For anyone planning to drive into Cardiff centre this is a valuable service to make use of as…read moreCardiff's streets can get so busy at certain times of the day and parking is a huge nightmare. Especially with Cardiff Council's new responsibility to parking fines. Parking in Cardiff can be very costly if you do not adhere to road markings etc and even if you do, the car parks can charge quite a pretty penny depending when and where you are parking. For this reason, why not simply park here and ride the bus. It's only £3.00 to park at this facility which has ample spaces free throughout the day and then you can ride the bus into town for free. It doesn't really take that much longer and there is a bus every 15 minutes so you never have to wait too long before the next bus. The busses are all very new looking and this service is in operation 5 days a week. Monday to Friday the services start at 7:30am and the last services from the city centre is at 7:00pm except for match days when this changes to 5:30pm.

For anyone planning to drive into Cardiff this is a valuable service to make use of. Cardiff's…read morestreets can get so busy at certain times of the day and parking is a huge nightmare. Especially with Cardiff Council's new responsibility to parking fines. Parking in Cardiff can be very costly if you do not adhere to road markings etc and even if you do, the car parks can charge quite a pretty penny depending when and where you are parking. For this reason, why not simply park here and ride the bus. It's only £3.00 to park at this facility which has ample spaces free throughout the day and then you can ride the bus into town for free. It doesn't really take that much longer and there is a bus every 15 minutes so you never have to wait too long before the next bus. The busses are all very new looking and this service is in operation 7 days a week. Monday to Friday the services start at 7am and on weekends the first bus is at 9am. The last services from the city centre are at 8:30am Monday to Friday, 7pm on Saturdays and 5:30pm on Sundays. If this ties in with your plans to visit Cardiff then it really makes more sense to use the park and ride as you would probably spend more than £3.00 in petrol whilst sitting in traffic and if you consider that, along with the parking fees, it makes it excellent value for money for the sake of a 20 minute bus ride.

Well - what a refreshing change! Went to watch the rugby in Cardiff and parked at the park and…read moreride. Coming home after the match, the sensible people laid on 2 buses to transport the huge crowd back to Pentwyn and then instead of there being a massive queue at the exit barriers they manually took the tickets off everyone, speeding up the exit. WELL DONE to the thoughtful management team.

Take the National Express when your life's in a mess It'll…read moremake you smile All human life is here From the feeble old dear to the screaming child From the student who knows that to have one of those Would be suicide To the family man Manhandling the pram with paternal pride And everybody sings "ba ba ba da..." We're going where the air is free On the National Express there's a jolly hostess Selling crisps and tea She'll provide you with drinks and theatrical winks For a sky-high fee The Divine Comedy knew about coach travel. So do I. I get lots of coaches. To London. To Bristol. To Swansea. Some journeys are nice, some drivers make amusing announcements on the tannoy. Some overnight ones involve screaming kids and no leg room. Still they are cheap aren't they. That's why we get them. This place is a one-stop shop for coach holidays across the UK and Europe.

This is a massive shop that is situated with the heart of the city centre of Cardiff and it is…read moreopposite the train station and bus station and near to the VUE cinema. They are chirpy, polite and very helpful employees that work for this holiday coach company that have cheap holiday deals. They do trips around the United Kingdom and Europe. A place full of many trip deals for coaches; with many holiday offers, with many holiday companies for loads of different prices for sure... To see the beauty of Planet Earths creation, to learn the history of the Universe and all about the cultures of the United Kingdom and Europe; from London, to Edinburgh, to Swansea, to Brighton and Italy. To have all at the grasp of your feet by sitting in a coach and by travelling on road transport for amazing prices, what more could you ask for? I recommend for all to attend such a place.

