Newport Transport buses in the city's bus station |
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| Slogan | You'll be surprised who you might see... |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Headquarters | 160 Corporation Road, Newport, Wales |
| Service area | City of Newport |
| Service type | bus service |
| Web site | newportbus.co.uk |
Newport Transport is the main provider of bus services in Newport, South Wales, under the brand Newport Bus. Formerly a council department, it came into being as a separate corporate entity in 1986, following the Transport Act 1985. Newport City Council is the only shareholder, which makes it one of the few remaining municipal bus companies in the country.
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Newport's current fleet consists mainly of single-deck vehicles of Scania manufacture, most of them Omnicity low-floor. Six MAN A22/Wrightbus Meridian single deckers entered service in February 2011, after an 18 month delay. There are six Dennis Trident 2 double-deck vehicles remaining which are normally used at peak times, along with seven ex-Lothian Buses, Volvo Olympians which are used mainly on School services. Newport Transport's midibus fleet were known as the "Newport Nipper", however this branding is no longer used. The midibus fleet is currently 11 Dennis Dart SLF/Alexander ALX200, 6 Optare Solos and 9 Alexander Dennis Enviro 200's.
The original pre-war livery of maroon was changed to green and cream in the 1940s and remained the same until August 2009. The livery is slowly being changed to dark green and white with lime green and grey logos at the rear of the vehicles although there are a few exceptions: The company runs seven high-quality large-capacity school coaches branded as "Skool Coach" that are painted in all-over yellow, mimicking those used in North America, these being Scania/Irizar (S-kool), as well as a few sponsored buses bearing "BMI Baby" advertising. In the summer months, Newport Transport also operate the red-liveried open-top bus tour of the city under the City Sightseeing branding using a converted Scania N113DRB/Alexander double decker.
Like Cardiff Bus, the company operates an exact-fare policy on its routes and has abolished return tickets, now giving a choice of either single ticket or day rover (which provides unlimited travel for a day on all Newport Transport buses).
The company currently employs 230 staff and is based on Corporation Road. As the company operates at "arms length" from the council, it competes with other local operators for local-authority-tendered bus services. As of December 2011, the area of the city not served by Newport Transport is the outlying village of Michaelstone-y-Vedw.
| Route | From | To |
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| 1 | Newport Market Square | Rogerstone (Mondays to Saturdays) |
| 1A | Newport Market Square | Pye Corner (Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays) |
| 1C | Newport Market Square | Rogerstone (Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays) |
| 2A | Newport Market Square | Gaer via Melfort Road |
| 2C | Newport Market Square | Gaer via Highfield Road |
| 6 | Newport bus station | Ringland Centre via Maindee, Alway |
| 7 | Newport bus station | Ringland Centre via George Street, Alway |
| 8A | Newport bus station | Ringland Sterndale Bennett Road via Ringwood Avenue |
| 8C | Newport bus station | Ringland Sterndale Bennett Road via Llanwern Road |
| 10A | Newport bus station | Christchurch via Gibbs Road |
| 10C | Newport bus station | Christchurch via Hove Avenue |
| 11A | Newport bus station | Brynglas via Allt-yr-yn |
| 11C | Newport bus station | Allt-yr-yn via Brynglas |
| 15 | Newport bus station | Bettws Monnow Way (anticlockwise) |
| 16 | Newport bus station | Bettws Monnow Way (clockwise) |
| 18 | Newport bus station | Malpas via Kimberly Park and Almond Drive |
| 19 | Newport bus station | Malpas via Kimberly Park, Westfield Avenue and Oliphant Circle |
| 20 | Newport bus station | Spytty Retail Park via Christchurch and Ringland |
| 26A | Newport bus station | St. Julians via St. Julians Road |
| 26C | Newport bus station | St. Julians via Beaufort Road (After 1800 Mondays to Saturdays and all day Sunday, extended to Christchurch) |
| 27 | Newport bus station | Caerleon via Trinity View |
| 28 | Newport bus station | Caerleon via Eastfield Road (After 2000 Mondays to Saturdays and all day Sunday, extended to Ponthir) |
| 28B | Newport bus station | Caerleon via Roman Way and Ponthir Road |
| 29 | Newport bus station | Cwmbran bus station via St. Julians, Caerleon and Ponthir |
| 29B | Newport bus station | Cwmbran bus station via Caerleon Road, Caerleon and Ponthir |
| 30 | Newport bus station | Cardiff Central bus station via St Mellons |
| 31A | Newport bus station | Marshfield |
| 31C | Newport bus station | Marshfield |
| 32 | Newport bus station | Gaer via Cardiff Road |
| 33 | Newport bus station | Gaer via Cardiff Road |
| 34 | Newport bus station | Celtic Springs via Cardiff Road, Morgan Way |
| 35 | Newport bus station | Duffryn via Docks Way |
| 36 | Newport bus station | Duffryn via Cardiff Road |
| 37 | Newport bus station | Rhiwderin |
| 40 | Newport bus station | Alexandra Gate via Pillgwenlly |
| 41 | Newport bus station | Pillgwenlly via Alexandra Gate |
| 42 | Newport bus station | Spytty Retail Park via Moorland Park, Nash College |
| 43 | Newport bus station | Spytty Retail Park via Nash College |
| 44 | Newport bus station | Nash College via Cromwell Road |
| 62 | Newport bus station | Caldicot/Caerwent via Llanwern Village |
| 63 | Newport bus station | Whitson/Wetlands via Pye Corner |
| 73 | Newport bus station | Chepstow via Langstone |
| 74 | Newport bus station | Chepstow via Langstone, Caldicot (Evenings only) |
| 88 | Newport bus station | Castle Bingo, Usk Way |
| 98 | Newport bus station | St. Woolos & Royal Gwent Hospital |
| 99 | Newport bus station | Royal Gwent Hospital |
| X16 | Risca | Cardiff |
| X25 | Newport bus station | Monmouth via Raglan, Usk |
| X30 | Newport bus station | Cardiff Central bus station via M4 motorway, Gabalfa, A470 road |
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