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The wording seems less about what's best for passengers and seems more about nationalism.
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Service update🚆
The half-hourly Pontypridd to Cardiff Bay service will now run from 23 to 27 March.
Customers are encouraged to check their journey before they travel next week (journey planners have not yet been updated).
❗️Reduced service
Fewer trains will run between:
📍 Pontypridd – Cardiff Queen Street
📅 22 March – 22 May
Shuttle trains will run between:
📍 Cardiff Bay – Cardiff Queen Street
⚠️ Check before you travel
🔗 tfw.wales/plan-a-journey
ALT Service change notice by Transport for Wales White graphic with a red bar at the top, which contains an information icon on the left, and the TfW logo and a train icon on the right. Text reads: Service change Temporary service reduction From Sunday 22 March until Friday 22 May the half-hourly Pontypridd to Cardiff Bay service will not run. This is to support the introduction of the first tram-trains later this spring. Please use other services and change at Cardiff Queen street to connect with the Cardiff Bay shuttle service (four trains an hour during this period) that runs from platform 1. Download the TfW app or visit tfw.wales
South Wales Metro Updates retweeted
🚉TY GLAS Station - CLOSURE 👷
19th July to Spring 26 (10 months)
🚈During the closure a 16m platform extension will be built to accommodate the new 756s.
🚈The crossing will also close for works but will reopen as soon as possible according to @tfwrail
news.tfw.wales/news/temporar…
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SW METRO - Upcoming changes
🚉19/07 - Ty Glas Closes
🚈19/07 - 756's roll out to Penarth/Caerphilly/Coyrton
⚡️19/09 - Cardiff Bay (Dn) Line and Platform goes live
🚽1/10 - New CVL toilets all completed
🚉9/10 - Ynyswen Station reopens
🚈10/11 - 398's start on Ponty/Bay service
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🚄NEW TRAINS
From the 19th July, TFW has confirmed it will start introducing 3-car 756 Tri-mode trains between Penarth/Caerphilly/Coyrton.
tfw.wales/projects/metro/sou…
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Fantastic to see the new TfW tram-trains out on day time tests! They might be ugly, they might not have any toilets on them, but overall they will be transformational for the valley lines!
Great to see the level boarding getting tested! Game changing for generations to come!
ALT A TfW tram-train at the platform of Abercynon during testing
ALT A new tfw tram-train at the platform of Abercynon is seen testing the level boarding
ALT A new tfw tram-train at the platform of Abercynon
ALT A new tfw tram-train is seen approaching Abercynon
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Cardiff Airport is dead.
£20m could have funded an extra loop at Ebbw Vale Parkway and a new platform at Abergavenny, employing already available Cl 197 rolling stock, allowing for direct services between, and doubling the frequency of, the Newport (Ebbw + Llwyd) Valley Lines.
Welsh Government to give a further £20m to Cardiff Airport
walesonline.co.uk/news/wales…
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James May: “Obviously I’ve spent a lot of time over the years writing about cars and making TV about them, and I love cars, but I do think in my bones they don’t really belong in towns.”
“It amazes me that people go to the shops a mile away in the car.”
standard.co.uk/news/transpor…
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I don't remember seeing these plans for Lloyd George Avenue before - replacing the road with a 1km canal and park.
mcgregorcoxall.com/projects/…
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Opinion Post:
The North (Platform 0) development will be good for the station.👍
The South development permanently kneecaps metro and mainline capacity by inalterably confining the station to 8 platforms and fragmenting tram-train and mainline services. 👎
Elaborating below👇
🚉Cardiff Central Enhancements
TFW have released new photos showing what Cardiff Central could look like by 2028.
🚉New Platform 0 Building & Entrance
🚉New South Entrance Building
🚉Longer gate lines integrated with Plat 0
🚉Both Subways Refurbished
tfw.wales/projects/cardiff-c…
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And while we're on the subject of reducing conflicts..
There's a whole highway crossing that can be removed while retaining road connectivity.
teapawt.org/foxy_michael/status/18…
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Next, concrete tram tracks that just blend into more concrete, invite pedestrians and cyclists (and possibly vehicles) to take desire routes across the tracks which will result in a lower permitted speed and an elevated risk of incidents blocking the core section.
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By diverting ALL Tram-Train services away from the heavy rail infrastructure at Cardiff Central and into their own pair of light rail platforms, Platform 6 can be used exclusively for intercity/regional services and Platforms 7 and 8 shared between Rhymney and mainline stoppers.
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To deliver greater and wider benefits and sweat the massive asset that the Crossrail core will be, the phase 1 link needs to be constructed with a future link to the CVL at Cardiff Queen Street baked into its design and functionality.
ALT An unofficial concept map of the Cardiff Crossrail core showing the future addition of a link to Cardiff Queen Street and a combined station at Cardiff Central.
South Wales Metro Updates retweeted
The public consultation for Crossrail closes in 3 days so make sure to share your thoughts before 23:59 on Sunday.
Below this tweet are some thoughts present in the transport community. 👇 🧵
haveyoursay.tfw.wales/cardif…
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🚇Driver training for our brand-new class 756 tri-mode trains is progressing well ahead of their planned introduction later this year.
ℹ️ news.tfw.wales/news/driver-t…
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🚉Aberdare Station🚉
The 2nd Platform at Aberdare has been authorised for use earlier this month.
However services are not expected to stop there until the frequency is increased to 4tph & the Class 398s enter service.
orr.gov.uk/sites/default/fil…
@SW_MetroUpdates
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🚉Cardiff Crossrail🚉
As reported in the media, @tfwrail Cardiff cross-rail consultation opened today.
You can have your say by clicking below.
haveyoursay.tfw.wales/cardif…
Flyover Video
youtu.be/O0MddAZPB_k?si=Tiin…
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New railway stations in South East Wales along existing passenger lines that we should really get cracking on building, A thread. 🧵 🚉
