A report in the Western Mail today - and also on the Wales Online website - quotes UK Transport Secretary Chris Grayling stating that electrification will not progress past Cardiff during the lifetime of this current Parliament.
He says that train times and seating capacity will not be affected west of Cardiff as they will be served by bimodal trains under diesel power.
Interestingly, too, for those of us in Tenby he says "I'm asking... them to ensure services from Pembroke Dock to London via Carmarthen are on new, state of the art Intercity Express Trains."
Previously they were going to be withdrawn as the tunnel at Narberth is too small for the new trains. So what has changed? It's good news for Tenby, though...
He says that train times and seating capacity will not be affected west of Cardiff as they will be served by bimodal trains under diesel power.
Interestingly, too, for those of us in Tenby he says "I'm asking... them to ensure services from Pembroke Dock to London via Carmarthen are on new, state of the art Intercity Express Trains."
Previously they were going to be withdrawn as the tunnel at Narberth is too small for the new trains. So what has changed? It's good news for Tenby, though...