services
Routes and timetables to alter on the following:
New Inn Jerusalem Lane (Monmouthshire) to ASDA
(A1 Oakwood withdrawn & replaced by Risca Park via Bettws)
Upper Cwmbran, Maendy Way Shops to ASDA
(A7 Cwmbran withdrawn & replaced by Bettws)
Trinant to ASDA
(A10 retimed, A9 Cwmbran withdrawn & replaced by Malpas & Bettws)
- full details in leaflet available in store and from Bus Station Enquiry Office.
Monday 30th May 2005
Open Top City Sightseeing Tour operates to 4th June 2005 (and then again during school summer holidays)
Monday 23rd May 2005
Service 6A Newport City Centre to Alway
Due to financial support now provided by Newport City Council the 6A service will revert to its original route from Monday 23rd May 2005. (Vaughan Williams Drive, Ladyhill Road, Beecham Street, Elgar Circle, Walford Davies Drive, Vaughan Williams Drive).
Spring Bank Holiday Monday 30th May 2005
Details of bus services for the Spring Bank Holiday Monday
TUESDAY 3rd MAY 2005 Services 6/6A/19 Newport to Alway/Ringland
Customers will be aware that we have not been able to operate via Parry Drive due to parked cars and it is not commercially viable to operate via Elgar Circle. We have attempted, with the local Councillors, to resolve the situation by exploring different routes within Alway Estate and still serve Parry Drive, but due to parked cars cannot find a workable solution.
Therefore from Tuesday 3rd May 2005
Services 6/6A and 19 will no longer operate via Vaughan Williams Drive, Parry Drive/Elgar Circle.
INSTEAD services will operate as follows:
Service 6A will operate via Penkin Hill, Ladyhill Road & terminate at Alway Shops
Services 6 & 19 will operate via Aberthaw Road
Please look out for information on the buses and at the Bus Station Enquiry Office.
FULL DETAILS AVAILABLE FROM NEWPORT BUS STATION ENQUIRY OFFICE OR CALL 01633 263600
May Day Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May 2005
Details of services for the May Day Bank Holiday Monday
FULL DETAILS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM NEWPORT BUS STATION ENQUIRY OFFICE OR CALL 01633 263600
Sunday 24th April 2005 Masefield Vale Reopened (we are informed)
11th April 2005
S-KOOL Coach customers
All pupils allocated to a S-Kool Coach service will be able to purchase a £6 weekly ticket from their S-Kool Coach driver only allowing one journey to and from school on their S-Kool Coach (not available on any other services) Plus free travel on all Newport Transport Bus Services after 1800 Monday to Friday and all day Saturday and Sunday.
See update info above
7th April 2005 (Delayed from 14th February 2005)
Services 6/6A/19 Newport to Alway/Ringland
Due to continuing obstructions caused by parked cars at the junction of Parry Drive and Vaughan Williams Drive these services will no longer serve Aberthaw Avenue or Parry Drive. They will stay on Aberthaw Road either terminating at the Balfe Road roundabout or continuing on Aberthaw Road to Ringland. Newport Bus apologies for any inconvenience caused by these changes but we have been unable to get the problem resolved.
29th March 2005
Closure of Masefield Vale (between Shakespeare Crescent & Gaer Road)
From Tuesday 29th March 2005 Masefield Vale will be closed for street works for two weeks. During this period services will be altered as follows:
11A/C
will not operate and will be replaced by Services 11B/X which will operate as follows:
11B
operates New Pastures then Masefield Vale, Shakespeare Crescent, Gaer Road, Highfield Road and Bassaleg Road
11X
operates via Bassaleg Road, Gaer Park Road, Gaer Park Hill, Shakespeare Crescent, Masefield Vale, New Pastures to Bassaleg Road.
