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So the new rolling stock is highly unlikely to be in public use in the lifetime of this government in the Senedd… but the new government will be in place for all the bouquets (or brickbats). Not sure that will be a boon for them or not.

Let’s hope that the 398’s don’t turn into a waste of public money like the support for the doomed Circuit of Wales project at Ebbw Vale proved to be. How much funding will need to be returned to the EU if even one is not running by May?

To be fair, this first appeared on the BBC Wales News website on the day it happened and has been subsequently updated.

Windermere Avenue is one of the poshest addresses that the newly electrified line passes. At least they’ll be getting additional services from nearby Heath High Level. I live two roads away from the masts on the City Line and we’re still going to be restricted to half-hourly services to and...

Talk of additional services to and from Swansea and Tenby during summer 2025 interests me, but only merit a line in the report.

Aberdare passengers will have been used to direct services to Cathays (and shorter journeys to Queen Street and Central) since services recommenced decades ago. If they are going to change trains, they will have to give up practically a guaranteed seat on a train mid-journey, step into whatever...

There must be a decent number of commuters to Cathays from Aberdare line stations who will feel hard done by for having to change en route in the future. Journeys to Queen Street will be via Central too… Also far fewer seats than at present are likely to be available for passengers joining at...

I agree with your views, which you have put very well. I fear inexperience at the very top, which is now spilling into incompetence. I fully support all the staff (some of whom are on this forum) for all they achieve for the passengers every day.

A suggestion to TfW chiefs if I may… Appoint a public facing, media savvy individual to be your spokesman. Be honest and straightforward with the public. Put your hands up re the problems, explain why they are happening and what is being done on a daily basis to mitigate them (150s from...

It’s 1.4 miles, and a steep, twisty route, alongside quite a fast road considering its width, and with narrow pavements would be borderline dangerous, in my view, with young children and possibly pushchairs or buggies.

It’s time for politicians and the media to take a long, hard look at the running of TfW and determine who bears responsibility.

Staff shortages at the Carmarthen base caused the cancellation of the special to and from Cardiff Central, it seems. I’m not sure what caused the other problems.

A simple step - but admittedly not one that will add any services to the schedules - would be for TfW to have one spokesperson to lead the way on daily communications issues with the travelling public. There is no doubting that the company has significant problems at present. Whether TfW are...

Who would have made the decision to change the Class 175 maintenance regime, order the Class 230 units and buy them outright, rather than lease them, and who would have signed off this expenditure? Are those without direct railway experience totally reliant on their colleagues who have this...

Is TfW the only TOC whose Chair and CEO have no direct experience of working for a TOC? This is a genuine question. Chair Scott Waddington worked in hospitality - mostly for Brains Brewery - and CEO James Price latterly worked in the Civil Service, albeit in the Transport sector of it for part...