😎 Summer Holiday Specials 😎
🚌More baycars - every 15 mins to/from Cardiff Bay
🚌 route 91 to Penarth seafront
🚌more skycar's - our open-top bus ride to Cardiff Bay
Click 👉
Can you help me reach my owner? I think I fell asleep on a Cardiff Bus and was parted from my friend. I ended up in their lost property department where the nice ladies have given me some fish sandwiches to keep me going, but I really miss home. Please help me get home.
From today, until further notice, we are offering free travel on all our buses for NHS staff. Just show your NHS staff ID to the driver and travel for free.
Here's a nice sunny photo of 472, looking great wearing its new colours, celebrating Cardiff's sporting success. We'll let you know in the morning which routes you will be able see it on tomorrow
#cbupdate
#cityofchampions
Pick an Orange 🍊! Who remembers orange buses in Cardiff? They certainly brightened up the roads 🧡🧡🧡
Q - Is the front row on the top deck the best seat to have on a double decker?
Good news ❄❄. After a sterling effort by our team, limited services are commencing on the 17/18 and 27. Services will be confined to main roads only. Please wrap up warm and be patient - our drivers will need to proceed with extreme caution. 🚍🚍☃☃
It is with great sadness that we lay to rest one of our colleagues today.
The Cardiff Bus team and buses will stop for 1 minute at midday in honour of our friend Mark, also known as Pink, who worked for Cardiff Bus for 20 years as a driver and supervisor.
Rest in Peace Pink🧡
Introducing our Skycar! 😍
Our very own open top bus will be running on the 99 summer service between Cardiff city centre and Penarth Pier via Cardiff Bay from Saturday 10th June.
Find out more at
Today at 11am we will pause, and buses will pull over for 1 minute where safe to do so, to remember our friend and colleague Jason Anthony as his funeral begins. Rest in peace Jason 🧡
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 1 minute's silence at 11am, to remember transport workers across the UK who have lost their lives to the Coronavirus
#StayHomeSaveLives
Rolling Stones are at the Principality Stadium on Friday. City centre roads will be closed from 3pm until last bus. Don't be blue and lonesome we'll still get you there, but your buses will depart from different city centre points. Full info:
#cbupdate
We are delighted to have a Volvo Electric Bus on trial for the next few weeks - we will be using it on the baycar route. We hope you are able to give it a try! More details will follow soon.
⚡️🚌
We've placed an order for 36 of the latest battery-electric buses, believed to be the biggest single order placed outside of London to date.
Read more about our electric buses at
No cash? No problem! We're going contactless ON ALL ROUTES from SUNDAY 25 MARCH! No more searching for loose change. Travelling on our buses will be even easier with quick, safe and secure payment.
#cbupdate
#contactless
💖 Valentine's Competition 💖
This Valentine’s Day we’ve teamed up with
@Everymancinema
in Cardiff to offer a cosy date night. For your chance to win 2 cinema tickets and x2 Cardiff Bus week to go tickets, simply:
❤️ like & RT this post
😍 tag who you’d like to take with you
Following suggestions from our drivers we’ve put posters of support in bus windows as a token of our gratitude to key workers. Thank you to all the key workers for getting us through these tough times, and thank you to everyone else for staying at home 🌈💙
We are about to cut the ribbon for the launch of our new electric bus fleet!
We're outside Cardiff Central Library between 12pm and 4pm today so come down to take a look 🚍
On this day 115 years ago
#Cardiff
became a city 🎉.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary in 1955, trolleybus 208 was decorated with ribbon and lights. It was later in 1955 that Cardiff became the capital city of Wales.
#throwback
A few of our electric buses have escaped from the depot 😬and have been spotted on the 49 & 50 routes. Keep an eye out for them and send us a photo if you see one.
We’ve teamed up with
@nextbikeUK
to show their bay locations on our maps. Next time you catch the bus, why not ride to the bus stop or between bus connections using their bike sharing scheme and our easy journey planning addition? Find out more here -
⚠️ From Monday 14th September, staff will be deployed on our buses to ensure compliance with wearing of face coverings, inline with Welsh Government guidance. If you are not exempt you must wear face coverings whilst on board our buses.
ℹ️Information:
🎉Today we mark the 100th anniversary of running motor buses in Cardiff
🚌The first motor buses entered service on 24 December 1920 on a service from St. John Square to Monthermer Road, Cathays
😀Let us know your fondest memories of buses in Cardiff
ℹ️
A message from our MD:
As a very small token of our appreciation, a box of Lindt chocolate is available to all CB employees who are still working during the pandemic
#cheersdrive
🥰Customers Andy & Linda recently got in touch to share their love story🥰
The couple met at a bus stop on Gabalfa Ave 46 years ago to catch service 34 to Maindy Stadium. They've named their lean-to 'the bus stop', so we've donated an old bus stop flag to celebrate their love.
