New Wales rail franchise – £5bn investment planned
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It’s about time – the Arriva trains are looking a bit tired
“There is £5bn earmarked over the next 15 years for the Metro, to improve public transport across the south Wales region and includes taking over control from Network Rail and upgrading the Valleys lines.”
[quote quote=149544]“There is £5bn earmarked over the next 15 years for the Metro, to improve public transport across the south Wales region and includes taking over control from Network Rail and upgrading the Valleys lines.”[/quote]
What nothing for North Wales.
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“There is £5bn earmarked over the next 15 years for the Metro, to improve public transport across the south Wales region and includes taking over control from Network Rail and upgrading the Valleys lines.”
What nothing for North Wales.[/quote]
Not directly, no. The South Wales network is higher priority at the moment as the article explains:“Complaints about overcrowding, particularly on the Valleys lines, and the decades old rolling stock”
But I have read elsewhere that when the South Wales Metro get their new state of the art trains, some of their existing fleet could be repurposed and used up here.
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“There is £5bn earmarked over the next 15 years for the Metro, to improve public transport across the south Wales region and includes taking over control from Network Rail and upgrading the Valleys lines.”
What nothing for North Wales.
Not directly, no. The South Wales network is higher priority at the moment as the article explains:
“Complaints about overcrowding, particularly on the Valleys lines, and the decades old rolling stock”
But I have read elsewhere that when the South Wales Metro get their new state of the art trains, some of their existing fleet could be repurposed and used up here.[/quote]
Second class North Wales not considered a priority as always. Oh but don’t worry we might get promised some hand-me-downs.
Surely when awarding the franchise they should have considered a bid that actually took a holistic Wales view & had provisions for improving links between North-South and also the proposed North Wales Metro system.
[quote quote=149648]
“There is £5bn earmarked over the next 15 years for the Metro, to improve public transport across the south Wales region and includes taking over control from Network Rail and upgrading the Valleys lines.”
What nothing for North Wales.
Not directly, no. The South Wales network is higher priority at the moment as the article explains:
“Complaints about overcrowding, particularly on the Valleys lines, and the decades old rolling stock”
But I have read elsewhere that when the South Wales Metro get their new state of the art trains, some of their existing fleet could be repurposed and used up here.
Second class North Wales not considered a priority as always. Oh but don’t worry we might get promised some hand-me-downs.
Surely when awarding the franchise they should have considered a bid that actually took a holistic Wales view & had provisions for improving links between North-South and also the proposed North Wales Metro system.[/quote]
The decision makers for awarding the new franchise probably have little need to travel up to or around North Wales so that wouldn’t have been a big selling point for the bidders.
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