Generally the idea was that the vehicle would work through, but there were odd examples of vehicles returning whence they'd come. For example - a substitute vehicle may be of a type with which the 'other' driver was unfamiliar.
Getting to Rosslare for the 11.30pm ferry isn't too easy as there's no well-timed rail or bus service from Dublin. Going via Holyhead with a near-direct coach is a more comfortable option than changing in Wexford / Clarbeston Road or waiting for a few hours in Rosslare.
That will be the 7/X7 (which were the 6/X6 many years ago before the route was cancelled by Cumbria Council). But the reasons are different with the 7/X7- it is to allow for inter-working with the M1 (Millom Town Service) for crew changeover, avoid crew working the M1 only all day, and avoid dead working to and from Barrow for the M1.
Students going back to Aberystwyth after a night out in bangor or coming back home from the North of England. Its the same with the bus from Carmarthen whic h leaves at 0215 which connect with the train from cardiff
Few people from Bangor go for a night out in Bangor, let alone from Aberystwyth! That'll be a non-existent market, sadly.
Not clear if the coach waits for the ferry (or vice versa as railsail used to do in the good old days) either. The FAQs seem to imply if you miss the coach, that's it: enjoy an overnight at Holyhead.
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At a guess it would be the stop that the passenger wants to board at
I suspect that it's tied in with the 15 minutes that you are required to be at the stop before departure time. However, a lot about this service is still very vague, but hopefully more details will be firmed up before it starts running.
Not nearly so much now Bangor University has gone for the International market
Of course for Dolgellau in particular there might have been the option of the T3 to Barmouth (with M-F departures from Eldon Square on the T3 at 05:13 and 07:03 reaching Barmouth at 05:35 and 07:28 respectively) had TfW not withdrawn the early train from Barmouth (I forget whether that reached Machynlleth before 8am)?
I was wondering that too; particularly since some TrawsCymru services already appear in some of TfW's PDF rail timetable booklets. Perhaps they've done it this way because TaithCymru isn't going to offer 'walk-up' services or flexible 'anytime' tickets, unlike rail?
Agreed.
There are already multiple potential options a long-distance traveller could use. For example, starting with a TrawsCymru T5 from New Quay, depending on the relevant timetables, a passenger could change to TaithCymru at Aberaeron, to rail, TaithCymru or TrawsCymru (T2) at Aberystwyth, from one of those three to another in Machynlleth etc.
Agreed.
The journey planner doesn’t detail the location of each stop. Right up to the point of payment for a ticket it is simply ‘Porthmadog to Machynlleth’, in exactly the same way that the rail journey would be offered by the self-same TfW website.
The fares are technically 'flexible' since all fares are fixed price so you could just purchase a ticket 15 minutes before the service you want to take. It's not exactly walk-up but it's as close as you can get without the driver needing to sell tickets onboard.
There will be some differences but not many. In Bangor I'd presume the coach would run via Holyhead Road/Treborth Road or Caernarfon Road rather than down Penrhos Road, Caernarfon to Porthmadog it would just stay on the A487 rather than doing the stupid T2 diversion via Criccieth, and in Aberystwyth it would stick on the A487 rather than diverting off via Commins Coch.
There aren’t really too many alternative routes these coaches could take, away from the existing Traws Cymru routes.
OK thanks, I shall ride one for the vehicle, but not the whole route. I doubt I shall ride it over route T1 given that the route seems identical over that section.
That isn't actually a given, since the various TrawsCymru services between Carmarthen and Aberystwyth don't follow an identical route throughout. The 'T1' itself alternates between journeys via Llanwnnen and journeys via Pencarreg between Carmarthen and Lampeter. Meanwhile; the 'T1A' (a once-daily service that travels via Tregaron instead of Aberaeron) manages to travel via Llanwnnen northbound but the southbound working serves Pencarreg instead. However, since Lampeter isn't served by TaithCymru, the new express coach service is more-likely to follow a similar route to the T1C and T1X, both of which are once-daily services and travel via Llandysul (although that's also not served by TaithCymru) instead of Lampeter. Without the constraints of intermediate stops, I do wonder what roads TaithCyrmu is likely to use between Aberaeron and Carmarthen.