I like to do comedy routines on the platform here, I'm known as Cathays Clown…read more This station is only one mile north of Cardiff Central and it's a cute little Suburban Station in the middle of the North part of the city. For a long time you had to kind of fend for yourself here, but now at rush hour they actually have people helping out and employees and what not. It's literally right in the middle of a development of housing, and surrounded by businesses and whatnot which is pretty cool. In fact when you pull up here you will notice that a little shopping center is right next to it - although you have to kind of cross a bridge and walk back down to it. But it's good for your cheap shopping if you need it. They've also made some colourful admissions to some of the buildings here. I meant additions, but maybe they've admitted stuff to the buildings too?

Cathays Railway Station basically has no facilities except a ticket office (manned part time) and a…read moreself-service ticket machine, but the good thing about it is that it's in a safe, residential area where you won't feel threatened hanging around waiting for a train. It only gets busy on the platforms during peak travel times when people are using this line to get to and from the Valleys in one direction, and to and from the city centre in the other direction. It's very convenient for anyone working or studying at the University, which surrounds the station, or for those living in Cathays, as it offers a good alternative to a taxi if you want to get into town quickly without the walk - particularly if you have heavy bags to carry.

I recently went to enquire about a bus to Bristol at the National Express office, opposite the…read moreCentral Bus Station. I was really impressed with the guy who dealt with me, the breadth of his knowledge seemed endless. Every new bit of information he delivered in his quietly enthusiastic manner, increasingly made me want to take that National Express bus whenever he told me to. I was sold! The only thing is that when we got to the price, it was only about a pound less than the train. Unfortunately, I am one of many people who can't read on buses, but I can on trains. So despite the level of service (which, in anybodies money, was exceptional), and the fact that it was marginally cheaper, I opted to hop on the train instead. I do prefer them to coaches!

I write this coming off the back of a recent nightmare with National Express which I'll put down as…read morea 50/50 fault wise. I recently booked tickets to see a comedian in Leicester Square. It was about £12 return which was booked a couple of days in advance online. Long story short, I though I lost my wallet in London, cancelled my card, found my wallet again, explained the situation to them and was given a new price of £25 to get home to Cardiff. Online the price was the same, but as I'd cancelled my card, I couldn't actually book it. I thought charging the higher price was a little unfair but couldn't really complain too much after a sleepless night in Victoria Station. The trip there was fine and more comfortable than the Megabus and only slightly more expensive. The whole system of taking your printout into the Cardiff office, where they give you a boarding pass to carry the short walk to the bus is absolute insanity, as I'm sure the conductor letting people on is just as capable of reading a printout. I queued for a good 15 minutes to get that pointless boarding pass too. Ah well on the whole I can't really complain. They run a decent service, the staff in the Cardiff office are efficient but a little wooden and impolite and they got me from A to B alive, in one piece and in good time for a fair price. On the way there anyway....

Megabus is a God-send; before they started running services it felt like National Express had a bit…read moreof a monopoly when it came to getting a coach somewhere without paying a large price for the pleasure. If you are anything like me then you can't always be sure of your plans until closer to the time and therefore you cannot know if you are going to be travelling until you know what your plans are. For this reason you can't always get an awesome deal on a rail ticket and paying the usual price can be highly costly. This is a budget service and the price is reflected in the quality, the services can get quite packed but at the end of the day, it's a bus, it will still get you where you want to go ultimately. Last time I caught a Megabus I was travelling to London an instead of it costing me over £50 one-way it cost me under £20 for an open return. I always book in on the earliest service of the day for a few reasons. Firstly, there are fewer people on the coach so it is quieter which leads me to my next point. Less people means more space, more space means more comfort which means I can stretch out and get a couple of hours sleep then wake up (here comes the third point), shortly before my destination and it's still pretty early on in the day. I was on the coach at 6am and we got to London well before 10am. If you are willing to get up early and not fussy about travelling conditions, this is an ingenious method of travelling low-cost.

