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Cardiff and Newport Buses 2021

Cardiff and Newport Buses 2021


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It is some seven years since the independent transport videos cameras visited South Wales to record the operation of buses in Cardiff, the capital of Wales and neighbouring Newport. A good deal has changed since our visit in 2014 and this is seen in this DVD programme. The main focus during our visit to Cardiff is that of the local operator, Cardiffbus, a bus company still wholly owned by Cardiff City Council.


This interesting fleet has a good variety of vehicles for the bus enthusiast. Introduced in 2006 there is a fleet of Scania articulated buses, which will leave the fleet in early 2022 as well as their ‘rigid’ cousins, the Scania OmniCity that were introduced in 2007 and are still in service. There are also Mercedes Benz Citaro single-deckers, some from the Isle of Man and a good selection of Alexander Dennis buses in the shape of Dennis Darts in varying lengths, Transbus Enviro300s and the latest ADL Enviro200MMC bodied single-deckers. You will also see Wrights-bodied Scanias in this programme. Double-deckers also form part of the fleet and include East Lancs Olympus-bodied Scania N230s introduced in 2007/8 and the newest double-deckers are ADL Enviro400MMCs that joined the fleet in 2015 and can carry 99 passengers.


Our filming locations include Duke Street, Castle Street, Westgate Street, St Mary Street, Canal Street, Bute Street and Churchill Way. Other operators captured by our cameras include Adventure Travel, which operate both local and long distance routes in South Wales, First Cymru, and Stagecoach South Wales. Look out for the TrawsCymru liveried MCV Evora-bodied Volvo B8RLE single-deckers operated by Stagecoach South Wales. Open-top tour buses seen are those operated by Tootbus and also Readingbuses 520 (V524 ESC), a Plaxton President on loan to Cardiffbus. Newport Bus are also recorded on the 30 service that runs in from Newport. We now travel to the city of Newport and film along Kingsway and at the busy bus stations. The main one is served by Newport Bus and the other adjacent station is used by Stagecoach and for longer distance routes. Like Cardiff, Newport Bus is wholly owned by Newport City Council.


The biggest change here since our last visit in 2014 is the introduction of the first electric bus fleet in Wales. A fleet of 15 Yutong E12 single-deckers are operated, the first one arriving in 2018. Z01 (YK66 CBC) is a former demonstrator and was followed by a further 14 in 2020 numbered Z02 to Z15. Other single-deck types seen are Scania OmniCitys, Wright Meridian-bodied MANs and short ADL Enviro200s. Double-deckers include Dennis Trident ALX400s, ADL Enviro400s and new ADL400MMCs in a white and green livery. Other operators captured on film include Phil Anslow Coaches, Stagecoach South Wales and Cardiffbus, running the 30 joint service between the two cities. We conclude our South Wales trip with a brief visit to Chepstow where Newport Bus operate their 73 service to. We also see Stagecoach in both their own livery and in TrawsCymru colours.


To conclude our programme we take a look back in still photographs at Cardiff Corporation and Newport Corporation buses back in 1974, 1975 and 1976. Just see how they have changed!



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First published on DVD: 2021
Screen aspect ratio: 16:9
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Number of discs: 1 DVD-R
Media Format: DVD-R

Running Time: 53-mins (0hr 53min) , Colour
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Cardiff Buses 2022 - Electric Special and "Bendy Bus" Farewell

Cardiff Buses 2022 - Electric Special and


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On Friday 14th January 2022 Cardiffbus launched a fleet of 36 Yutong E12 38-seat single-decker electric buses. Painted in smart route-branded liveries – red and green for route 27, red and deep purple for routes 44/45 and orange and light purple for routes 49/50. Others are painted in Cardiffbus’ latest two-tone orange livery or in an orange and black livery and fleet number 436 (CE71 YXV) is painted in a version of the traditional Cardiff Corporation maroon and cream colours suitably lettered up showing the history of Cardiff public transport in this year, 2022, their 120th year of serving Cardiff. Some of the buses had already entered service during December 2021.


We start this special DVD programme with the arrival of this impressive fleet of electric buses as they enter the UK from China where they are built and assembled. Arriving in the UK by sea they make their way to the importer and distributor, Pelican Bus & Coach, a subsidiary of Pelican Engineering Co. Ltd, at their premises in Castleford, West Yorkshire. Our northern camera team were out filming the buses, with the assistance of Pelican, as they are moved around their yard and taken out on test. We see them gradually receiving their Cardiffbus branding and see batches of them leaving very early in the morning for their journey to Cardiff.


In the second part of this DVD we see the launch of these electric buses in the city centre. Our cameras then go out and about to film the electric buses that entered service at the end of 2021 and indeed the rest of the fleet in action. Look out for the ‘bendy’ buses, which were only two weeks away from being withdrawn from service. Our filming locations are Westgate Street where the new electric buses run alongside the ‘bendy’ buses, Park Street, Wood Street and St Mary Street.


The third part of our programme was filmed on Saturday 29th January 2022, the final day of operation of the Cardiffbus ‘bendy’ buses. The ‘bendy’ bus fleet entered service in 2006. Made up of nineteen Scania OmniCity CN94 UA with Scania AN53D bodywork, they were operated on the busy ‘Bay6’ service to the redeveloped Cardiff Bay area of the city, but finished their days on the busy 17/18 routes to the suburb of Ely. The independent transport videos cameras were out capturing their last day in service, which was also augmented with double-deckers that will now take on their role. We take a ride to Ely and back to the city onboard 614 (CN06 GFK), with our cameraman in the rear portion of the bus to see the action and to hear the sounds of these massive buses, which were really quite suited for this route. Filming takes place around the city centre capturing the ‘bendy’ buses and of course the latest electric buses in service as well as buses from Stagecoach and Adventure Travel. Locations include Westgate Street, Park Street, Scott Road, Wood Street, St Mary Street, Duke Street and out of the city on Newport Road, where we see one of the new Yutong E12 electric buses from Newport Bus on their long established service 30 that is jointly operated with Cardiffbus.


Our final images are of Cardiffbus 614 about to leave on the final ‘bendy’ bus journey from the city centre and then of it coming off the wash at the depot ending one era, just as a new era starts with the electric buses!



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Filmed by/when: 2021 & 2022
First published on DVD: 2022
Screen aspect ratio: 16:9
Classification: Exempt
Number of discs: 1 DVD-R
Media Format: DVD-R

Running Time: 93-mins (1hr 33min) , Colour
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