In the first of two articles, MALCOLM COWTAN begins a journey on the T2 from Bangor to Aberystwyth in March 2020, just before the pandemic began in earnest.
My plan is to ride on the T2 from Bangor to Aberystwyth, a journey of more than 80 miles that takes three and a half hours.
T2 is part of the Welsh Government supported TrawsCymru network. TrawsCymru means Across Wales, and there are now 14 routes extending the length and breadth of the country. T2 was one of the first, and started in more or less its current form in 2004, when it was numbered X32, operated at that time by Arriva Buses Wales. It replaced a once daily 701 which had run commercially between Bangor and Cardiff since 1979, with a change of bus, or more correctly, coach, at Aberystwyth.
Since I live near Pwllheli, my plan today is to travel to Caernarfon on the joint Clynnog and Trefor / Berwyn Coaches service 12, where I will catch the northbound T2 at 10:35, to arrive at Bangor at 1100, and then get the southbound T2 at 11:05. I know that the 11:05 is not worked by the same bus as the 11:00 arrival, so I have a plan B in case the northbound bus is running up to about ten minutes late. Plan B is to alight at Bangor railway stati…
