Best way to get from Bristol to Brecon

[miss direct]

I need to get from Bristol to anywhere in or near the Brecon Beacons (could be Brecon, Abergavenny, Merthyr Tydfil, etc. I have a very heavy case and a painful foot, so want the least complicated (as well as cheapest) method. My head already hurts looking at all the options. Perhaps somebody local can help with advice?

 

[Supine]

Train

 

[wiskey]

Train takes about an hour and is cheap.

(I chose a random day)

Bristol to Abergavenny, leaving at 15:00 on 22/06/2019 - Accessible UK Train Timetables

 

[DaveCinzano]

DotCommunist will be along in a sec with his boat shed colour swatches

 

[miss direct]

Train takes about an hour and is cheap.

(I chose a random day)

Bristol to Abergavenny, leaving at 15:00 on 22/06/2019 - Accessible UK Train Timetables

Thanks!
Any idea about what the transfer at Cardiff is like? The train station is about a 20 minute walk (well, 20 minutes for a normal person without enormous luggage) from where I'm staying in Bristol.

 

[wayward bob]

Thanks!
Any idea about what the transfer at Cardiff is like? The train station is about a 20 minute walk (well, 20 minutes for a normal person without enormous luggage) from where I'm staying in Bristol.

central is compact, with all platforms (except dreaded platform 0 which is usually only local connections) next to each other, dead easy to navigate

 

[miss direct]

central is compact, with all platforms (except dreaded platform 0 which is usually only local connections) next to each other, dead easy to navigate

Oh great. I actually spent some time studying in Cardiff, and used the train station a lot, but that was 17 years ago...

 

[miss direct]

oh hold on, it's changing in Newport, not Cardiff.

 

[Plumdaff]

Newport Station isn't big. When I've changed trains there it's usually stairs or lift to switch platforms.

 

[miss direct]

Hmm. Stairs will be problematic

 

[wayward bob]

there's lifts and even fewer platforms to choose between

 

[miss direct]

Ok grand. I will go for this route then. Cheers!

 

[JuanTwoThree]

And you can tick Newport off your bucket list. Yay!

 

[xenon]

Newport Station isn't big. When I've changed trains there it's usually stairs or lift to switch platforms.

Isn't there only 2 platforms? I used to get trains between London and Hereford there. You just changed platforms on the same concourse IIRC. The train to Hereford stopped at Abergavenny. But this was 20 + years ago...

e2a (oh yeah, wiki) 4 platforms and lifts.

central is compact, with all platforms (except dreaded platform 0 which is usually only local connections) next to each other, dead easy to navigate

I was on that one from Cardif back to Bristol yesterday. No toilet on platform 0 but on all the others.