New bus route linking Carmarthen and Bangor to launch by autumn

A coach service linking north and south Wales is to launch by the autumn, the Welsh government has said.

Multiple services will run daily using eight vehicles bought for the route, which will be about 90 minutes quicker than the current six-hour rail journey.

They will stop at Bangor railway station, Caernarfon, Porthmadog railway station, Dolgellau, Machynlleth, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth bus station, Aberaeron and Carmarthen railway station

The Welsh government said the service, which will cost about £2m to run in the first year, will improve connectivity, access to jobs, education and healthcare.

Deputy transport minister, Mark Hooper, said: “For decades, many rural communities have been ill-served by public transport, but this new coach service is the first step in improving connectivity between the north and the south of Wales.”