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St. Donats Road, CARDIFF, CF11 8AL

Home of Cardiff City FC. The floodlights tower above the old grandstand which carries advertising on its roof. The club is currently [2007] negotiating to move soon to a new stadium in the same vicinity. View taken from Ninian Park Station.

Controlled Zone ahead - permit parking only during zone hours 8am-10pm. The text is also in Welsh.

This photo shows a line-up of preserved Cardiff buses with the depot to the far left. The vehicles from left to right are: a) 258 (G258 HUH) a 1990 Leyland Lynx with an integral Leyland body seating 49 b) 143 (N143 PTG) a 1996 Optare Metrorider midibus seating 31. Withdrawn from service in 2008. c) 408 (408 DBO) a 1963 AEC Regent V with an East Lancashire Coachbuilders body seating 63 (35 on upper deck and 28 on lower deck). It is in the original City of Cardiff Transport livery of crimson and cream. Withdrawn from service in 1979. d) 377 (Y377 GAX) a 2001 Dennis Dart SLF with a Plaxton Pointer body seating 41. Withdrawn from service in 2019. e) 360 (WTG 360T) a 1979 Bristol VRT with an Alexander body seating 75 (44 on upper deck and 31 on lower deck) and a detachable roof for it to work on city tours during the summer months. Withdrawn from service in 1999. f) 434 (ABO 434B) a 1964 Guy Arab V with a Neepsend body seating 65 (37 on upper deck and 28 on lower deck). It was converted to open top in 1974 to operate on city tours. Withdrawn from service in 1982. g) 512 (MBO 512F) a 1968 AEC Swift with an Alexander body seating 47 in the crimson and cream livery. Withdrawn from service in 1975. h) 407 (NDW 407X) a 1982 Volvo-Ailsa with Northern Counties body 74 (39 on the upper deck and 35 on the lower deck). It is in the orange and white livery introduced by Cardiff City Transport in the early 1970s. Withdrawn from service in 2007.

Ninian Park, home of Cardiff City Football Club, the only non-English team to have ever won the FA cup, by beating Arsenal in 1927, 1-0 with a goal in the 74th minute from Ferguson.

This photo shows a line up of ten modern buses in different liveries with visitors to the Open Day admiring them. They are from left to right: a) 551 (CN17 BGK) a 2017 ADL E20D with ADL Enviro 200 MMC bodywork seating 33 b) 251 (CE63 NZF) a 2013 ADL E20D with ADL Enviro 200 seating 39 c) 147 (CX12 FLD) a 2012 Mercedes-Benz Citaro O530 L seating 41 d) 133 (CN17 FZU) a 2017 Mercedes-Benz O295 seating 41 e) 434 (CE71 YCB) a 2021 Yutong E12 electric bus seating 37 f) 423 (CE71 YXH) identical to 434 g) 419 (CE71 YDA) identical to 434 h) 408 (CE71 YCM) identical to 434 i) 358 (YT10 UWR) a 2010 Scania N270 UD with Optare OmniDekka bodywork seating 84 (51 on the upper deck and 33 on the lower deck) j) 351 (YT10 UWJ) identical to 358

This photo shows the coat of arms on the side of AEC Swift 512 (MBO 512F) which entered service with City of Cardiff Transport in 1968 but was sold to another bus operator in 1975. The coat of arms is explained at https://www.heraldry-wiki.com/heraldrywiki/wiki/Cardiff. They are still used by Cardiff City Council but no longer appear on the side of Cardiff's buses.

Looking towards the crossover which enables trains to change tracks on the approach to, or departure from, Ninian Park station. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2004965

Demolition work at Ninian Park, the former home of Cardiff City FC. The new stadium is now across the road (behind camera). http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/Home/0,,10335,00.html