Bus stop alterations and route changes are set to come into effect from January due to the demolition of Cardiff’s St David’s House in the city centre.
[aoa id=”1″]
The area, which is located on Wood Street opposite the new Central Square development, is being redeveloped and will see the withdrawal of the existing bus stops on that street from Sunday 6thJanuary.
These include service 4, which will depart from the Royal Hotel bus stop on Westgate Street; and service 18, which will follow the same route as service 17 entering the city centre via Westgate Street, not serving Wood Street, Tudor Street or Clare Street.
[/aoa]
Additionally, from 6thJanuary, services 54 (to Cyncoed), 95A, 95B and 95C (to set-down) will use bus stop JV on Wood Street which is located outside Southgate House. Services 92/93/94 will start and end at stop JQ,a new bus stop located on the opposite side of the road, outside the new BBC Wales building. Service 95 to UHW Heath Hospital will move to Westgate Street stop KP.
Finally, services 96 and 96A will enter the city via Westgate Street and set-down at stops KD and KH; service X45 from Cardiff Bay Retail Park towards St Mellons will travel straight to Westgate Street (Royal Hotel); and Capital Links service X91 will start from Canal Street instead of Customhouse Street.
Commercial manager at Cardiff Bus Gareth Stevens said:
“With the demolition of St David’s House set to take place in January, we are alerting our customers to a small number of bus stop and route changes.
“From January 6thservices from Wood Street will be departing from different stops while this work is undertaken.
“We’d like to apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, and would encourage customers to visit our website, Facebook, and Twitter pages to find out more.”
Cardiff Bus’s information centre will also be relocating from the city’s library to Westgate Street in 2019, with more details on the date set to be released in the new year.
Alongside this the trial extension on service 98 will end and the service will revert back to its pre-September 2018 timetable.
Mr Stevens added: “We have worked with the Vale of Glamorgan Council and existing customers to raise the awareness of the trial afternoon service. Regrettably, despite best endeavours, we have not seen the level of usage increase to support the afternoon timetable on a permanent basis.”
