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Journey by Journey => Shorter journeys in South and West Wales => Topic started by: grahame on May 01, 2025, 19:07:30



Title: Low passenger numbers due to train unreliability
Post by: grahame on May 01, 2025, 19:07:30
From Powys County Times (https://www.facebook.com/countytimes/posts/pfbid0R3BgJJmFhYzE7GS1ejSw6Fvhgn26jksxJosUJr18isVda4EtpZSFzmF28jmVsXvVl) and full story here (https://www.countytimes.co.uk/news/25116096.readers-say-powys-railway-line-undermined-unreliability/)

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'I have to warn my guests that more often than not there will be a bus replacement. It’s not reliable.'

(https://www.wellho.info/pix/lowpowys.jpg)

Some horror stories, comments about infrequent services being a problem too, and that there has been engineering so trains not running anyway (and no trains running does, of course, mean low numbers on no trains  ;D )



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