TaithCymru connects north and south

Thursday 29th October 2026 After the Mayor of London finally got his pedestrianised Oxford Street ‘dream come true’ (see Tuesday’s blog) there’s been another ‘dream come true’ this week and that’s for the new ruling Plaid Cymru politicians in Wales desirous of a long held ambition for a faster public transport service linking north and south across the country. The new TaithCymru branded express coach route launched on Sunday linking Bangor and Carmarthen via Caernarfon, Portmadog, Dolgellau, Machynlleth, Aberystwyth and Aberaeron. And if many of those towns sound familiar to north-south travellers, it’s because they’re all also on the long standing TrawsCymru network, in particular routes T2 (Bangor to Aberystwyth) and T1 (Aberystwyth to Carmarthen). But whereas a journey on the T2 and T1 takes just under four hours on the former (Bangor to Aberystwyth) and just under two and a half hours on the latter (Aberystwyth to Camarthen) making for a gruelling six and a half hours all told…