TICKET AND FARE OPTIONS

Bus tickets

First Cymru buses have a series of day rover tickets for the area, as follows:

First Day Neath Port Talbot for unlimited travel for a day within the county boundaries: £4.00 adult; £2.75 child; £8.00 family of four.

First Day Swansea Bay for unlimited travel for a day in the wider Swansea Bay area including to Swansea, Mumbles and Pennard: £4.40 adult; £2.80 child; £9.00 family of four

Weekly versions of both tickets are available

First Single & Return tickets are usually cheaper for journeys under about 5 miles

Veolia Transport Cymru buses on route X63 will sell the Powys Day Rover at £7.50 adult (£5.00 child) giving unlimited travel in a day along the entire route and onward connections from Brecon to Storey Arms for Pen y Fan; Abergavenny, Talgarth, Hay on Wye and Builth Wells all on the same ticket.

Beacons Bus tickets are available on Beacons Bus Sunday services and also valid on connecting First Cymru X5 and 158 Sunday services. Price £8.00 adult; £5.00 child; £16.00 family of four.

Train and PlusBus tickets

Train tickets [see www.nationalrail.co.uk ] are available from the ticket office at Neath station; or, when closed, from the conductor on the train. Local single (one-way) and day return tickets are exceptionally good value between Neath, Swansea, Port Talbot, Bridgend and Cardiff. Special circular day ranger tickets are available to the Heart of Wales line, returning to Neath via Shrewsbury and Cardiff; price £28 (summer 2010).

Train Plus Bus tickets: If you are travelling to Margam Park or the Afan Valley using the train from Neath to Port Talbot, buy a Port Talbot Plus Bus . If travelling to Swansea city destinations (including Mumbles and Pennard), buy a Swansea Plus Bus  ticket with your train ticket. Both tickets cost £2.50 additional to the train fare.