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On 19th January, I went to see an event at Theatr Mwldan in Cardigan called 'Cardi Bach Films', refering not to the current Cardi Bach (Ceredigion coastal bus service) but to the Whitland and Cardigan railway. On the stage was what looked like a large metal railway station sign, with raised...

Today's Railways UK (Dec 2012 issue) has a table of TOC payments for 2011/12 on page 9. For Arriva Trains Wales it gives the following information: Total Revenue - £153.5m Total Support - (£21.3m) Revenue Support / (Share) - None Franchise Subsidy / (Premium) - (£21.3m) Note the...

Apparently there will be a roughly hourly service in operation over the Swansea District Line this Saturday (the date in the title) due to engineering work on the normal route to S.W.Wales via Swansea and Gowerton. Can somebody please tell me if (and when) class 158s are diagramed for any of...

Just noticed that Arriva Trains Wales and Network Rail have submitted seperate planning applications for Aberystwyth station refurbishment. Unfortunatly their Ceredigion County Council planning webpages cannot be linked to (I tried copying the URL into another browser tab and it didn't work)...

I am wondering what rolling stock has 'go awaywhere'-ish capability (ie. not class 165/166 or IEP). Obviously there are specific issues for specific classes on some lines, but in general if 175s and 158s are both cleared (both C3 units I think) I assume any other C3 stock could use that line...

I'm frequently messing around with Excell spreadsheet timetables for various parts of Wales (particularly the south, but also other parts), largely just out of interest to see if certain enhanced frequencies would be possible given infinite rolling stock. However, to be sure what I come up with...

There seems to be a lack of information on the internet regarding details of the planned new TrawsCymru services, specifically their start date, their vehicles and their effects on certain other services. Does anyone know anything? The offical website says service TC1 (currently the X40)...

What it says on the tin. How can we pursuade the DfT that we need to do a propper job of wiring and allow InterCity rail to contribute to our 2030 and 2050 carbon reduction targets by not ordering any more diesel power units for trains that exceed 100mph? This summer holiday, let us save the...

I think the Wikipedia page on Cardiff Central could be in need of some house keeping. It claims 5 of FGW's Cardiff-Taunton services are class 67 hauled, a practice I thought had ceased. More interestingly, the page claims new XC services (to Glasgow Central via Gloucester with Voyagers and...

I've read something somewhere claiming that 158s are not allowed to carry passengers on the Heart Of Wales Line. However, I found a map from Wales&West days online (sorry, can't find it now to post a link, so I attached it from my hard drive instead) which show the Heart Of Wales service as an...

First, something I would like confirming: The only place in South Wales where Arriva Trains Wales stock is fueled is Cardiff Canton depot. Now that I've got that out of the way, what is the range of class 158 and 175 stock before it needs to a trip to Canton (or somewhere up north) for...

I'm wondering what the progress on the refurbishment of Wales' 158s and 175s is. If I'm right work on the 175s has started and one 158 is away being done at the moment. Is this correct and if so are any of the workings into west Wales likely to be a 158 seeing as 175 availabilty is limited by...

Assuming I've got the correct radius, there is no curve between the Clarbeston Road and Whitland, or between Llanelli and a little while out north of Ferryside tight enough to prohibit a 90mph linespeed. So my questions are: Has there ever been a study / cost estimate for upgrading the...

Having stumbled across the if you were planning HS2 thread I've been using Google Earth to try to plot an exact route. As my opinion is that, if HS2 is built at all, it should be routed Heathrow - Euston - Birmingham International - Birmingham Central - Manchester Central - Preston (ie. a...

I'm working on a suggestion for service enhancments to submit to the Welsh Assembly. I'm trying to work out how many extra units would be required to increase the Portsmouth - Cardiff workings to 4-car (2x class 158) with one unit spliting at Cardiff and contiuning further west. I already know...

Just a few little somthings I'd like to know. How much would it cost to: Buy 3 mrk3 Buffet 1st coaches Buy the 6 remaining un-used mrk2 DBSOs Buy 15 mrk2 TSOs (of whichever version of mrk2 the DBSOs are, mrk2f I think) Fit up 6 class 47s or 57s for 100mph and with TDM to work with the...

I'd like some pictures of class 158s in Pembrokeshire (Whitland or Carmarthen would do too) so does anyone know any good ones on the internet or times when they run west of Swansea so I can take my own? I've never seen anything other than 150s,153s and 175s in this area (maybe passed a pacer...

This is somthing I've been coming back to on and off for over a year and not figured out. The South West Wales Intergrated Transport Consortium (SWWITCH) have a long-ish term asperation for 2.5 trains per hour from Carmarthen, with 1 per hour to Milford Haven (one fast (presumablly the current...