Aberystwyth Transport, Maps & Weather

Travel

For such a small town, so far off the beat and track, Aber' has a problem with the car. Most of the town's layout dates from well before the car but many people come into town by car to work, study and shop. Adding to this is the main coast road between north and south Wales which squeezes its traffic though the town. Aber' has an extensive one way system and there are gridlocks in town and most of the approach roads during the rush-hours. Many of the town's roads have double yellow lines, which leads to a game of 'musical chairs' as cars keep driving around the one-way system waiting for a parking space to free up.

All this despite there being a free year round park-and-ride scheme just 5 minutes walk from the centre of town (by the large car-park opposite the police compound). Watching the driver confusion at the imaginative road junction on North Parade, (where 2 'in' lanes combine then split into 3 'out' lanes) is becoming the new spectator sport.

Rail

The front of the old railway station is now a large pub, with the railway relegated to the side buildings next to platform 1. I don't know whether it's best to describe it as a railway station with a pub or a pub where trains pull into the lobby!

• The Cambrian Line (the journey from Shrewsbury to Aber) is one of the more beautiful railway journeys in Britain
• Arriva Trains Wales. run trains run every two hours during the day.
• Network Rail own the track and also provide train timetables
• See the information being displayed live on the departure screen on the platform of Aberystwyth train station
• Latest flood warning for the area around Dovey Junction NEW
• Shrewsbury to Aberystwyth Rail Passenger Association
• Virgin Trains / TheTrainLine allow you to buy train tickets on-line and also provide timetable information
• Qjump also allow you to buy train tickets on-line
• Sometimes the UK rail timetables pages produce 'odd' results. This German site has Europe wide railway timetables that can be to compared to the UK version.
• Cambrian Coaster Day Ranger Discount Tickets
• Cambrian Coast Evening Ranger Family Discount Tickets
• A day ticket called Tocyn TAITH - valid on most trains and buses in North Wales
• Vale of Rheidol railway timetable
• Trains Enthusiast

Coach / Bus

The local bus timetable tends to fall apart around rush hours also the buses can sometimes be too full to pick up any more passengers!

• National Express & Eurolines Bus Timetables
• Arriva Bus Timetables for Aberystwyth - inaccurate !!!
• X50 Cardigan - Aberporth - Synod Inn - New Quay - Aberaeron - Aberystwyth timetable Unstable Web Site
• X32 Bangor Porthmadog - Dolgellau - Machynlleth - Aberystwyth timetable
• X40/X41 (Aberystwyth, Aberaeron, Lampeter, Llandysul, Carmarthen, Swansea, Cardiff) Unstable Web Site
• Coach Travel Wales run the:

  X701

  Aberystwyth, Aberaeron, Lampeter, Carmarthen, Swansea, Cardiff

  X702

  Aberystwyth, Machynlleth, Cammaes, Dolgellau, Blaenau Ffestiiniog, Llandudno

  X703

  Aberystwyth, Goginan, Llangurig, Llandrindod Wells, Buith Wells, Heraford

  X707

  Aberystwyth, Machynlleth, Newtown, Welshpool, Oswestry, Wrexham, Chester, Manchester

  X712

  Aberystwyth, Machynlleth, Towyn, Dolgellau, Blaenau Ffestiiniog, Llandudno

• Aberystwyth Bus routes
• Ceredigion Bus Timetables Unstable Web Site
• Carmarthenshire Bus Timetables
• Gwynedd Bus Timetables
• Travel Line provides a journey planner that includes Bus, Coach, Train, Ferry & Airplane
• Transport Direct journey planner from the Department of Transport
• Arriva Aberystwyth Area weekly £9 bus ticket
• Freedom of Wales Flexi Pass single ticket for unlimited access most of the main trains and busses in Wales
• The £5 (South) West Wales Day Rover Ticket allows unlimited travel on most buses which start within Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire Unstable Web Site
• A similar ticket for £4.80 covering North West Wales is called the Red Rover Ticket
• A day ticket called Tocyn TAITH - valid on most trains and buses in North Wales

Car / Road Traffic

Please note: If you park in large car-park opposite the police compound, there is a free, year round bus service that loops around town every 15 minutes.

• The Electronic Yellow Pages list of Aberystwyth Taxies (The main taxi rank is just by the railway station)
• Planned Road Closures from the Mid Wales Trunk Road Agency
• Current Traffic Alerts from the Mid Wales Trunk Road Agency
• Mid Wales live travel news from the BBC
• Road Closures in Ceredigion Unstable Web Site
• Portable Traffic Lights in Ceredigion Unstable Web Site
• Map showing which local roads are salted in winter Unstable Web Site
• Ceredigion Council's winter gritting and snow clearing policy
• Although of little use for traffic conditions in west Wales the traffic-wales web site my be of use if your journey takes you to/through north or south Wales.
• The AA Route Planner. Type in two UK towns and this service will find a good route, and provide a detailed list of roads and turning junctions for the journey
• ViaMichelin provide a pan-European road route planning including the UK
• Mappy provide a road route planning for Europe including the UK
• British Car Rental
• Freewheelers Aberystwyth liftshare
• Mid-Wales Car Share

Cycling

• Ystwyth Cycling Club
• Grwpbeic Cycling Group
• Summit Cycles
• The Summit Cycles trail at Nant-yr-Arian Forestry Centre
• Online local Map from Sustrans (showing National Cycle Network)
• CycleStreets for Aberystwyth
• Ystwyth Trail 34km cycle trail mostly along the Ystwyth valley between Aber' & Tregaron (some of this trail is still incomplete)

Heliport

• Aberystwyth helipad (Blaendolau Playing Fields) is closed to civilian craft