26 Cardiff Greyfriars Road Stop GJ ↔ Blackwood Interchange

Operated by Stagecoach South Wales. First bus 06:30, last bus 22:35. 59 journeys on weekdays.

💷 The England fare cap doesn't apply in Wales — Stagecoach South Wales sets the fares on the 26. Check their website or the Traveline Cymru fare finder for current prices. Who travels free →

Timetable

Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. For times at your exact stop, open the stop's own page.

towards Blackwood Interchange · Monday to Friday towards Blackwood Interchange · Saturday towards Blackwood Interchange · Sunday towards Cardiff Greyfriars Road Stop GJ · Monday to Friday towards Cardiff Greyfriars Road Stop GJ · Saturday towards Cardiff Greyfriars Road Stop GJ · Sunday
26 towards Blackwood Interchange — Monday to Friday (28 journeys)
Greyfriars Road GJ ··07:3008:3009:3009:3610:3010:3611:3011:3612:3012:3613:3013:3614:3014:3615:3515:3515:3616:3616:4517:3617:4518:3618:4519:4520:4520:46
Three Elms (o/s) ··07:4408:4409:44·10:44·11:44·12:44·13:44·14:44·15:5015:50··17:03·18:02·····
Heath Park Way (entrance) ·····09:53·10:53·11:53·12:53·13:53·14:53··15:5316:53·17:53·18:5319:0320:0321:0321:03
Nine Giants (before) ·····10:05·11:05·12:05·13:05·14:05·15:05··16:0517:05·18:05······
Taffs Well Railway Station (after) ··07:5508:5709:57·10:55·11:55·12:55·13:55·14:55·16:0516:05··17:19·18:1519:0319:1420:1421:1421:13
Cross Keys Inn (opp) ··08:0009:0210:01·11:00·12:00·13:00·14:00·15:00·16:1116:12··17:24·18:2119:1119:2120:2121:2121:21
Showcase Cinema (o/s) ·······················19:1319:2720:2721:2721:23
College (opp) ·················16:15·····19:1319:2720:2721:2721:23
Caerphilly Interchange Stand 9 (at) 06:3007:2708:2009:2210:2110:2511:2011:2512:2012:2513:2013:2514:2014:2515:2015:2516:3516:3916:2517:2517:4618:2518:4519:3019:4620:4621:4621:40
Llanbradach War Memorial (opp) 06:4307:4008:3509:3610:3510:3911:3411:3912:3412:3913:3413:3914:3414:3915:3415:3916:4916:5216:3917:3918:0018:3918:5919:4419:5920:5921:5921:54
Ystrad Fawr Hospital (opp) 06:5007:4708:4209:4210:4110:4511:4011:4512:4012:4513:4013:4514:4014:4515:4015:4516:5516:5916:4517:4518:0618:4519:0519:5020:0521:0522:0522:00
Blackwood Bus Station Stand 9 07:0508:0508:5709:5710:5610:5911:5511:5912:5512:5913:5513:5914:5414:5915:5815:5917:1117:1516:5917:5918:2018:5919:1920:0420:1921:1922:1922:14

