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The Holyhead to Dublin tickets may be a bit thin on the ground as the 6 nations starts with Ireland v Wales in dublin on Saturday 5th feb

The Irish ferries terminal in Dublin has a bus to get to the centre, there’s a bit of a walk from the arena terminal (or there was last time I did it)

First time into Cardiff in a while today (home working) and noticed they’ve disconnected the bay platform (p1) at queen street - what’s the plan for this?

Mid Glamorgan hasn’t existed as a county/local authority since 1996

services between Cardiff and Bridgend pass through the Vale of Glamorgan between the a4232 bridge after St Fagans LC and the M4 bridge just after mission loops - no stations on that stretch.

Another one in South Wales - abet dare to hirwaun is still in place - no trains since tower colliery opencast closed

Garw valley from tondu to pontycymer is mostly intact

Cardiff central radyr via city line from platform 8, radyr via llandaff from platform 6 bridgend via main line from platform 3/4 Bridgend via vale of glamorgan from platform 7/8

Plenty around the South Wales valleys - old mineral railway routes, so nice climbing going up the valleys, and a good quick run coming back down. Ogmore valley path and Garw valley path near me, but a lot of the taff trail is on old railway alignments

In my experience (pre class 37) the 1705 from queen street is full, with people standing around the doors, 1720 is wedged (full, standing all throughout) 1735 similar. If there are short forms it messes everything up. I now travel from Rhiwbina, and that can be wedged when a 153 is used

Services from Cardiff to West Wales will reverse at Swansea, and Carmarthen if going to one of the 3 terminuses Heart of Wales services reverse at Llanelli to access the branch Cambrian line services reverse at Shrewsbury

Nuclear waste at valley is from the wylfa power station not trawsfynydd

I think that may be while Nordica is covering Stena Europe on the route while Europe is being refitted

Fishguard harbour is one enclosed building - step to the platform, up a ramp and you are on the boat, Holyhead now requires a shuttle bus transfer as the current vessels are too big to use the inner harbour, and they dock about 500m away on a purpose built linkspan

Cardiff queen street has 1 car trains on p1 (Cardiff bay services) 2 car on platform 2 and 4 car going through platform 4

The main (bus station) entrance is used for main line destinations with queues for westbound on one side and eastbound on the other (and a split in the passageway between platforms 1/2(eastbound) and 3/4(westbound). The south entrance is used for valley destinations with queues for different...

south wales mainline crosses the river ely 13 times between cardiff and pontyclun rhondda branch crosses the rhondda river 12 times between pontypridd and treherbert fighduard branch crosses the wester cleddau 6 times between clarbeston road and fishguard

Most supermarkets have shifts covering 24 hours a day already so any change would make no difference at all

sent it in pretty late on the day as i wanted to make sure everything was right in the statement

Yesterday there was at least 1 153+150 combo on the ebbw vale service, also at least 1 single 153 on city line (coryton to radyr) - i was only at CDF for approx 20 mins waiting to go to west wales