Bala lies on the main A494 [wiki=b7053b2cee4daa3ea3be2ae7cb20c74a]Mold[/wiki] - [wiki=6f75a07a820f869509c4b39a5b037d82]Dolgellau[/wiki] road, just a few miles south of its junction with the A5 [wiki=59ead8d1e124ccfb79f3ace06f43e703]London[/wiki] - [wiki=34a49fcc86393d8c28a694974045baea]Holyhead[/wiki] trunk road.
Bala is served by Traws Cambria[url=http://www.trawscambria.org.uk/website/?lang=en]]service X94, [[Wrexham[/url]] - [wiki=6cdd3d544e94f3ce6611a8c33b791dac]Barmouth[/wiki]. Connections with services from South Wales and North-West Wales can be made at [wiki=6f75a07a820f869509c4b39a5b037d82]Dolgellau[/wiki].
Bala is not connected to the national rail network. The nearest connections are at [wiki=85f8ffa7ddaeba47ba8d3d91e778283d]Wrexham[/wiki] or [wiki=9ef2ad2c2582795b8630cc761492ccff]Blaenau Ffestiniog[/wiki]. The Bala Lake Railway[url=http://www.bala-lake-railway.co.uk/]]makes the 9 mile journey to the village of Llanuwchllyn at the southern end of Bala Lake. This follows part of the route of the old [[Ruabon[/url]] - [wiki=6cdd3d544e94f3ce6611a8c33b791dac]Barmouth[/wiki] line, which was closed in the 1960s.