It seems residents in the area doesn't have much of an alternative. The train service isn't running: > I'm travelling up the Rhondda Fawr valley from Pontyprid

It seems residents in the area doesn't have much of an alternative. The train service isn't running: > I'm travelling up the Rhondda Fawr valley from Pontypridd up to Treherbert - which is without its train line to Cardiff which is shut until the new year Google Maps says there's half-hourly bus service from Tonypandy to Cardiff, but it takes 75 minutes, vs. 40 minutes by car. It says the bike route is about 100 minutes.