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Arrival and information
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The main
bus station
is off Wood Street, on the southwestern side of the city centre. Across the forecourt is Cardiff Central
train station
, for all intercity services as well as many suburban and Valley Line services. Queen Street station, at the eastern edge of the centre, is for local trains only. The
tourist office
, at 16 Wood St, opposite Cardiff Central (Mon & Wed-Sat 9am-5pm, Tues 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-2pm; in school holidays Mon-Sat until 6pm; tel 029/2022 7281,
enquiries@cardifftic.co.uk
), will provide good free maps of the city and a copy of
Buzz!
, a free monthly guide to arts in the city.
Cardiff is compact enough to walk around, as even the bay area is within thirty minutes' stroll of Central station. Once you're out of the centre, however, it's best to fall back on the extensive
bus
network, most reliably operated by the garish-orange liveried Cardiff Bus Company. Information and passes are available from the counter next to the tourist office on Wood Street (Mon-Sat 8.30am-5.30pm). A couple of useful
travel passes
, which can also be bought on-board buses, include the City Rider ticket (A?2.85), which gives unlimited travel around Cardiff and Penarth for a day and the Network Rider (A?4.50), which extends the range to Caerphilly and Newport. Other useful information
for tourists (each section contains more specific sub-sections): |
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