As of 11am nearly all of our services are operating, with some local disruption to a few routes. Please expect some delays to services that are running. Please note the 100 Barry Circular remains suspended.
#cbupdate
We'd like to thank our customers for their continued support and understanding during these unprecedented times. The kind messages of support you've sent us are really appreciated. We'd also like to thank our staff for their part in enabling us to continue running
#cheersdrive
How about this for a
#throwback
? This photo from 1938 shows trams at the Victoria Park terminus in Cardiff. Customers travelling to Ely would need to hop on to the connecting bus (shown on the right) for the rest of their journey, as this is as far as the trams could travel.
We can finally reveal an exciting project we've been working on for a while with our local councils.
From this summer we'll be running the first underwater bus linking Penarth Marina and Cardiff Bay.
Watch this space for more information.
#Cardiff
#Penarth
🎉 Happy 72nd birthday to our wonderful NHS 🎉
Thank you very much to our local Health Board,
@CV_UHB
, and to everyone who works, or has previously worked for
@NHSuk
. Diolch yn fawr iawn!
#NHSBirthday
Here's a first look at our new 'generic' livery 🤩 - we've gone orange again!
Keep an eye out for this bus which will be on the streets of Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan over the next few days.
#pickanorange
Due to the continuing poor weather we have taken the decision to suspend all services before 7am tomorrow morning. We will post a further update at that point once we have been able to evaluate road conditions. Thanks for bearing with us at this challenging time.
It's been another colourful dress down day at CB today. Here's some photos of some of our staff who took part, raising money for
@Health_Charity
and
@CV_UHB
. Thanks to all who took part and donated. Diolch! 🚌 🌈
Launch day!
Our open top bus between Cardiff city centre and Penarth Pier begins today. The Skycar (service 99) also travels via Cardiff Bay, so why not hop on and off this service with your day ticket? Normal Cardiff Bus fares apply.
Find out more at
This friendly guy wanted to cat-ch the bus yesterday. He jumped on board & made himself comfortable by curling up on a seat. Our driver made sure he was purrrfectly healthy before dropping him back off at the stop so he didn’t get lost. We're sure he has many tails to tell…
It's competition time! Hands up who want to win some
@ILovesTheDiff
goodies. To get your hands on some, just tell us what percentage of our buses accept contactless payments? a) 50% b) 75% c) 100%. Comment below with your answer. Good luck!
#cbupdate
#CTBW
@GreenerJourneys
Riley loves all things to do with buses. His mum asked if we could donate anything for the play bus he is having built. We're pleased to say that today we sent him his very own bus stop flag and a bus steering wheel. As you can see Riley was really pleased😀
#cheersdrive
Beyoncé concert at the Principality Stadium next Wednesday, city centre roads will be closed from 3pm until last bus. Your buses will depart from different city centre points after 3pm next Wednesday. Full info here:
#cbupdate
It has been 41 years since we ran open platform buses where you got on and off at the back of the bus. This photo was taken on the 30th of June 1979 on its final tour, as you can see from the message on the side of the bus.
📸
@masherwilkins
Unfortunately, the Welsh Government free NHS travel scheme will end at 23:59 on Friday 11th September.
It has been a privilege to get NHS staff to/from work during these unprecedented times, and we'd like to thank everyone for their hard work during the pandemic.
Diolch!🌈🚌
** DUE TO WEATHER ALL SERVICES SUSPENDED FROM 1800 FOR REST OF EVENING ** THIS INCLUDES NIGHT BUSES. For travel Friday please check back from 0600 to check if your service is operating
#cbupdates
#cardiff
🚍 Tomorrow, Saturday 29 January, is the last day our bendy buses in service. If you'd like to take a last ride or get a photo of them before they go, then head over to our website to see the times and routes they will be running on.
UPDATE - All services remain suspended at present. Next update will be at approx. 10am. Thank you for bearing with us at this challenging time.
#cbupdate
Important Announcement - there has been little improvement in road conditions. Given weather forecast for this afternoon all of our services will remain suspended for the rest of today. We hope services will resume at around 8am but please check for updates.
#cbupdate
We've just been tagged in an open letter to public transport workers. I wanted to share it so our drivers and other public transport workers can see that the work they are doing is appreciated.
#cheersdrive
It's
#throwbackthursday
🕒
Welcome to the first
#throwbackthursday
of 2023! 🎉
Today we're sharing a photo with you from 7th January 1938, taken nearly exactly 85 years ago!
Can you guess which street in Cardiff this is? Let us know in the comments⬇️
Good morning! We're online to answer your general enquiries until 6pm.
Thank you for sharing our lost soft toy tweet. We really hope someone comes to p-p-p-pick up a penguin today.
Team CB have been raising money for Children in Need / Comic Relief’s
#TheBigNightIn
and
@NHSCharities
by dressing up today. We may not be able to travel at the moment, but it certainly hasn’t stopped us dreaming about Surfin’ USA...
