Capital City Red
| Capital City Red (Route 17/18) | |
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| Vehicle | Scania Omnicity (Articulated) |
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| Start | Westgate Street |
| Via | Cowbridge Road East, Canton, Victoria Park, Ely, Caerau, Ely, Victoria Park, Canton, Cowbridge Road East, Central Station |
| End | Westgate Street |
| Length | 9.4 miles (15 km) |
| Service | |
| Frequency | 5–10 min. |
| Journey time | 60 min. |
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Capital City Red is the branding of bus services 17 and 18 in Cardiff. The route runs from the city centre to the west of the city, serving the Canton, Ely and Caerau districts.
The service forms part of the wider Cardiff Bus network and is one of three services to have a unique branding, along with Baycar and Capital City Green.
The service was introduced in 2006 to improve infrastructure on the route, and with the aim to make the corridor the first Statutory Quality Bus Partnership in Wales.
In 1955, the furthest and final extension of Cardiff's trolleybus system came to Ely, where city trams had never run. In 1959, the Cardiff Corporation Transport trolleybus routes that were operating in Ely and Caerau were the 10 A/B (Ely – Canton – City Centre) and the 39(A) (Ely Bridge, City Centre – Rhiwbina).
The transition to motorbuses began in Cardiff began in 1962 and was completed by 1970 and the city has been served by motor buses ever since.
The Scania Omnicity articulated vehicles have their own red and green livery, are equipped with seats with leather headrests, air-conditioning, reserved spaces for buggies and wheelchairs, CCTV, on-bus screens with local travel information and BBC News 24 bulletins, hearing induction loop and next stop information. Cardiff Bus has 19 of such vehicles in their fleet valued at £235,000 each.
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