Cardiff Waterbus
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| Locale | Cardiff Bay and Cardiff City Centre |
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| 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 (CATS) |
| No. of terminals | 10 |
| Website | Aquabus Cardiff CATS |
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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 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]
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[edit] Landing stages
Landing stages are located at[4]:
- Bute Park (for Cardiff city centre and Cardiff Castle)
- Taff Mead Embankment (for Cardiff Central Station and Millennium Stadium)
- Clarence Embankment (for Butetown)
- Channel View (for Grangetown)
- Mermaid Quay (for Cardiff Bay)
- Barrage South (for Cogan and Penarth)
[edit] Fleet
- Cardiff CATS - Princess Royal - Built in Portishead in 1959 and carries 100 passengers
- Cardiff CATS - Cygnet
- Cardiff CATS - Sapphire (Now retired)
- Aquabus Water Transport Solutions Ltd - Seren-Y-Bae
- Aquabus Water Transport Solutions Ltd - Hydro 1
- Aquabus Water Transport Solutions Ltd - Daffodil
[edit] Anniversary
The Cardiff Waterbus 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.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.cardiffcats.com/
- ^ http://cardiffaquabus.com/baylink.aspx?section=3&page=24
- ^ http://www.cardiffcats.com/news.html
- ^ http://www.cardiffcats.com/news.html
- ^ Wales Online: A decade of making waves for waterbus
[edit] External links
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