Capital City Green (Route 27)
Overview
Vehicle	Scania CN270UB 4x2 EB OmniCity
Route
Start	The Hayes
Via	Queen Street station,National Museum,Cathays station,Maindy,Mynachdy,Birchgrove,Heath,Llanishen,Thornhill,Birchgrove,Heath,Blackweir,Cardiff Castle,Westgate Street
End	The Hayes
Length	12.1 miles (19.4 km)
Service
Frequency	10–30 min.
Journey time	57 min.

Capital City Green was the branding of the bus service27Cardiff, operated byCardiff Bus. The route ran from thecity centre to the north of the city, serving theMaindy,Mynachdy,Birchgrove,Heath,Llanishen andThornhill districts.

The service formed part of the widerCardiff Bus network and was one of three services initially introduced on the network, to have a unique branding, along withBaycar andCapital City Red.

The upgraded service was introduced in 2007 when Cardiff Bus deployed on the route six out of 15 newScania OmniCity vehicles which it had purchased at a cost of £2.5 million.^[1]

Prior to the 1940s, Cardiff trams ran as far north as Gabalfa from the city centre.^[2] The trams were replaced withCardiff trolleybuses in the 1940s until the 1960s when the transition to motor buses began and was completed by 1970.^[3] At the time, routes to areas in the west of Cardiff such asCaerau andCulverhouse Cross carried the number27. Birchgrove and Llanishen were served by the 28B and Thornhill by the 29, which still exist today, running on a different route the 27,^[4] making the 27 a newer route.

TheScania OmniCity vehicles had their own two tone green livery, equipped with seats with leather headrests,air-conditioning, reserved spaces for buggies and wheelchairs,CCTV, on-bus screens with local travel information andBBC News 24 bulletins, hearing induction loop and next stop information. When introduced, the backs of six of the vehicles featured images and stories of regular commuters.^[5]

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Legend
Thornhill Llanishen Birchgrove station Birchgrove Heath Gabalfa Interchange Maindy Cathays station Cathays Park City Centre Kingsway Dumfries Place Westgate Street The Hayes (Central Library)

The 12.1 mile long route circles the city centre anti-clockwise before heading north past theCivic Centre andCathays railway station, throughMaindy,Heath,Birchgrove. It passes throughThornhill andLlanishen in a clockwise route and returns south to the city centre via Blackweir instead of Cathays.

Amongst the place served (from south to north) are:

• Cardiff Castle
• Millennium Stadium
• The Hayes
• Cardiff Central Library
• Cardiff International Arena
• Cardiff Queen Street railway station
• Capitol Centre
• Cathays Park (National Museum Cardiff)
• Cathays railway station
• Cardiff University
• Birchgrove railway station
• Thornhill Crematorium

During city centre closures on Friday and Saturday nights, the route does not circle the city centre, but instead operates directly betweenThe Hayes and Queen Street Station, not stopping at Kingsway, Dumfries Place or Westgate Street.

• Baycar
• Bus transport in Cardiff
• Transport in Cardiff

• Capital City Green route map and timetable^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• Cardiff Bus websiteArchived 5 January 2010 at theWayback Machine

• Transport in Cardiff
• Bus transport in Wales
• Bus transport in Cardiff
• Bus routes in Wales

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