The service frequency will be retained and the revised timetables are:
| Monday to Friday: from the Bus Station | ||||||||||||||
| 11X | 11B | 11X | 11B | 11X | 11B | 11X | 11B | 11X | 11B | 11X | 11B |
and every fifteen minutes until |
11X |
then as normal timetable/route |
| 0500 | 0530 | 0600 | 0630 | 0700 | 0720 | 0740 | 0800 | 0815 | 0830 | 0845 | 0900 | 1830 | ||
| Saturday: from the Bus Station | ||||||||||||||||
| 11X | 11X | 11X | 11B | 11X | 11B | 11X | 11B | 11X | 11B | 11X |
and every fifteen minutes until |
11B | 11X | 11B | 11X | 11B |
| 0500 | 0600 | 0700 | 0730 | 0800 | 0820 | 0840 | 0900 | 0915 | 0930 | 0945 | 1530 | 1545 | 1600 | 1620 | 1640 | |
| continued | ||||||||||||||||
| 11X | 11B | 11X | 11B |
then as normal timetable/route |
||||||||||||
| 1700 | 1720 | 1740 | 1800 | |||||||||||||
| No change to departure times from Gaer Wells Close |
| No change to Sunday timetable/route |
FULL DETAILS AVAILABLE FROM NEWPORT BUS STATION ENQUIRY OFFICE OR CALL 01633 263600
Friday 25th to Tuesday 29th March 2005
Easter Bank Holiday Bus Services
Newport Bus Easter Bus Services
15th March 2005
Bus Users UK open bus surgery at the Newport Library in John Frost Square 10 am to 3pm.
7th March 2005
SKool Coach changes - further introduction of four more SKool Coaches for St Joseph's, Duffryn and Lliswerry High Schools along with other school service changes.
10th January 2005
Service changes to:
Service 1,1A/C Monday to Friday timetable (0800 City Centre to Rogerstone journey will operate at 0750 and 0820 Rogerstone to City Centre will operate at 0810.
Services 8A/C and 18A/C Monday to Saturday timetable
FULL DETAILS AVAILABLE FROM NEWPORT BUS STATION ENQUIRY OFFICE OR CALL 01633 263600
4th January 2005
Due to demise of "2 Travel Coaches" Newport Bus steps in to operate to Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw with one of the new yellow SKool Coaches.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR BUS SERVICES
FULL DETAILS AVAILABLE FROM NEWPORT BUS STATION ENQUIRY OFFICE OR CALL 01633 263600
6th December 2004
Service 30 Cardiff Bus journeys
Monday to Friday
0635 Cardiff to Newport will operate 5 minutes earlier throughout
0725 Newport to Cardiff will operate as follows:
0720 Newport Bus Station, 0731 Tredegar park, 0746 Old St Mellons, 0756 Newport Road (City Link), 0800 Newport Road (City Road), 0815 Cardiff Bus Stn
15TH NOVEMBER 2004 SERVICE CHANGES
School service revisions at St Josephs School
Service 3,3A/C/D/E Revised timetable including the withdrawal of 3D and 3E journeys.
14th November 2004
New ticket machines introduced to allow Smartcards to be read as part of the All Wales Concessionary Fares Scheme. All passengers paying cash must collect a ticket as proof of travel. Inspectors will be boarding to assist in the early stages of the project and then will be checking every customer has proof of travel.
Six new Scania Single Deck Omnicity vehicles are due for delivery shortly
Six new SKOOL Coaches are due for delivery shortly to extend the school transport project.
The Company has won a Green Apple Award for Environmental Initiatives in relation to exhaust emission reductions.
The Company won the Innovative Awards Category of the Five Counties Business Awards for its S-Kool Coach project.
Newport Transport is to rebrand its bus fleet Newport Bus - serving the City
1ST NOVEMBER 2004 SERVICE CHANGES
Service 9B the only journey remaining on this service will be the 0739 hours departure Monday to Friday from the Bus Station to Felnex Industrial Estate only (not Monsanto).
Friday 22nd October 2004
At the ngb2b Chamber of Commerce "five counties business awards 2004" sponsored by the South Wales Argus, Newport Transport picked up the 2004 Award for Innovation. The award for its "SKOOL Coach" project was announced by BBC's Jamie Owen and presented by the University of Wales Newport Business School (see pictures of coach)
6TH SEPTEMBER 2004 SERVICE CHANGES
affecting Routes 1,4A/C,15A/C,17,34/35 and new route 40.
