{"id":11411,"date":"2015-12-11T16:41:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T16:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=11411"},"modified":"2015-12-11T16:41:15","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T16:41:15","slug":"the-secret-cardiff-transport-interchange-project-is-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/global-city\/the-secret-cardiff-transport-interchange-project-is-on-the-way","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;Secret&#8217; Cardiff Transport Interchange Project is On the Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A new bus interchange will open in summer 2018 and the costs of the ambitious scheme will remain confidential.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11416\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11416\" style=\"width: 511px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/32.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11416\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/32-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"511\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/32-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/32-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/32.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11416\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/32-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"511\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/32-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/32-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/32.jpg 615w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Proposed interchange in Cardiff city centre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The interchange&#8217;s concept design includes bus station, airport style lounge, bike repair shop, restaurant and caf\u00e9 with a glass canopy linking the train station to bus station.<\/p>\n<p>It is regarded as one of the most ambitious regeneration schemes the city has seen in decades, the council say they will bring in a consultant to assess the multi-million pounds cost of the scheme, but until the final design is signed off, any costs are estimations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/42.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-11420 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/42-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"449\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/42-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/42-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/42-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/42-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/42.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11420 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/42-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"449\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/42-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/42-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/42-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/42-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/42.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peter Piper, a worker who lives in Cardiff, says: \u201cWhat a joke! A very bad one at that. Illustration of a high rise multi purpose drive through building. Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, will have a &#8216;transport hub&#8217; housed under a corner of the new capital square. For a city striving to eliminate car traffic from its centre, this will do nothing&#8211;an inadequate scheme that cannot possibly cope with bus routes into and out of the city. 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