Cardiff Waterbus

Cardiff Waterbus

The Cardiff Waterbus is a water bus service operated on the River Taff in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, operated by Cardiff CATS. Services are operated 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 [http://www.cardiffcats.com/] , forming a part of Cardiff's intergrated transport system.

The service has seen many celebrities as passengers such as Emma Watson, Michelle Collins, Alison Steadman, John Challis. [http://www.cardiffcats.com/news.html]

Landing stages

Landing stages are located at [http://www.cardiffcats.com/news.html] :
*Bute Park
*Taff Mead Embankment (for Cardiff Central Station and Millennium Stadium)
*Channel View (for Grangetown)
*Mermaid Quay (for Cardiff Bay)
*Penarth Marina (for Cogan and Penarth)

Fleet

*"Princess Royal" - Built in Portishead in 1959 and carries 100 passengers
*"Cygnet"
*"Sapphire" (Now retired)

References

External links

* [http://www.cardiffcats.com/ Cardiff CATS]


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