yes indeed, making it a real nice fast journey. only 3 hours to bangor and short ride thereafter to end of the line at holyhead

back in the day i tried the watford junction switch and usually ended up a bit of a nightmare

to repeat, heathrow express, H&c to euston square is definitely the best way to do this

If you go directly to the bridge from platform 6/7 then there is a 26-step staircase.
If you walk around to platform 8, then there is a ramp.
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/statio.../PAD/plan.html
But you will still need to get down the stairs on to the H&C line platforms, and to get up the stairs again at Euston Square. (Probably a similar size)

Assuming that the stairs aren't a big problem, then this is easier than the other underground options.

Although, personally, I would consider taking the underground to Kings Cross and walking from there. It will get busy, but you will already have a seat. (Assuming not much luggage).

You can get a coach from LHR central bus station to Reading ....and then a train onwards to Wales ....(if South Wales : Cardiff ,Swansea etc are the destination.)....

You must be an optimist. :p Only one train takes 3 hrs 6 mins to Bangor officially and others take between 3 hrs 15 mins and 25 mins during the day and early evenings at least. But I agree it's much better than it used to be when through trains which had to change engines in Crewe took longer than some connecting trains. And there are hourly services (mostly thanks to Chester as a business destination) throughout the day with half-hourly trains in early evenings. ^

Since the OP asked about going to Euston, I doubt if the destination is in South Wales.

actually i did the trip about 2 weeks ago for the first time in many, many years. we left euston 9:15am and i got off at bangor at 12:15 exactly. i was very impressed! i used to do this all the time in the early 90s (grew up in anglesey, went to uni in london). spent many a long hour doing the crawl crewe stoke nuneaton blah blah! of course my one recent experience may not be typical but compared to what it used to it was breath of fresh air!

think the last time i did the trip it was like 1996. what i did find remarkable is euston did not appear to have changed at all right down to the burger king and wh smiths being in the exact same spot!

and yes nobody goesco south wales from euston. if they are going south wales they can go straight from paddington.

newbierunner i just made the connection. i did this trip in between my lh rdu-lhr f trip and ba man-rdu trip! took the train up to wales to see family who then drove me to man to set off home. small world here on ft lol

Yes, that's the train I had in mind. Leave Euston at 9:10, arrive Bangor at 12:16. Although it left Euston a few minutes later than schedule there's plenty of opportunity to catch up. ;) All the other trains are scheduled to take slightly longer, but I agree it's a vast improvement on what it used to be.

BTW after that almost live chat in another forum a couple of weeks ago you could have dropped in to say hello. :)

Haha... and do you know how long it takes to travel to MAN by train? Twice as long as driving! :td:

Good point : still that handy LHR central coach station goes virtually anywhere ( providing the Op can abide that type of transportation :) )

And in case anybody not familiar with the geography of Great Britain and Wales in particular is reading this, travelling between north and south Wales by train (if at all possible) takes longer than between north Wales and London and you can only travel via England. ;)

p.s. Since this is FT I'd better add I have flown between north and south Wales a few times. :)

Changes you may not have noticed include M&S Simply Food, various food outlets on the piazza facing the station, Body Shop, Sock Shop, etc.

M&S I will give you but I can assure you sock shop, body shop and tie rack have been staples of Euston since the late 80s!

this I am also aware of! that said i remember in my childhood the a55 being single lane all the way. conway castle in particular was a nightmare. could take 3-4 hours to drive along the peninsula.

even here there have been improvements with no more masses of roundabouts to get from m56 to a55. all good progress!

Possibly. After all I seem to be in Tokyo, Chicago or Frankfurt more often than I'm in London in recent years. ;)

There are two roundabouts on the A55 and the one east of Penmaenmawr is said to be the first roundabout lorry drivers come across after leaving Poland on the way to Dublin. :D

As one that has made the LHR-EUS connection MANY times, I can advise that Boots moved a while back and Tie Rack moved from a stall to the former Boots location.

As for the OP, if lots of luggage, I'd take the Piccadilly all the way to King's Cross and black cab or walk the short distance to Euston.

If traveling light, I'd just take the Piccadilly line with the connection to the Victoria line at Green Park. I travel light and this is my preferred option. My personal record: after a late arriving flight, I made it from arrival at LHR to immigration to tube to Green Park to Euston, collected my ticket at the Fast Ticket machine, bought a meal deal at Boots, and made my train - in 1hr 55min total. I don't know how many people I knocked over in the process, but I did remember to say "Sorry" to each of them. :D