Newport Transport

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Newport Transport


Formation 1986
Type Municipal arms-length company
Legal status Corporation
Purpose/focus Public transport
Headquarters 160 Corporation Road, Newport, NP19 0WF
Region served City of Newport
Website www.newporttransport.co.uk

Newport Transport is the main provider of bus services in the city of Newport, United Kingdom, 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.

[edit] Operations

Newport's current fleet consists of mainly single-deck vehicles, some of which are low-floor. There are a few double-deck vehicles remaining which are normally used on services 2D/2X to Caerleon, 47 and 54 to St Joseph's RC High School in Duffryn, and 30/30D to Cardiff. Newport Transport's midibus fleet were known as as "Newport Nipper" however this branding is slowly being removed. The original pre-war livery of maroon was changed to green and cream in the 1940s and has remained the same ever since, although there are a few exceptions: The company runs several high quality large-capacity school coaches branded as "Skool Coach" that are painted in all-over yellow, mimicking those used in North America, 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.

The company operates an exact-fare policy on its routes and has only recently introduced return tickets.

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 March 2008, areas of the city not served by Newport Transport include the outlying villages of Llanmartin, Langstone, Michaelstone-y-Vedw, Penhow, and Underwood.

[edit] Routes

Route From To
1 Upper Dock Street Rogerstone
1A Upper Dock Street Rogerstone
1C Upper Dock Street Rogerstone
2A Bus station Caerleon via Ponthir
2B Bus station Caerleon
2C Bus station Caerleon
2D Bus station Caerleon
2E Bus station Caerleon
2X Bus station Caerleon
4A Bus station St. Julians
4C Bus station St. Julians (After 1755 Mondays to Saturdays and all day Sunday, extended to Christchurch)
5 Upper Dock Street Foxgloves, Rogerstone via Mount Pleasant
6 Bus station Alway
6A Bus station Alway
7 Newport bus station Cwmbran bus station via St. Julians and Caerleon
7B Newport bus station Cwmbran bus station via Caerleon Road and Caerleon
7D Bus station Caerleon via St. Julians
8A Bus station Ringland
8C Bus station Ringland
9 Bus station Ringland via Alway
10A Bus station St. Julians via Gibbs Road, Beechwood
10C Bus station St. Julians via Gibbs Road, Beechwood
11A Upper Dock Street Gaer via Bassaleg Road
11B Upper Dock Street Gaer via Bassaleg Road
11C Upper Dock Street Gaer via Bassaleg Road
11X Upper Dock Street Gaer via Bassaleg Road
13A Bus station Brynglas
13C Bus station Brynglas
13E Bus station Brynglas
14A Bus station Allt-yr-yn
14C Bus station Allt-yr-yn
15 Bus station Bettws
16 Bus station Bettws
17 Bus station Malpas
18 Bus station Malpas via Kimberly Park and Almond Drive
19 Bus station Malpas via Kimberly Park, Westfield Avenue and Oliphant Circle
20 Bus station Ringland via Christchurch
30 Newport bus station Cardiff bus station (jointly operated with Cardiff Bus)
30D Newport bus station Cardiff bus station via Duffryn
31A Bus station Marshfield
31C Bus station Marshfield
32 Bus station Rhiwderin via Cardiff Road and Forge Lane
33 Bus station Rhiwderin via Cardiff Road, Gaer and Bassaleg Road
34 Bus station Duffryn
35 Bus station Duffryn
36 Bus station Celtic Springs via Duffryn
40 Bus station Pillgwenlly, Alexandra Road, Usk Way, Old Town Dock anticlockwise
41 Bus station Pillgwenlly, Old Town Dock, Usk Way, Alexandra Road clockwise
42 Bus station Spytty Park
43 Bus station Moorland Park
43A Bus station Moorland Park
44 Bus station Moorland Park via Broadmead Park
47 Cwmbran St Joseph's RC High School and vice versa
54 Beechwood St Joseph's RC High School and vice versa
61 Bus station Magor via Royal Oak, Ringland, Llanwern and Redwick
88 Bus station Castle Bingo, Usk Way
97 Bus station Sainsbury's, Wyndham Street
98 Bus station St. Woolos & Royal Gwent Hospitals
99 Bus station Royal Gwent Hospital
X30 Bus station Cardiff via M4

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