New Adventure Travel (N.A.T.) celebrates Catch the Bus week by running events all around South Wales

Catch the Bus Week is an annual celebration of the bus organised by Greener Journeys, to recognise the importance of buses to the UK’s transport mix. It aims to increase awareness of the benefits of bus travel and encourage people who don’t usually think of catching the bus to leave their cars at home and give it a try. 

N.A.T. is running a number of events during the catch the bus week to talk to existing customers and to encourage new users. We would encourage all customers to come along and have their say.

As part of this initiative, passengers will be able to meet with N.A.T. Group representatives at the following locations:

Monday 4 July 2016 – Newport N1 and N4 services

N.A.T. Managers will be travelling on the N1 and N4 services over school and commuter travel time. The specific services where customers will be able to sit and chat to the team are:

Service N1 

Service N4

Tuesday 5 July 2016 – Barry

Working in conjunction with Bus Users Cymru, N.A.T. staff will be attending a ‘Your Bus Matters’ event on Tuesday 5 July from 10:00 – 14:00 on King’s Square in Barry. The event will take place in a N.A.T. bus and customers are welcome to come along and grab some timetables and to meet staff to discuss their journeys.

Tuesday 5 July 2016 – Cardiff to Bridgend services 303 and 304

N.A.T. Managers will be travelling on the 303 and 304 services over school and commuter travel time. The specific services where customers will be able to sit and chat to the team are:

Wednesday 6 July 2016 - Cardiff

Working in conjunction with Bus Users Cymru, N.A.T. staff will be attending a ‘Your Bus Matters’ event on Wednesday 6 July from 09:30 – 13:30 in St David’s Hall (Level 5). Customers are welcome to come along and grab some timetables and to meet staff to discuss their journeys.

Wednesday 6 July 2016 – Cardiff services X1 and X11

N.A.T. Managers will be travelling on the X1 and X11 services over school and commuter travel time. The specific services where customers will be able to sit and chat to the team are:

Service X1

Service X11

Thursday 7 July 2016 – Pontypridd services 102 and 106

N.A.T. Managers will be travelling on the 102 and 106 services over school and commuter travel time. The specific services where customers will be able to sit and join the team are:

Service 102

Service 106

Friday 8 July 2016 – Neath – Meet the Team

N.A.T. will be outside Morrisons in Angel Square in Neath from 10:00 – 14:00 giving out timetables, free bus tickets and listening to suggestions from customers. The Neath network has increased significantly in recent times and the company is keen to get passenger feedback so even more improvements can be made. In the spirit of ‘Catch the Bus’ week, there will be 100 free bus tickets to be given out to encourage new bus users.

Friday 8 July 2016 – Swansea, Neath and Gower services 41, 59, X6 and 118

N.A.T. Managers will be travelling on the 41, 59, X6 and 118/119 services over school and commuter travel time. The specific services where customers will be able to sit and join the team are:

Service 41                                                                  

Service 59                          

Service X6

Service 118

Saturday 9 July 2016 – Newport – Meet the Team

N.A.T. will in a N.A.T. bus outside Tesco in Spytty Retail Park from 10:00 – 14:00 giving out timetables, free bus tickets and listening to suggestions from customers. The Newport network has increased significantly recently and is receiving lots of positive comments. However, N.A.T. is aware that there is always more to be done so is keen to meet with passenger to listen to feedback. In the spirit of ‘Catch the Bus’ week, there will be 100 free bus tickets to be given out to encourage new bus users.

Kevyn Jones, Managing Director, said: “We listen to our customers’ feedback all the time but find that it’s also really important to meet with passengers on a regular basis. Whilst Catch the Bus week is an ideal opportunity to do this, we certainly do not limit our interaction to just this one week. We like to encourage passengers to get in touch at any time and to come and visit us at a number of events we take part in during the year.”

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For more information, please visit the New Adventure Travel website here.