The T4 connects Cardiff with Newtown via the Brecon Beacons National Park. It's operated by Stagecoach as part of the Welsh Government's TrawsCymru network. It's every 30 mins Mon-Sat daytimes between Cardiff and Merthyr Tydfil and ever 2 hours beyond Merthyr Tydfil to Newtown.
The T4 serves just one stop in Central Cardiff, stop GJ on Greyfriars Road:
Here, the T4 is in express mode stopping only at the bus station, using stand 10 towards Newtown and stand 11 towards Cardiff:
The T4 stops at the bus station, using stand 8 or 13 towards Newtown and stand 7 or 13 towards Cardiff:
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Buses in both directions serve this stop at Groe on The Strand:
At the Interchange in Llandrindod Wells, the T4 towards Newtown uses stop B and towards Cardiff it uses stop C:
The T4 starts from stand B at Newtown Bus Station:
Timetables
See the timetable for the T4 on the following websites:
Here are links to live departure info at major stops towards Newtown:
...and back towards Cardiff:
Tickets
Single and return fares can be looked up using the journey planner on Stagecoach's website.
The only day ticket valid throughout the T4's route is the TrawsCymru Day Ticket at £11.00. It is also valid on all connecting TrawsCymru services.
For shorter journeys, the following tickets are valid for part of the T4 route:
- Stagecoach Pontypridd Cardiff DayRider at £5.50, valid on the T4 between Cardiff and Pontypridd only. Also valid on all Stagecoach services within the Pontypridd & Cardiff zone.
- Stagecoach South Wales All Zones DayRider at £8.70, valid on the T4 between Cardiff and Felinfach only, plus on all Stagecoach services within their South Wales zone.
- Day NetworkRider at £9.00, valid on the T4 between Cardiff and Llyswen only, plus on all buses of all operators in the South Wales Network.
- Powys Day Rover at £9.00, valid on the T4 between Newtown and Nant Ddu. Also valid all the way to Cardiff, as long as your journey starts or ends in Powys, plus on all buses of all operators in the county of Powys. If you want to hop on and hop off outside Powys, then you need the TrawsCymru Day Ticket, mentioned above.
Connections
Change in Cardiff for:
- First X2 to Bridgend and Porthcawl
- Cardiff/Newport 30 to Newport
- Stagecoach X3 to Pontypool, Abergavenny and Hereford
- Stagecoach 26 to Caerphilly
Change at Pontypridd for Stagecoach 60/61 to Aberdare.
Change at Merthyr Tydfil for:
- Stagecoach 78 to Abergavenny
- Stagecoach 6 and 9 to Aberdare
Change at Brecon for:
- Adventure T6 to Swansea
- Stagecoach T14 to Hay-on-Wye and Hereford
- Stagecoach 43/X43 to Abergavenny
Change in Llandrindod Wells for Celtic X47 to Aberystwyth
Change in Newtown for:
- Lloyds T12 to Machynlleth or Wrexham
- Celtic X75 to Shrewsbury
Long Distance Footpaths
- Taff Trail passes through Cardiff, Pontypridd, Merthyr Tydfil, Llwyn-Onn, Nant-Ddu, Storey Arms and Brecon
- Cambrian Way passes through Cardiff and Storey Arms
- Beacons Way passes through Storey Arms
- Usk Valley Walk starts in Brecon
- Wye Valley Walk passes through Llyswen, Erwood and Builth Wells
- Heart of Wales Line Trail passes through Builth Wells and Llandrindod Wells
- Glyndwr's Way passes through Llanbadarn Fynydd
- Severn Way passes through Newtown
All of the information in this post is correct at the time of writing, but please check the relevant links before travelling.