Good luck to
@CardiffCityFC
in their match against Luton Town today. 🤞⚽
If you’re heading to the game, check out our shuttle bus and special match day fares here -
#CityAsOne
Our friends
@nxcoventry
had a dedicated wave at a bus driver day last week, and we decided Cardiff deserved the same. Show some love to our transport heroes by waving to bus drivers tomorrow (Thursday 4th February) while doing your daily exercise 👋
👀 Keep an eye out for our mask wearing buses. 👀
They are reminding customers that it’s currently mandatory to wear face coverings on public transport in Wales. Find out more at
Thank you! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
To our NHS, carers and every key worker working during the coronavirus outbreak, we applaud you. You’re doing a great job!
🍊 Pick an Orange 🍊
Today's
#throwbackThursday
is a photo of Cardiff buses lined up outside City Hall in their orange livery. They certainly brightened up the roads. This livery was introduced in August 1972 after a vote between 3 colours.
We will observe the National 1 minute of silence tomorrow at 11am to remember transport workers from across the UK who have lost their lives as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Where safe to do so, buses will pull over, and we hope customers will join us as we think of them
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
Thank you to our customers for their understanding & good wishes.
We would also like to thank our drivers, cleaners, engineers, garage operatives, supervisors, admin staff & management team, all of whom have helped us provide a service for key workers. Diolch 👏🌈
Colin, a Cardiff bus driver, has just started a 100-mile run from Oxford to Cardiff to raise money and awareness for
@UKSepsisTrust
. He’s hoping to complete the challenge in 24 hours. Go Colin! 🏃
Sponsor Colin & find out more about sepsis here –
All services on Mon 5th March are expected to run as normal, including all Cardiff Met, college and school services. However, please check that your school is open before sending pupils out for their bus in the morning as final decisions are being made by head teachers.
#cbupdate
Slow bus speeds deter people from catching the bus. Governments at national and local levels must put in place measures that keep buses out of traffic so people can get to where they need to be on time
#COP26
One little boy’s fascination with buses was met with a huge surprise today as his own bus, along with the driver came to visit the nursery, just for him to explore. Thank you
@Cardiffbus
for making a little boy’s dream come true! 🚍🚌
We were asked to share more ‘classic’ Cardiff Bus photos on our social media pages, so he’s a
#throwback
to not-so-long-ago when our Clipper buses were in service. These buses were introduced in the 1980's when minibuses were very popular nationwide.
All services are suspended for the rest of the evening - Night Bus services are also cancelled. Services will resume at appx 9am Sunday. We appreciate the hard work of our staff on yet another challenging day and we are grateful to customers for their patience today.
#cbupdate
Prior to lockdown one of our newest recruits, Paul was close to completing his training, so mentor Mathew has been teaching him our routes from a safe distance. From next week Paul will be out on the road by himself, so if you see him, give him a little wave 👋
#cheersdrive
We’re signing off for the evening.
We’ll be clapping at 8pm tonight, but we’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you to our driving colleagues for keeping us moving during these unprecedented times. Cheers drive! Diolch 👏👏👏
⚠️ From Monday 14th September, staff will be deployed on our buses to ensure compliance with wearing of face coverings, inline with Welsh Government guidance. If you are not exempt you must wear face coverings whilst on board our buses.
ℹ️Information:
Love Christmas in Cardiff? You could be in with a chance of winning a framed A3 print designed by
@ILovesTheDiff
as part of
#cbxmasquiz
. Just tell us the missing word in this traditional Christmas song
“On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, A …. in a pear tree"
Santa’s on his travels! He’s in South Wales to see who’s naughty or nice, but where is he? Answer below for your chance to win two tickets to Cardiff Blues Vs the Dragons on December 21st
@cardiff_blues
#cbxmasquiz
One little boy’s fascination with buses was met with a huge surprise today as his own bus, along with the driver came to visit the nursery, just for him to explore. Thank you
@Cardiffbus
for making a little boy’s dream come true! 🚍🚌
Thank you! Diolch!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you to all the key workers, including our very own team, for all your hard work during these unprecedented times. 🌈
All services now running to usual Sunday routes and times, except 13 is not serving Drope, 63 not serving Pentyrch/Creigiau, and 100 is suspended. We do not expect this situation to change for the rest of today - info re Night Buses and tomorrow's services will follow.
#cbupdate
Our double decker promoting Cardiff's sporting success is out and about today. You'll find it on routes 49 & 50 to Llanrumney this morning and this afternoon, then routes 44 & 45 after 5pm. See if you can spot Geraint Thomas driving the bus!
#cbupdate
#cityofchampions
Our buses are cleaned throughout the day, so it’s likely you’ll spot some of our cleaners hopping on & off buses.
Our anti-viral daytime routine involves a greater focus on high-touch areas, to ensure our buses remain safe & clean. Find out more here -