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I don't know the area that well but I'm guessing the station was built for the Aluminium works. Isn't that where Surf Snowdonia is now? I would have thought that could generate some traffic. I'm happy to bow to people with more local knowledge.

There may be some poltical support for this given that the UK and Welsh Governments are in talks with Network Rail about developing a Parkway station on the Swansea district line. It would make sense for the open access operator to offer services via the new station with GWR serving the current...

Just go to Facebook and search for 175002. It looks pretty cool. I particularly like the way the upholstery echoes traditional Welsh woolen mill designs without being a slavish copy.

I do like that livery. It's simple and elegant, so much nicer than Arriva blue. Mind you, ATW were so fond of the paintbrush I suspect it will be a long time before the last trace of turquoise disappears!

Theoretically they could, of course. There's no sign though that either plan to do so. I'm not sure about HMRC but I know the BBC has been helping their staff to draw up personal travel plans for their new location involving advisors from TfW and Sustrans.

Sure. That's right. The underground car park for the BBC is about eighty spaces and there are a couple of hundred in the interchange / bus station building. The multi storey on the Brains site is nothing to do with the BBC or HMRC. It's to replace the current surface parking on the southern side...

That's not correct. The BBC underground car park has spaces for around eighty vehicles which are reserved for disabled staff, programme guests, and people working early and late night shifts. There are due to be another couple of hundred BBC spaces in the interchange building when that's built...

I doubt very much that any replacement for County Hall would offer free parking for desk-wallahs. Both the BBC and HMRC moves have done away with parking facilties for non-operational vehicles and I'm sure the council would do the same if it were to move.

There probably won't be a new County Hall as such. County Hall was built for the old South Glamorgan council and since we now have unitary local government, the chamber and committee rooms at city hall are sufficient. It's only the office space that would need replacing.

The best way to see this, I suspect, is as Cardiff council's pitch for the next stage of the Metro project. We may well see pitches by other councils in due course. RCT would no doubt like to see the Aberdare line extended to Hirwaun and the reopening of the Ely valley line to Beddau...

Pencoed nr Bridgend. Described thus by the local AM. "The two sides of this town are separated now by a level crossing which can be shut in peak times for up to 40 minutes in an hour, and the narrow Victorian road bridge which allows only for one-way traffic determined by a three-way traffic...

There's a simple reason for that. The stations themselves are in England where legisaltion regarding language equality doesn't apply whereas the maps are displayed in Wales where it's a legal requirement. I'm not saying that's a good or a bad thing - but that's the reason. Personally, I think...

Coryton - Velindre Hospital - M4 J32 parkway The current Velindre Hospital is indeed to the SE of Coryton but planning permission has already been granted for a replacement facility on the proposed route. http://www.transformingcancerservices.wales/ Creigiau to Fairwater It would require the...

Your last point in certainly correct. I suspect the reason they have opted for the Splott/Ocean Park route rather than running trams down Newport Road is to avoid the problems you've identified with on-street running. It does leave a question though about how much demand there would be for such...

I may well be wrong but I'd assumed the alignment through Splott would use the freight only branch that runs down from the mainline to Celsa Steel and the working docks. If that were the case the only on-street running woud be a short section on Pierhead street.

TfW has announced that demolition work is to start on the site of their new Taffs Well depot, north of Cardiff 'during July'. https://news.tfwrail.wales/news/making-way-for-the-south-wales-metro In the news release the plan is described thus; They appear to be cramming a lot onto what's a...