Hi all,
I am the one who started this thread with the intention that it would cover all aspects of the SE Wales Metro project. When attempts have been made before to split the thread into bits, it has led to confusion and overlaps. The thread as it is, has proved incredibly popular and no doubt everybody concerned about the Metro is aware of it. (More popularity = more eyes on the forum - which is good for advertisers & hence site revenue).
The moderators appear to want this thread in the Infrastructure & Stations section to just give updates on the progress made thus far such as “wires now completed to Merthyr & live”. When people mention, for example the link between Cardiff Bay station & the lines in Splott, they have called it a ‘Speculative Idea’ and moved it to that section where it has quickly died a death. (The link through the Bay is not speculative but all part of the long term Metro plan as is the westward to extension to Cregiau).
Welcome Smwrff to the forum and I am pleased you found us. I hope that you will give the Planning application number for the area south of the Central station as that makes it easier to find on the Cardiff Council Planning portal. Taking your points above, if this is split into separate threads, I think we will have confusion. For example, Cardiff Crossrail (W to E), Cardiff Central, the Metro part of the main lines plus the valleys all interlink at some point or other. If for example, the transfer of passengers at Central between the core valleys (via Radyr) and lines going to the coast (Penarth, Barry, Rhoose, etc) proves to be a disaster, people might wonder which sub thread to put comments it into?