The Cardiff Waterbus is a water bus service operated along the

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, the capital of

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. Services are operated by 4 separate companies, Cardiff Cats Ltd (operating as Cardiff Waterbus), Cardiff Cruises Ltd, Cardiff Boats Ltd, 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

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to Penarth via Cardiff Bay, 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

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and

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Landing stages

Landing stages are located at: *

Bute Park Bute Park and Arboretum () is a park in Cardiff, Wales. It comprises of landscaped gardens and parkland that once formed the grounds of Cardiff Castle. The park is named after the 3rd Marquess of Bute, whose family owned the castle. History and ...

(for

and Cardiff Castle) * Taff Mead Embankment (for Cardiff Central Station and Millennium Stadium) * Clarence Embankment (for

Butetown Butetown (or ''The Docks'', cy, Tre-biwt) is a district and community in the south of the city of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. It was originally a model housing estate built in the early 19th century by the 2nd Marquess of Bute, for whose t ...

) * Channel View (for Grangetown) * Mermaid Quay (for Cardiff Bay) * Barrage South (for Cogan and Penarth)

Fleet

*Cardiff Cats Ltd – ''Princess Royal'' – Built in Portishead in 1959 and carries 100 passengers *Cardiff Cats Ltd – ''Cygnet'' (Now sold off) *Cardiff Cats Ltd – ''Sapphire'' (Now retired) *Aquabus Water Transport Solutions Ltd – ''Seren-Y-Bae'' *Aquabus Water Transport Solutions Ltd – ''Hydro 1'' *Aquabus Water Transport Solutions Ltd – ''Enterprise''

Anniversary

The Cardiff Waterbus (Cardiff Cats Ltd.) celebrated its 10-year anniversary in April 2010. The fleet has clocked up 50,000 miles since operating on the routes, carrying an estimated 1,000,000 passengers.

References

External links

Cardiff Bay Cruises Ltd – trading as AquabusCardiff Cats Ltd (Cardiff Waterbus)
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