{"id":34076,"date":"2018-10-28T22:04:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T22:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=34076"},"modified":"2018-10-28T22:04:12","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T22:04:12","slug":"cardiffs-3-year-old-temporary-bus-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/global-city\/cardiffs-3-year-old-temporary-bus-stop","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff&#8217;s 3-year old &#8220;Temporary&#8221; bus stop!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>In August 2015, the bus stop for National Express coaches was shifted to its temporary location outside Sophia Gardens. Awaiting the new location, the bus stop has been here for 3 years and it doesn&#8217;t\u00a0look like it&#8217;s going anywhere anytime soon.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34081\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-34081 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/Bus-Stop-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34081 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/Bus-Stop-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>People enjoying the beautiful view of Sophia Gardens while waiting for their buses at the bus stop<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was originally supposed to be shifted to the permanent location by 2017. After a quick chat with one of the Customer Service Advisers of National Express, Anthony, he says, &#8220;We are now told that the bus stop will be relocated to its permanent address\u00a0by 2020.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34080\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34080\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/Anthony-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34080\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/Anthony-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>Customer Service Adviser, Anthony happily striking a pose<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This temporary bus stop is located at one of the most beautiful gardens in the city, Sophia Gardens. Sophia Gardens is the largest park in Riverside, Cardiff.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34085\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34085\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34085\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/The-Walk-625x1111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"1111\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34085\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34085\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/The-Walk-625x1111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"1111\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>Capturing the beauty of Sophia Gardens, the location of the bus stop<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34086\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34086\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34086\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/Ticket-counter-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34086\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/Ticket-counter-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>The Ticket counter for the Nation Express Coaches near the bus stop<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34083\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34083\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34083\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/Police-625x391.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"391\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34083\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/Police-625x391.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"391\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>Two police officers go on rounds every day on their horses starting from this bus stop<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34094\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34094\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-34094 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/Bay-1-625x452.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"452\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34094\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34094 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/10\/Bay-1-625x452.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"452\" \/><\/noscript> <strong>The place for the buses to park<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Express Coaches got a new temporary home, but who knew that it was going to stay around and become a main bus stop for the people in Cardiff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":481,"featured_media":34081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"coauthors":[722],"class_list":["post-34076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-city"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cardiff&#039;s 3-year old &quot;Temporary&quot; bus stop! 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