Underinvestment in rail in Wales?

grahame

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Underinvestment in rail in Wales?

« on: September 28, 2024, 03:24:31 »

From The BBC^» British Broadcasting Corporation - home page)

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The Welsh economy is losing out because of a lack of rail investment, a transport expert has said.

Prof Mark Barry said Wales should be getting a lot more money, but because spending was controlled from Whitehall, England was more of a priority.

It's 39 YEARS since a station was last (re)opened in Wiltshire. When was the last (re)opening in Wales? What do the comparative pipelines look like?


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Re: Underinvestment in rail in Wales?

« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2024, 18:12:22 »

Quote from: grahame on September 28, 2024, 03:24:31

From The BBC^» British Broadcasting Corporation - home page)

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It's 39 YEARS since a station was last (re)opened in Wiltshire. When was the last (re)opening in Wales? What do the comparative pipelines look like?

There's a lot of investment that's is needed and should have been done in Wales some of which would have an effect on Bristol if the wires reach Swansea I know the swanline service was supposed to be increased to hourly and run to Bristol TM^▸ giving 3tph between the two cities I know TFW still want to run to Bristol TM using an extra batch of class 756s including a stop at Ashley down


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Re: Underinvestment in rail in Wales?

« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2024, 18:28:23 »

I think one f the three stations at Caerphilly is fairly new.


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