Newport Bus Station

Newport Bus Station is by far nothing special. To be honest, it’s actually not that bad given the abysmal dead-​city state Newport is in (as Omoraka noted, plenty of closed shops dont’ make for much of an appealing atmosphere).
~ Atmosphere:
Came here midday and it was pretty packed with people coming in and out. The place was filthy, but then again Newport usually is. Thankfully, it’s in a great location right close to the city centre.
~ Ease of Use:
This bus station is really simple to navigate, with multiple gates and clear electronic signs showing the timetables of upcoming buses. It would be difficult to be confused here. Additionally, from my experience people line up in the great British queue pretty well so there’s never a mob of people crowding around a certain gate!
There’s not much to fault about this bus station. It does it’s job in an efficient manner and has easy to read signs to help you find your way!

Upon arrival to Newport station, I was not blown away.
The station looked very old, and needed a serious makeover. When I wanted to enquire about what bus to take, their office was on a bus, this was due to the fact that their office was getting a makeover.
National express coaches and normal bus service’s stop here.
In the bus station you have the gate numbers, which are separated by colourful handlebars where the passengers wait for their bus. You have the computerised timetable which shows the bus number and what time the bus is coming. That was properly the most modern thing about the bus station. You also had permanently closed shops in the station as well.
The city centre is right next to the station.
Well if and when I come back I hope that the station has a cosmetic makeover.

Just off Kingsway, this is Newport’s central bus hub. Served by main operator Newport Bus, as well as routes to all around the city and its surrounding suburbs/​valleys, there are several services an hour to Cardiff. If you want to escape Newport, then it’s also served by various National Express routes, while discount inter-​city travel operator Megabus also runs to London and Bristol a couple of times each day. Walking distance from Newport Train Station if you need to transfer to or from rail services, and close to the chief shopping streets, the local service prices are cheaper than standard singles in Cardiff. That’s the facts. The reality is Newport Bus Station is a desolate space full of empty stands, sufficient to put a downer on your day. Not quite as unsavoury as its Cardiff counterpart, it’s still far from an ideal hangout later at night. A fact to muse for a whole two seconds while waiting for the number 30: only Cardiff Bus Station is bigger in Wales, apparently.