mid week train to Cwmbran 21 55 next train 00 23Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee
Whether or Not your on the right wing left wing up front in goal They dont give a **** about football.
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mid week train to Cwmbran 21 55 next train 00 23
Whether or Not your on the right wing left wing up front in goal They dont give a **** about football.
I catch the train from Llanishen so it's quite a decent service and the new trains are great, but when i lived in Pontyclun the service was shocking, one train an hour on the main east-west line.
The issue is the lack of integration of a car-train plan. Cardiff Bay wants us to ditch or reduce car journeys, so why isn't there a mega car park and long trains every 10 mins from Tongwynlais with direct access to the M4, at least you can get people in and out of the city.
Its ok for me i live 5 mins from the train statin but i bet 90% of the south Wales doesn't
one an hour ?
Nah, I'm more convinced by looking at the living standards of the old Soviet Union, compared to their counterparts across the globe
There is a valid argument that if the wealth was spread more evenly, the there would be no need for “trickling down”
There is also a counter argument, that the more wealth you share, the more certain folk would still fritter it away wastefully and soon be struggling again.
Don't worry, everything will be fine when we start using the Metro system...
Oh, hang on...
No it isn't you plum
Why when you say you are not a raving right wing capitalist .......do I think 🤔......something doesn't quite add up here ?
I feel like this joke deserves more recognition.
James Price couldn't run a train set.
And, at the moment, I wouldn't expect anything else, whether it was run by state or otherwise.
We're in the middle of a major upgrade to rail services across Wales. Things that should have been done during Arriva's tenure. As with many huge projects like this there have been faults and delays. Services will eventually improve, but for you to moan that we've had 6 years and not seen any improvements shows how little you know about what is actually going on.
"What do we want?"
"Better rail services"
"When do we want them?"
"Yesterday"
"Are we prepared to be inconvenienced in the meantime?"
"No."
so why didn't WG upgrade the network when Arriva had the franchise?
as for your comments, utter nonsense. Everyone understands that to upgrade the network there will be disruption. Except we aren't see the network upgraded, its taking an age, and services are suffering continuously.
WG didn't have any control over the rail infrastructure, they took it over from Network Rail after the franchise with Keolis Amey was agreed. Upgrades are a part of franchise agreement. Why should the tax payer bail out a franchise that had no agreement to improve the network (which was the case)?
Has nothing been upgraded? Yes it'll take an age, but get a grip ffs you whinger.
The rolling stock TfW use for the Carmarthen to Manchester service had two carriages, overcrowded, not punctual, and is usually the same train as they use on the valley lines. Terrible service.
It's the 7.45 Carmarthen train I get in the morning, as you say very hit and miss (but always two carriages) as to the quality of the train you get, sometimes miss this if the local train is late and then get the 8.07, this is the Paddington to West Wales train, and is a nice train especially in 1st class.
It shows just how bad Arriva turned the network that it’s taken them this long to start make large changes. Westminster giving out a contact to them for 15 years with 0% growth requirement built in shows how much effort they put into a Welsh service.
I saw my old local station Pontypool is undergoing an upgrade, there are more on the way and a bunch of new trains.
I don’t live in Wales anymore so can someone tell me if there any positive signs of improvements across the wider network? (Ideally from somebody who isn’t gonna moan about everyone mildly related to the project).
I'm on the rhymney line and the service has improved considerably for Sunday games. We've gone from one train every two hours which you could guarantee wasn't timed around kick off and full time to two trains per hour.
I never had any issues with Saturday or evening games or going into Cardiff for shopping under ATW. Rush hour is also now much better under tfw as trains almost always have capacity.
The new trains are also a vast improvement on the pacers.
However many won't want to hear this as it doesn't fit their agenda.
What's the journey time from up there into Cardiff?
It starts at Ebbw vale ?
No, the Ebbw Vale line starts at Ebbw Vale. Different valley.
So what's the journey time from the north of the south wales valleys into Cardiff
If the service is good and the journey time is reasonable then its a good start
It's about an hour and 10 minutes to get from Rhymney to Grangetown and costs Ł8.30 for a return although trains are only every 15 minutes from Bargoed and roughly half hourly from Rhymney.
I certainly prefer getting the train into Cardiff instead of driving. I can't remember the last time I drove to a game or to go shopping.
Is that a direct service?
That's quite tidy but I couldn't deal with changing trains
It is direct
Our poor are still amongst the richest in the world though. That's the point of trickle down economics
It seems top end of Rhymney Valley is about an hour into Cardiff Central
That seems reasonable to miss out traffic and the stress of parking etc for CCFC or shopping or entertainments
But not so much fun with evening games and when the walk to the ground is in wet weather ?
More services would be better for people in the population centres
Can the journey time be improved ?
I suppose its about as good as its going to get
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