Travel optionsfrom Cardiff to Pontypool
How to get to Pontypool from Cardiff by train, bus, flight or ferry.
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The best way to travel from Cardiff to Pontypool is by taking a coach because it’s the best combination of price and speed.
22:430h51Cardiff23:34Trosnant Street£71One-way0 changes
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This is compared to other travel options from Cardiff to Pontypool:
A coach is £5 less than a train for this route with tickets for a train from Cardiff to Pontypool costing on average £12.
Other travel options to Pontypool take longer:
Coach takes on average 1h 4m.
- Around 10 coaches per day.
- Around 8 trains per day.
However, we recommend checking specific travel dates for your route between Cardiff and Pontypool as scheduled services by coach and train can vary by season or day of the week.
- Trains mostly depart from Cardiff Central (CDF) and arrive in Pontypool & New Inn (PPL).
- Travel with Stagecoach South Wales to go to Pontypool by coach.
- Travel with Transport for Wales to go to Pontypool by train.
- 0 direct coaches per day with Stagecoach South Wales.
- 3 direct trains per day with Transport for Wales.
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