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Leader Live
13-07-2025
- Leader Live
Details on how to get to the Eisteddfod in Wrexham
This year's event in Wrexham will run from August 2-9 with thousands expecting to visit. Wrexham Council has shared advice on transportation and parking ahead of this year's Eisteddfod Wrecsam - leaving you plenty of time to plan ahead! Wrexham General train station is one of the main stations between north and south Wales, and it also links to the north Wales Main Line via the Wrexham to Bidston service. Trains will run regularly throughout the day and late into the evening. Wrexham has a wide network of public buses running throughout the day and evening. (Image: Wrexham Council) TrawsCymru service T3 will also serve the Maes every 2 hours from Wrexham Bus Station. The T3 service opens up direct access to the Maes from Barmouth, Dolgellau, Bala, Corwen and Llangollen. A free shuttle bus service will run frequently between the train station, the bus station in the city centre and the Maes throughout the day and late into the night. These buses are low-level vehicles, suitable for wheelchairs. More information available soon. Need to travel by car to the Eisteddfod? Make sure you follow the yellow 'Eisteddfod' signs to get to the Maes. Maes B, the caravan and family campsite, Hwyrnos, the Maes B campsite and the car parks are all close to the Eisteddfod Maes in Is-y-coed. Signs will encourage everyone to approach the Maes from junction 6 (Gresford) on the A483. Traffic from the A55 will follow the signs from the traffic lights at the junction of the A483 and the B5445 (Belgrave), and will be directed south to junction 6 (Gresford) on the A483. Traffic from the direction of Mold on the A541 (junction 5, A483), Ruthin area on the A525 (junction 4, A483), Rhosllannerchrugog area on the B5605 (junction 3, A483), Johnstown on the B5426, Bangor Road (junction 2, A483) and Llangollen / Dee Valley area on the A5 (junction 1, A483) will be directed northbound to junction 6 (Gresford) on the A483. Read more Traffic from the Oswestry area on the A5 (including south Wales traffic) will leave the A483 at junction 6 (Gresford). Traffic from the A525 Bangor on Dee area will pick up signage on the approach to the south side of the industrial estate at Cross Lanes traffic lights. Traffic will be advised to turn right here on to the B5130 towards Holt, passing through Talwrn and Bowling Bank before turning left on to Ridley Wood Road. Follow the signs to the car parks and please don't park on the side of the road. Remember to follow our stewards' instructions in the car park. They're here to help you as you arrive and leave the car park. Parking is free. Disabled visitors with a blue badge should follow the signs to the disabled car park.
Yahoo
31-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Full list of all the bus fares that have risen in Wales
Across Wales transport services have announced a rise in prices due to financial pressures affecting the companies. Passengers are left having to pay more for their journeys as the bus companies are having to pay more to provide the services. Multiple bus companies throughout the country have increased within the first three months of this year. First Bus, Stagecoach and Cardiff Bus have increased the prices whilst TrawsCymru changed the way they charge passengers. Adventure Travel also announced that "due to the impact of NI increases on the company" they increased their C1 bus short hope fare to £2 from March 31, but have chosen to freeze other charges. Read the biggest stories in Wales first by signing up to our daily newsletter here READ MORE: 'Our Welsh village was absolutely brilliant. Now we feel let down and forgotten' READ MORE: Drivers warned as eight road closures to hit the M4 Since March 2, TrawsCymru changed their services, allowing passengers to pay depending on how far they travel. Adult single tickets on select services now start at £1.50 and are capped at £4, meaning that no passenger will pay than £4. Read further detail on the new system here. In February, Stagecoach South Wales announced that some fares would see an increase whilst others were reduced or left unchanged. The desicion to change the fare prices comes as managing director, Martin Gibbon, claimed that they are absorbing price increases but the change of fares "reflect the current climate" and are a "necessity to keep our services running across the region." The bus operator increased adult single fares on average by 25p, while adult dayrider fares increased on average by 56p. However, adult single fares from Cwmbran to Newport and Pontypridd to Cardiff were reduced by 50p and 80p respectively to a new fare of £3.50. Read the full details of the change here. First Bus increased the prices of their fares this month as the operator faced 'higher costs'. The cost of single tickets will remain the same from Sunday, March 30 whilst the price of a day ticket will increase by £1 for adults and a three-day ticket will go up by £2.50. Read more about the changes here. Rob Pymm, commercial director for First Bus in Wales, said: 'Our changes in fares come at a time when we're continuing to invest in our services, including last autumn when we were able to restore some services, add extra journeys, and extend routes across south Wales. While we, like many businesses, continue to face higher costs we've worked hard to minimise the increases to ensure bus travel remains the cheapest and most sustainable form of transport." Also from Sunday, March 30, Cardiff Bus has increased its fares across the network as it grapples with 'cost pressures'. The firm recently announced that it was impacted by "several cost pressures" that will see passengers paying more to travel. Read more about it here. Cardiff Bus wrote: "We are seeing several cost pressures on running our services and we are therefore having to revising prices of our tickets from March 30, 2025. Costs are rising across all areas of our operation which are outside of our control, for example forthcoming changes to National Employer Contributions. "These changes mean we must review our prices to remain sustainable and continue to provide our network of services. We can, and do, as much as possible to minimise any cost rises as we recognise the impact price changes have for our customers."
