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Travel Links:-
- Traveline
Journey Planner - Will plot your public transport route to our
venues in England (Ellesmere, White Horse and Downland beanos). Phone:
0870 608 2 608.
- Traveline
Cymru Journey Planner - Will plot your public transport route
to our venues in Wales (West Coast & Snowdonia beanos).
Train:-
- The Trainline
- Train times, buy tickets and reserve seats for any train operator
in mainland UK. Input date and destination station, and it gives closest
match. It calculates the shortest journey between stations, which
may not be the best or cheapest route. Also it does not give information
about discount or special prices. Sometimes 2 single tickets booked
in advance work out cheaper than a return ticket! Whilst this service
(provided by Virgin Trains)
may be useful, we recommend that you pick up the phone and talk to
a human if you are looking for a cheaper fare. If you need to reserve
a ticket for your bike, you may have to go direct to the train operator's
website.
- First
Great Western Information Centre - A very useful site.
Check out "Taking Your Bicycle" for
pages of bike carriage information for all train operators, including
Virgin, Arriva, Gatewick Express, Eurostar, etc. Plus lots of other
info.
- South West Trains
- Train operator from London Waterloo to Portsmouth and the South
of England (for the Downland Beano). There are restrictions on cycle
carriage to/from Waterloo during peak hours: these do not apply if
you're travelling from/to stations beyond Guildford (which includes
Petersfield), but you're advised to double-check this with the company
before travelling, especially as some guards may not understand the
rules themselves. Reservations are needed on some routes, though not
on the Waterloo-Portsmouth route.
- Arriva
Trains Wales - Train operator for all local trains in Wales and
the Welsh Borders. Their on-line timetable (a version of The Trainline)
is useful for finding trains to all our Beanos – may not show
the cheapest fares available.
- Cross-Country Trains
- Operated by Arriva Trains. For trains from the North & Midlands
to Winchester for the Downland Beano.
- First
North Western - Train operator for North Wales line – useful
for trains between Manchester airport and Bangor for the Snowdonia
Beano.
- First
Great Western - Train operator between London (Paddington) and
South Wales. First Great Western's bicycle reservations are £1
per single journey if booked more than 2 hours before the train leaves
its starting point (£3 if not, space permitting). Up to 6 bikes
(including 1 tandem) carried in cycle racks in coach 'A' on their
High Speed Trains. Their new Adelante trains carry 3 bikes in coach
'E' at the rear (no tandems). For more up to date info visit their
bikes on trains page.
- Phone Rail Info - If you don't want to buy train tickets
online, phone (UK only) national train enquiries on 0845 7 48 49 50
(local rate call).
- National
Rail - The gateway to Britain's rail network. Lots of info about
cycling
by train (for a pdf leaflet download), train operators, live departure
boards, ticket types, engineering work and disruptions, etc.
- The
Bike/Rail Page - A to B Magazine's UK bikes on trains info page.
Regularly updated with bike restriction details for all the train,
ferry, and rail-link bus operators.
- Eurostar -
Cross-channel train info.
- Railways
in Wales - Contains some interesting info about routes, train
operators, and tourist attractions along the line.
Bus:-
- Arriva
Buses - Bus operator for Ellesmere Beano and the Snowdonia Beano.
For the Ellesmere timetable: click on Our Services>Bus>Midlands>Shrewsbury>#501.
For the Snowdonia timetables: click on Our Services>Bus>North
West & Wales>Bangor, then #5 & #5X to Caernarfon,
and change to #80 to Nantlle (see next entry below).
- Our Snowdonia Beano Bus Page
- Bus timetables between Bangor railway station and the Snowdonia
Beano venue.
- Gwynedd
Council - Has bus timetables for Snowdonia Beano. Includes the
#80 (operated by Silver Star) from Caernarfon to Nantlle (as well
as the Arriva bus services above). Their site is not easy to navigate,
so it is better to use our bus page above.
Boat:-
- Stenaline Ferries
- Ferries between the UK and mainland Europe, plus ferries between
Wales (Holyhead or Fishguard) and Ireland (Dun Laoghaire or Rosslare).
Plane:-
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