Route map

All stops on route 26

26 towards Blackwood Interchange

  1. Greyfriars Road GJ Cardiff
  2. Blackweir (o/s) Blackweir
  3. Maindy Stadium (opp) Maindy
  4. Parkfield Place (after) Maindy
  5. North Road Clinic (o/s) Gabalfa
  6. Corbett Road (before) Cathays Park
  7. The Philog (o/s 154) Whitchurch
  8. The Philog (o/s 72) Whitchurch
  9. Ararat Church (opp) Whitchurch
  10. Three Elms (o/s) Whitchurch
  11. Merthyr Road Shops (o/s Coral) Whitchurch
  12. Penlline Court (after) Whitchurch
  13. Hollybush Inn (opp) Coryton
  14. Whitchurch Hospital (after) Whitchurch
  15. Village Hotel (o/s) Coryton
  16. Dental Hospital (o/s) University Hospital of Wales
  17. Childrens Unit (opp) University Hospital of Wales
  18. Heath Hospital Main Entrance (o/s) University Hospital of Wales
  19. Heath Park Way (entrance) University Hospital of Wales
  20. Rhydhelig Ave (o/s 44) Heath
  21. Birchgrove 2 (o/s Chemist) Birchgrove
  22. Heol y Forlan (before) Whitchurch
  23. Manor Way (o/s 15) The Philog
  24. Westfield Road (after) Whitchurch
  25. Manor Rise (after) Whitchurch
  26. High School (o/s) Whitchurch
  27. Tyn y Parc Road (before) Whitchurch
  28. Brocastle Road (after) Whitchurch
  29. Hospital (opp) University Hospital of Wales
  30. Summerfield Place (after) Birchgrove
  31. Phoenix Estate (Before) Birchgrove
  32. Ty Wern Road (after) Birchgrove
  33. Birchgrove Station (after) Llanishen
  34. Heol Iscoed (before) Llanishen
  35. Thornhill Road (o/s 47) Llanishen
  36. Nine Giants (before) Llanishen
  37. Johnston Road (opp) Llanishen
  38. Thornhill Crematorium (before) Thornhill
  39. Crematorium Top (after) Thornhill
  40. Manor Parc (o/s) Thornhill
  41. Capel Gwilym (after) Thornhill
  42. Travellers Rest (opp) Thornhill
  43. Ridgeway Golf Club (before) Thornhill
  44. Ffordd Waun Waelod (after) Watford
  45. Congregational Church (opp) Watford
  46. Watford Fach (Pen yr Allt Path) (nr) Watford
  47. Heol Waun Waelod (after) Watford
  48. Beech Tree View (after) Caerphilly
  49. The Moat House (before) Caerphilly
  50. Taffs Well Railway Station (after) Taffs Well
  51. Castle House (before) Taffs Well
  52. Taffs Well Inn (o/s) Taffs Well
  53. Glan-y-llyn Square (after) Glan-y-llyn
  54. Cross Keys Inn (opp) Nantgarw
  55. Oxford Street (opp 47) Nantgarw
  56. Day Centre (o/s) Treforest Industrial Estate
  57. Peacock`s Warehouse (o/s) Treforest Industrial Estate
  58. Showcase Cinema (o/s) Nantgarw
  59. Cross Keys Inn (nr) Nantgarw
  60. ESIS (o/s) Nantgarw
  61. College (opp) Nantgarw
  62. Tawelfryn (opp) Nantgarw
  63. Aero Engine Works (o/s) Nantgarw
  64. Cwrt Rawlin Inn (opp) Castle View
  65. Martin's Farm (before) Aber
  66. Aber Station (opp) Aber
  67. Crescent Road (before) Caerphilly
  68. The Piccadilly (Nantgarw Road) (before) Caerphilly
  69. Caerphilly Library / The Twyn (opp) Caerphilly
  70. Castle Court Bandstand (o/s) Caerphilly
  71. Caerphilly Interchange Stand 9 (at) Caerphilly
  72. South Gate Square Caerphilly
  73. Castle Entrance (o/s) Caerphilly
  74. The Piccadilly (Pontygwindy Road) (before) Caerphilly
  75. Kwikfit (o/s) Pontygwindy
  76. The Green Lady (before) Pontygwindy
  77. ASDA (o/s) Pontygwindy
  78. Pontygwindy Industrial Estate (o/s) Pontygwindy
  79. Mountain View (adj) Pwllypant
  80. Coed y Brain (opp 57) Llanbradach
  81. Lewis Terrace (adj) Llanbradach
  82. Ffrwd Terrace (opp Pleasant Surroundings) Llanbradach
  83. Llanbradach War Memorial (opp) Llanbradach
  84. Wingfield Hotel (after) Llanbradach
  85. Victoria Street (before) Llanbradach
  86. The Rise (nr) Llanbradach
  87. Dyffryn Business Park (after) Ystrad Mynach
  88. The Coopers Arms (before) Ystrad Mynach
  89. Ystrad Fawr Hospital (opp) Ystrad Mynach
  90. Dance Centre (after) Ystrad Mynach
  91. Underwood Avenue (before) Maesycwmmer
  92. The Boot (nr) Maesycwmmer
  93. The Angel (o/s) Maesycwmmer
  94. Gelli-deg (before) Maesycwmmer
  95. The Crown Inn (opp) Bryn
  96. Gelli Lane (after) Bryn
  97. The Bird In Hand (before) Pontllanfraith
  98. Avicenna Medical Centre (opp) Pontllanfraith
  99. Tredegar Junction (after) Pontllanfraith
  100. Blackwood Gate Retail Park (opp) Blackwood
  101. Blackwood Bus Station Stand 9 Blackwood

