New Bus Service for Powys and Shropshire Residents
Powys County Council have implemented a new bus service between Llanwrtyd Wells and Craven Arms.
The bus service, known as the X48, is being run by Celtic Travel, operating 6 days a week, excluding Sundays and Bank Holidays. Four buses are running per day from Craven Arms to Llandrindod Wells with some services continuing to Builth Wells and Llanwrtyd Wells.
We will continue to update this page as more information is made available to us so please check back.
The timetable for the X48 bus service can be viewed on the Traveline Cymru website here.
If you have any queries with regards to this service, please contact Traveline Cymru on 0800 464 00 00
Some important information to note:
- The stop at Builth is within the town NOT at Builth Road railway station.
- Between Builth Wells and Llanwrtyd Wells the service diverts via Beulah and therefore does not serve Llangammarch.
- This service is due to run until August 2025, at which point it will be reassessed.
- The service stops at Knighton bus station NOT Knighton railway station.
- If catching the bus there and the train back please purchase your return train ticket on the Transport for Wales App or website before commencing your journey, your train ticket will be accepted on the bus, but a bus ticket will not be accepted on the train.
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Mae’r flwyddyn hon yn nodi 200 mlwyddiant y rheilffordd fodern yn y DU ac mae Cymru’n paratoi i ddathlu’r garreg filltir hanesyddol hon.
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that Huw Francis, Trail Champion and Friend, had died after a short illness.
Passengers are urged to check before they travel between Swansea and Llandrindod later this month, when Network Rail will be carrying out essential engineering work at a viaduct on the Heart of Wales Line.
Mae Menter Dinefwr yn mynd ‘nôl â Llandeilo i Oes Fictoria! Menter Dinefwr are taking Llandeilo back to the Victorian era!
Roedd Ken Skates, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru, wedi lansio rhaglen addysgol diogelwch ar y rheilffyrdd yng Nghymru heddiw.
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as the Chair of the Heart of Wales Line Community Rail Partnership!
fel Cadeirydd Partneriaeth Rheilffyrdd Cymunedol Rheilffordd Calon Cymru!
