| Liverpool to Carmarthen - help needed............. Posted by Clan Line at 11:02, 15th December 2025 |     |
My grandson wishes to travel from Liverpool to Carmarthen, and back. The itineraries all seem to route him via Crewe/Stafford/Bristol - to me, a simpler, and possibly quicker, routing would appear to be via Crewe/Cardiff (Crewe to Cardiff using the mid-Wales line). He has done this trip, to Cardiff, before.
Ticket will be an off peak return + 16/17 Saver Card. Both ways on a Saturday
Can anyone offer any thoughts as to the use of the mid-Wales route as opposed to the Bristol route on this same ticket...........it would appear to be a shorter route too ! I think each leg of the route will be using a different ToC - could this affect it, or does this not apply to an OPR ticket ?
| Re: Liverpool to Carmarthen - help needed............. Posted by PhilWakely at 11:14, 15th December 2025 | |
£64.75 via Llandrindod Wells. Timings wise, there will be a big gap outward between 09:28 and 13:43
| Re: Liverpool to Carmarthen - help needed............. Posted by Mark A at 11:15, 15th December 2025 | |
To further trim the distance, is Liverpool - Chester - Shrewsbury an option too? Though, watch the connections at Chester perhaps as some aren't' good.
Mark
| Re: Liverpool to Carmarthen - help needed............. Posted by Mark A at 11:53, 15th December 2025 | |
The National Rail web site is happy to quote for... a route via Aberystwyth and then TfW's T1 bus - and also offers through fares, but not of the sort that people should buy - the site quotes Liverpool to Aberystwyth return as £44.05 but Liverpool to Carmarthen via Aberystwyth and the T1 bus as... £129.50 so possibly a prompt to explore split ticketing.
Mark
| Re: Liverpool to Carmarthen - help needed............. Posted by Oxonhutch at 12:13, 15th December 2025 | |
If it is one bus it should be capped at £3
| Re: Liverpool to Carmarthen - help needed............. Posted by rogerw at 12:48, 15th December 2025 | |
Route Hereford £64,75. Changing at Crewe in each direction. There are through trains from Crewe to Carmathan every 2 Hours