26 towards Cardiff Greyfriars Road Stop GJ

  1. Blackwood Bus Station Stand 5 Blackwood
  2. Blackwood Gate Retail Park (o/s) Blackwood
  3. Avicenna Medical Centre (after) Pontllanfraith
  4. The Bird In Hand (after) Pontllanfraith
  5. Gelli Lane (after) Bryn
  6. The Crown Inn (before) Bryn
  7. Gelli-deg (after) Maesycwmmer
  8. Maesycwmmer Shops (o/s) Maesycwmmer
  9. The Boot (adj) Maesycwmmer
  10. Underwood Avenue (after) Maesycwmmer
  11. Dance Centre (opp) Ystrad Mynach
  12. Ystrad Fawr Hospital (o/s) Ystrad Mynach
  13. The Coopers Arms (after) Ystrad Mynach
  14. Dyffryn Business Park (after) Ystrad Mynach
  15. The Rise (nr) Llanbradach
  16. Heol Ty Gwyn (after) Llanbradach
  17. Wingfield Hotel (before) Llanbradach
  18. Ffrwd Terrace (o/s Pleasant Surroundings) Llanbradach
  19. Llanbradach War Memorial (after) Llanbradach
  20. Llanbradach Post Office (after) Llanbradach
  21. Coed y Brain (o/s 71) Llanbradach
  22. Cedar Tree (before) Pwllypant
  23. Pontygwindy Industrial Estate (opp) Pontygwindy
  24. Pontygwindy Inn (o/s) Pontygwindy
  25. The Green Lady (after) Pontygwindy
  26. Virginia View (before) Pontygwindy
  27. The Piccadilly (Pontygwindy Road) (after) Caerphilly
  28. Castle Court Bandstand (o/s) Caerphilly
  29. Caerphilly Library / The Twyn (opp) Caerphilly
  30. Caerphilly Interchange Stand 7 (at) Caerphilly
  31. Wesley Methodist Chapel (o/s) Caerphilly
  32. Crescent Road (after) Caerphilly
  33. Aber Station (o/s) Aber
  34. Martin's Farm (after) Aber
  35. Cwrt Rawlin Inn (o/s) Castle View
  36. Aero Engine Works (after) Nantgarw
  37. Tawelfryn (adj) Nantgarw
  38. Cross Keys Inn (nr) Nantgarw
  39. College (opp) Nantgarw
  40. ESIS (opp) Nantgarw
  41. Showcase Cinema (opp) Nantgarw
  42. Peacock`s Warehouse (opp) Treforest Industrial Estate
  43. College (o/s) Nantgarw
  44. Oxford Street (o/s 39) Nantgarw
  45. Day Centre (before) Treforest Industrial Estate
  46. Trefforest Estate Offices (nr) Treforest Industrial Estate
  47. Cross Keys Inn (before) Nantgarw
  48. Glan-y-llyn Square (before) Glan-y-llyn
  49. Taffs Well Inn (opp) Taffs Well
  50. Castle House (o/s) Taffs Well
  51. Taffs Well Railway Station (before) Taffs Well
  52. Ynys Bridge (before) Tongwynlais
  53. Odet Court (opp) Coryton
  54. Hollybush Inn (o/s) Coryton
  55. Whitchurch Hospital (after) Whitchurch
  56. Whitchurch Library (opp) Whitchurch
  57. Plas y Llan (after) Whitchurch
  58. Merthyr Road Shops (o/s Opticians) Whitchurch
  59. Three Elms (opp) Whitchurch
  60. Ararat Church (after) Whitchurch
  61. The Philog (o/s 71) Whitchurch
  62. Caedelyn Road (after) Whitchurch
  63. Tyn y Parc Road (after) Whitchurch
  64. Heol Nest (after) Whitchurch
  65. Pantbach Place (before) Birchgrove
  66. Cross Inn (before) Birchgrove
  67. The Moat House (after) Caerphilly
  68. Watford Fach (Pen yr Allt Path) (nr) Watford
  69. Heol Waun Waelod (opp junct) Watford
  70. Congregational Church (o/s) Watford
  71. Ffordd Waun Waelod (before) Watford
  72. Mountain Top Snackbar (nr) Thornhill
  73. Ridgeway Golf Club (after) Thornhill
  74. Travellers Rest (o/s) Thornhill
  75. Capel Gwilym (before) Thornhill
  76. White Lodge (before) Thornhill
  77. Manor Parc (opp) Thornhill
  78. Crematorium Top (before) Thornhill
  79. Johnston Road (adj) Llanishen
  80. Thornhill Crematorium (after) Thornhill
  81. Nine Giants (after) Llanishen
  82. Thornhill Road (nr 28) Llanishen
  83. Birchgrove Station (before) Llanishen
  84. Caerphilly Crossroads (after) Llanishen
  85. Maes-y-Coed Road (after) Birchgrove
  86. Lidl (o/s) Birchgrove
  87. Pedair Erw Road (after) Birchgrove
  88. Heol Dyfed (before) Birchgrove
  89. Birchgrove (after) Birchgrove
  90. Rhydhelig Ave (o/s 51) Heath
  91. Childrens Unit (opp) University Hospital of Wales
  92. Heath Park Way (entrance) University Hospital of Wales
  93. Heath Hospital Main Entrance (o/s) University Hospital of Wales
  94. Gabalfa Interchange 6 (o/s) Gabalfa
  95. St Josephs Convent (o/s former) Gabalfa
  96. Cathays High School (o/s) Maindy
  97. Blackweir (opp) Blackweir
  98. Rosemount (after) Blackweir
  99. College Road RK (o/s) Cathays Park
  100. Law Courts RJ (o/s) Cathays Park
  101. Greyfriars Road GJ Cardiff

Service history & registered changes

From official Traffic Commissioner registrations. All service changes →

Towns & areas on this route

CardiffCaerphillyBlackwoodLlanishenPontllanfraithWhitchurchHeathThornhillGabalfaBirchgroveYstrad MynachNantgarw

Frequently asked questions

What time is the first 26 bus?

The first 26 departure on weekdays leaves at 06:30 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).

What time is the last 26 bus?

The last 26 on weekdays leaves its first stop at 22:35. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.

How much does the 26 bus cost?

The England fare cap doesn't apply in Wales — Stagecoach South Wales sets the fares on the 26. Check their website or the Traveline Cymru fare finder for current prices.

Who runs the 26 bus?

The 26 is operated by Stagecoach South Wales.

Timetable data from the operator via the DfT Bus Open Data Service. Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.