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You could have 2tph from Pontypridd going via the City line into Cardiff Central rather than through Queen St, then you've got 18tph through Queen St. This would mean longer journeys on these services but it would save the need for a Central - Radyr via City line shuttle. From reading a BBC...

Absolutely all text at the station is in black lettering, with Welsh at the top and English underneath. All in the same font as the station name signs. It's a little confusing when scanning for the right language but a lot better than the previous almost transparent grey for English. I agree two...

More detail from here: https://gov.wales/about/cabinet/cabinetstatements/2018/railservicesupdate/?lang=en The solution for the South Wales Metro will increase services to four services per hour to each of the heads of the Valleys north of Cardiff Queen Street; from 2022 for Aberdare, Treherbert...

This is why I'm confused. From here: http://tfw.gov.wales/whats-happening-south-east-wales Retain the link from Penarth, Barry and Bridgend to destinations north of Cardiff Central (they are not saying just specifically the Rhymney line) using new tri-mode trains (overhead electric, battery and...

Can you provide a source for that map please? I'm really confused this morning. On the one hand TfW are saying the links between Barry, Penarth and VoG to 'stations north of Cardiff' will be retained, on the other hand it appears that this only means on the Penarth - Rhymney line. So the Barry...

Oh well, someone took notice (taken today) All other lettering at the station, is in black in both languages. It was not like that before we started this thread!

2:28 in to this video shows where they got the image from that they've mocked up for the 'Metro' train Skates tweeted. It's actually there on the still at the start as well, the tree on the left is almost complete cut out and they've removed a carriage.

Yes but you have to admit that picture has zero resemblance to a tram or tram-train, and unless a secret deal has been done with NR to electrify outside of the 'Core Valley lines' area, we know that the Valley lines north of Queen St will be the only lines to be electrified. We know the Valley...

That's a very intriguing picture for these reasons: We know the only lines to be electrified are the Valley lines, with the Vale of Glamorgan also done if we're very lucky We know 'Metro' is a posh word for the Valley lines That pic of what very much looks like a Stadler Flirt is in Metro...

We already know that Ken & Carwyn want on-street trams from Cathays Park to Cardiff Bay via Central, and to quote their best friend at the DfT, said trams will "be running to the exact same route, and to the exact same timings" as the BayCar bus, which already has an electric bus in the fleet...

Expect the political mudslinging to be ramped up several gears next week, as reports today suggest the UK Tories will be putting the final nail in the coffin of the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project. How does this decision relate to the railways? Well Carwyn will be in full flow and no doubt DfT...

There won't be any improvements anywhere until Welsh Govt start working with Network Rail rather than against them with pathetic finger pointing and blame games.

I've got the agenda for Monday through my psychic powers...... Ken and Carwyn don the high-vis vests, look like they know what they're talking about when chatting to students at Coleg Y Cymoedd's 'Railway training centre of excellence', get lots of photo ops in, then make a set piece speech...

The new bus station, all 14 bays of it, will be with us by 2021, just in time for the Assembly elections. It will be a major embarrassment if it's not.

Nowhere near world class enough for the minister. To answer my earlier question: http://www.cymoedd.ac.uk/employers/specialised-industry-training/railway-training-centre-of-excellence.aspx

Doesn't Coleg Y Cymoedd do some sort of rail infrastructure training there? How ironic. You can't see Ken, Carwyn and all the other big suits getting on a 153 at the Bay, transferring to a Pacer at Queen St, then getting a bus from Trefforest Estate? And again in reverse to go back? :lol:

I'm not usually the thread police but there is a dedicated thread for anything to do with the 'South Wales Metro' over in Infrastructure & Stations. This thread is meant to be for general discussion of the wider franchise across Wales, as believe it or not, the new franchise isn't just about...

Yes, mods need to do a clean up of this thread and move posts over. I honestly thought they'd be making the announcement somewhere outside of SE Wales, to deliberately make the point that this franchise won't all be about Cardiff and the Valleys. Obviously if that's the perception that people...

I'll get the buzzword bingo cards ready.

Have you actually been to Cardiff Central and seen the way the Valleys heavy rail network is currently integrated into the rest of the mainline system? I presume not from your posts. How is severing a HR cross city network 'forethought' exactly? How is mothballing / ripping out £300 million...