Cardiff Waterbus

Cardiff Waterbus
Locale Cardiff Bay and Cardiff City Centre
Waterway River Taff
Transit type Water bus
Operator Aquabus Water Transport Solutions Ltd
Cardiff Cats Ltd
No. of lines 3
No. of vessels 3 (Aquabus)
2 (Cardiff Cats)
No. of terminals 10
Website Aquabus
Cardiff Cats
Cardiff Waterbus
Legend
Cardiff Castle
Aquabus
Taffs Mead (Millennium Stadium)
Clarence Embankment (Butetown)
Channel View (Grangetown)
Barrage South (Penarth)
Sovereign Quay
Mermaid Quay (Cardiff Bay)
Cardiff Cats
Barrage South (Penarth)

The Cardiff Waterbus is a water bus service operated along the River Taff in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Services are operated by 2 separate companies, Cardiff Cats Ltd (operating as Cardiff Waterbus) and Aquabus Water Transport Solutions Ltd, both for the leisure market and for commuters, but charter services are also offered. Boats running hourly during the day carrying up to 100 passengers from Cardiff city centre to Penarth via Cardiff Bay,[1][2] forming a part of Cardiff's integrated transport system. The service started in April 2000.

The Cardiff Cats service has seen many celebrities as passengers such as Emma Watson, Michelle Collins, Alison Steadman and John Challis.[3]

Landing stages

Landing stages are located at:[3]

Fleet

Anniversary

Water Bus Stops
Bute Park
Taff Mead

The Cardiff Waterbus (Cardiff Cats Ltd.) celebrated its 10 year anniversary in April 2010. The fleet have clocked up 50,000 miles since operating on the routes, carrying an estimated 1,000,000 passengers.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cardiffwaterbus.com/
  2. ↑ http://cardiffaquabus.com/baylink.aspx?section=3&page=24
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.cardiffcats.com/news.html[]
  4. ↑ Wales Online: A decade of making waves for waterbus

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