Service 1 Newport -Rogerstone now terminates at Cefn Wood
Following lengthy debate and consultation this service will terminate at Cefn Wood and will no longer serve Foxgloves (see Service 17 for Foxgloves).
The revised route of Service 1 : from Risca Road, via Melbourne Way/Western Avenue, Glasllwych Crescent, High Cross Lane, Tudor Crescent, Ebenezer Drive, High Cross Lane, Western Valley Road, Thornbury Park.
Revised timetable.
Services 4A/C Newport - St Julians
Monday to Friday early morning 4C journeys at 0610 and 0640 from the Bus Station are retimed to 0600 and 0630 respectively.
Monday to Friday early morning 4C journeys at 0623 and 0653 from St Julians are retimed to 0613 and 0643 respectively.
Services 15A/C Newport - Duffryn
Due to the effects of the SDR we have been unable to serve Docks Way/Maesglas Retail Parks (Halfords, B&Q, Big W etc) these services will be rerouted and will no longer serve Pillgwenlly.
Revised routes and timetables:
Service 15A: Cardiff Road, Mendalgief Road, Docks Way, Duffryn Estate, returning via Cardiff Road.
Service 15C: Cardiff Road, Duffryn Estate, returning via Docks Way, Mendalgief Road, Cardiff Road.
NB. Schoolchildren travelling to Duffryn/St Josephs Schools will need to walk to Mendalgief Road or Cardiff Road (Police Stn) unless they have been allocated to yellow Skool coach by their school.
NEW SERVICE
Service 40 Newport - Pillgwenlly (St Stephens Church)
A new daytime Monday to Saturday service will operate via Commercial Road to St Stephens Church and return to Newport. Sorry there is no evening or Sunday service. There is a special single flat fare of 55p (adult or child) and a special return fare of £1.00 (adult or child).
Services 17 Newport - Mount Pleasant - Foxgloves
All journeys will operate via Glasllwch Crescent and this service will no longer operate along Melbourne Way or Western Avenue (please see Services 1 and 34).
Services 34/35 Newport - Rhiwderin
Service 35 will no longer operate from Handpost along Bassaleg Road and ALL journeys will follow the Service 34 route via Risca Road, Melbourne Way and Western Avenue. (For Bassaleg Road see Services 11A-11X and 33).
FULL DETAILS AND REVISED TIMETABLES AVAILABLE FROM NEWPORT BUS STATION ENQUIRY OFFICE
OR CALL 01633 263600
5TH SEPTEMBER 2004 FARES REVISION
Revised fare charges are to be introduced. Details available by [clicking here]
Check our Fares and Conditions [click here]
FULL DETAILS AVAILABLE FROM
NEWPORT BUS STATION ENQUIRY OFFICE
OR CALL 01633 263600
MONDAY 30th AUGUST 2004
AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY SERVICES
Please contact the Bus Station Enquiry Office or call 01633 263600
FULL DETAILS AVAILABLE FROM
NEWPORT BUS STATION ENQUIRY OFFICE
OR CALL 01633 263600
31st July to 7th August 2004 Additional Eisteddfod Service
An additional service between Newport Railway Station, Newport Bus station and Tredegar House will operate operate hourly between 0900 and 1700 hours. For more details please contact the bus station enquiry office (01633 263600).
4th July 2004
Services 30/30D revised timetable and slight route variations to be introduced. Please contact the Enquiry Office on the Bus Station 01633 263600 or Traveline Cymru 0870 608 2 608 for more details.
29th June 2004
Services 8A/C will have a revised timetable with additional journeys. Please contact the Enquiry Office on the Bus Station 01633 263600 or Traveline Cymru 0870 608 2 608 for more details.
NEW BUS TIMES (Timetable booklet) From 23rd May 2004
Please call into the Bus Station Enquiry Office.
SCHOOL COACHES