Hereford would be a worthwhile stop (especially as the train crawls through anyway).
N.B. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before the equivalent South - North is set up if the 67 LHCS model works out.
In this matter of time, who do you expect to fund more "Open Access Premier Service" non ATW franchise trains between South/North Wales,ATW will run them(others are not allowed to),but someone else has to bankrole them?
Bob
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I have been travelling to Cardiff by car recently as Bangor station is undergoing refurb and parking is a nightmare,otherwise there would be a report here on wag 2 loadings.as far as first class travel is concerned I have only ever seen my a.m. Alun FFred Jones using standard and that goes for Ann Jones and former a.m. Gareth Jones as well...once again it is misleading to talk of this 15 min gap in the service as you know only too well that it is 41 mins diff from Bangor and 50 mins from Rhyl.incidentally I can reach Cardiff in 4hrs and 5 mins from my house by car,the train has to compete on journey time or I may drive instead. As for through trains to Manchester the priority ought to be making the current service an express service and let dft finance a Northern all stops service from Chester to Manchester Victoria,that would solve overcrowding at a stroke and cut the journey time by 10 minutes.A service from Chester to Liverpool would now be difficult to justify via Runcorn when there are trains every 15 mins via Hooton.
You always put up your comments,in a well thought out & explanatory way,
as for who travels in First, When the ex Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones did not fly to Cardiff or use the Ministerial car, he always travelled first class on "Gerald"
as a Minister he was allowed this perk,now its all backfired on him in the last elections, As for the Manchester to Chester trains something needs to be sorted urgent, my work takes me to Manchester frequent and the massive overcrowding from Piccadilly to Chester between 1630 & 1800 will have to be addressed to assist the large Numbers from North East Wales who work in the private sector in the North West & travel by train.
It is unfortunate politics did not allow extra services on the Cambrian between
Aberystwyth & Shrewsbury, or even make connections with the Up WAG 1, but Montgomery the big part,was never going to be Plaid so little importance
where an extra service should have been placed, in my opinion.
Bob
