Newport Bus’s expansion

Thursday 22nd October 2026 Following Tuesday’s blog highlighting Kent Country’s expansion, this time I’m taking a look at how Newport Bus has expanded over the years to become a significant player in Monmouthshire and, more recently Herefordshire, many miles from its city based heartland in Newport. The company operates what it calls a Regional Network with its website helpfully displaying a route map showing how coverage now stretches from Hereford, Monmouth, Abergavenny and Pontypool north of Newport, and over to Chepstow, Bristol and the Forest of Dean in the east. Monmouth’s bus scene is now dominated by Newport Bus with a host of inter-urban routes serving Hereford, Abergavenny and Chepstow (via two different routes) as well as Newport. I’ve recently explored all five of these routes and recommend them as great ways to enjoy the spectacular scenery Monmouthshire has to offer. Longest standing of these routes is the 60 between Monmouth and Newport. It was back in 2011 when Newport…