Seriously what's not to love - I mean getting where I did to go at cheap-as-chips prices. If you're…read morewhining about this service then really you should get the train or something and stop bumming-out the other passengers who are trying to sleep on the bus. It's what I take when I go back to visit my mum in Wales. At (sometimes- depending how early you book) like a fifth of the price of a return train tickets, it's totally worth it. Get yourself a sandwich and drink, maybe a book and relax till you get to your destination. On the London to Cardiff route - did I mention there is air-con, free wifi and plug sockets on the double decker buses. Only bad things - the bus toilets but then again I have the same issues with train and plane toilet so yeah not anything anyone can really change.

I'd definitely recommend a trip of the water bus (or water taxi as it's often called in Cardiff)…read morewhether you're from the area or just visiting. On a sunny day it's a wonderful way to get out of the hustle and bustle of the city and view it from a totally new perspective. At £4 for a return trip it's not the most economical way to get to the bay but it's one of the most fun. There are other operators that run water buses such as Aquabus (http://www.cardiffaquabus.com ) but I haven't seen much of a difference in them. If you can, visit the Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre first (free entry) as this will tell you the story behind the mysterious bubbles that you can see dotted on the surface of the water.

If you're around the Heath area and in dire need of some kind of train operating service, then you…read moreare in such luck! This is your best choice if you're around the Rhydypennau Crossroads area. This is a two-track station, where the platform closest to the main car-park offers train services up towards Rhymney, and the other offers services into the centre of Cardiff town and beyond to Penarth. This train station is very much no-frills. Although it does now have an electronic ticker to let you know the arrival time of the next train and where it's heading (just in case my instructions of which side is which weren't clear enough). Trains into the centre of Cardiff leave 15 minutes most and you'll also be in the centre within 15 minutes of departure. There's no ticket barrier here, so you can hop on the train without paying, though it is probably best to catch eye-contact with the conductor at some point during the trip into town because there are barriers in both Cardiff Central and Cardiff Queen Street which you won't be able to get through without a ticket. The train conductor has a fancy box that produces the tickets that accepts cards nowadays so he's unlikely to accept any form of excuse for not being able to purchase one.

If you're around the Lisvane or Thornhill area and in dire need of some kind of train operating…read moreservice, then you are in such luck! This is a two-track station, where the platform closest to the main car-park offers train services up towards Rhymney, and the platform closest to the bewilderingly large set of stairs offers services into the centre of Cardiff town and beyond to Penarth. This train station is very much no-frills. Although it does now have an electronic ticker to let you know the arrival time of the next train and where it's heading (just in case my instructions of which side is which weren't clear enough). Trains into the centre of Cardiff leave at 14 minutes past, 29 minutes past, 44 minutes past, and 59 minutes past the hour most of the time and you'll be in the centre within 15 minutes. There's no ticket barrier here, so you can hop on the train without paying, though it is probably best to catch eye-contact with the conductor at some point during the trip into town because there are barriers in both Cardiff Central and Cardiff Queen Street which you won't be able to get through without a ticket. The train conductor has a fancy box that produces the tickets that accepts cards nowadays so he's unlikely to accept any form of excuse for not being able to purchase one.

Shambolic bus service to St Mellons. Use a taxi or take the…read more30 bus to Newport and walk.

Just been opened by Cardiff Bus customer relations that timetables only matter at timings points…read more All other timetables should be considered to be for entertainment only. Cardiff Bus has no interest in accurate timetabling for customer, and is only interested in average times regardless of how that affects driver behaviour in skipping stops - the stats look good. I was informed that their advice (though not written anywhere) is to expect it 5 minutes earlier. If only their buses all had a 5 minute waiting time between them. On time is on time. Late is late. Early is early. To fob me off with an excuse of it's not a timing point' indicates the level to which the customer is reduced to less important than statistics. It shows where their priorities lie. Getting really tired ofsuch poor service across the board with nothing being done due to some piss-poor excuse. This won't change anything either, but at least you know now not to rely on them and give yourself a wide margin for their error. Cardiff should be embarrassed by the association.