Bus

Current Welsh Government guidance is to Keep Wales Safe and travel only if your journey’s essential. Please use public transport if it’s your only option for essential travel and don’t make unnecessary journeys or travel if you have any coronavirus symptoms.

A number of Wales’ bus operators are running reduced services:

so key workers can travel to and from work
so you can make essential journeys such as for essential shopping or medical needs
to keep staff as safe as possible

All bus operators across Wales have strict cleaning and safety measures in place to keep customers and staff as safe as possible. Find out more about cleaning here

Face coverings

You must wear a face covering on public transport to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus to other travellers and staff unless you’re exempt. Please bring a face covering with you and put it on before entering our stations or getting on your bus or train.

The Welsh Government recommends wearing a 3-layer face covering because physical distancing can be difficult to achieve on public transport.

Children under the age of 11, people with breathing difficulties or people with a physical or mental illness or impairment or disability don’t have to wear a face covering. Children over the age of 11 must wear a face covering unless they’re disabled or suffer from breathing difficulties.

The Welsh government's full list of exceptions can be found here

Find out more about wearing face coverings on public transport here.

Traveline Cymru

Traveline Cymru works in partnership with bus operators and local authorities to provide public transport information across Wales for bus, coach and train, as well as walking and cycling routes.

fflecsi

fflecsi is a new pilot service run by local bus operators in the Newport area and supported by TfW. It replaces a number of scheduled bus services to help keyworkers get to and from work and people to make essential journeys, allowing them to choose when to travel.

Safety is paramount, and we’ve designed fflecsi to carry passengers as safely as possible and knowing how many passengers we’re picking up means we can send the right size vehicle and maintain social distancing.

Help us – Travel Safer

We’re working hard:

so key workers can travel to and from work
so you can make essential journeys such as for essential shopping or medical needs
to keep staff safe

We want you to travel with confidence but we need your help which is why we’ve come up with some simple advice

Travel Safer

Stay safe - only travel if it’s essential to help those with no other option and don’t travel if you’re feeling unwell

Avoid busy periods - try not to touch surfaces like buttons, doors or your face and try to avoid eating.

Follow our latest travel advice, stay 2 metres apart, wash your hands or use hand sanitiser and please wear a face covering

Exercise while you travel - walk or cycle for short journeys if you can

Respect our staff and other passengers while you’re travelling

Need to travel?

Walk or cycle if you can, particularly for short journeys
Plan your journey and check before you travel
Allow more time for your journey
Travel at quieter times. It’s busier between 7:00 and 9:00 in the morning and 16:00 and 18:30 in the evening
Book your journey
Use contactless payments or buy your tickets online or at ticket machines
Wear a face covering unless you're exempt
Wash your hands for at least 20 seconds or use hand sanitiser regularly