Vehicles

1. car

   Car

   Usage

   With the article: "y car". Wales's default urban speed limit is 20 mph, and traffic drives on the left

2. bws

   Bus

   Usage

   The plural is "bysiau". A bus stop is "safle bws"

3. TrawsCymru

   TrawsCymru (long-distance bus network)

   Usage

   From "traws" (across) + "Cymru" (Wales). The long-distance bus network linking the mid and west where there is no railway; routes are numbered T1, T2 and so on

4. trên

   Train

   Usage

   Keep the circumflex on the ê. A station is "gorsaf" ("yr orsaf" with the article)

5. Trafnidiaeth Cymru

   Transport for Wales

   Usage

   The public body running Wales's railways. Announcements and station signs are bilingual, and the trains carry both names

6. trên bach

   Trên bach (narrow-gauge heritage train)

   Usage

   Keep the circumflex on the ê. Literally "little train" — the narrow-gauge lines built for slate, now run for visitors (Ffestiniog, Talyllyn and others), marketed as the Great Little Trains of Wales

7. Rheilffordd yr Wyddfa

   Snowdon Mountain Railway

   Usage

   "Yr Wyddfa" is Snowdon's Welsh name, now the official one. A rack railway from Llanberis to the summit — book ahead in summer

8. Tramffordd y Gogarth

   Great Orme Tramway

   Usage

   A cable-hauled street tram climbing out of Llandudno since 1902 — the only one of its kind still running in Britain. "Y Gogarth" is the Welsh name for the Great Orme

9. tacsi

   Taxi

   Usage

   With the article: "y tacsi". In rural areas you phone for one rather than hail it

10. beic

    Bicycle

    Usage

    The plural is "beiciau". Wales has the Lôn Las Cymru national cycle route running most of its length

11. beic modur

    Motorcycle

    Usage

    Literally "motor bike". The Welsh mountain roads are famous touring routes

12. sgwter trydan

    Electric scooter

    Usage

    "Trydan" means electricity. Note that privately owned e-scooters are not legal on public roads in the UK

13. awyren

    Airplane

    Usage

    From "awyr" (sky). An airport is "maes awyr"

14. cwch

    Boat

    Usage

    The plural is "cychod". A harbour is "harbwr"

15. fferi

    Ferry

    Usage

    Sails to Dublin from Holyhead (Caergybi), and to south-east Ireland from Fishguard (Abergwaun) and Pembroke Dock

16. ambiwlans

    Ambulance

    Usage

    The emergency number is 999 or 112. "Ffoniwch ambiwlans!" means "call an ambulance!"

17. car heddlu

    Police car

    Usage

    "Heddlu" literally means "peace force" and means the police ("yr heddlu" with the article)

18. lori

    Lorry / truck

    Usage

    The plural is "lorïau". On narrow mountain lanes, give way to oncoming lorries

19. fan

    Van

    Usage

    Used for transfers and small-group tours

20. car llog

    Hire car

    Usage

    "Llogi" is to hire. Drive on the left, and expect single-track country lanes

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