Envoy
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I see that local Councils wish to see the Severn Crossing Tolls re-imposed due to an increase in Traffic:>https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/charges-could-return-drivers-both-17746178
Surely, the vast majority of people travelling across the Severn bridges by car are unaware of the improvements made by GWR to train services that go through the Severn Tunnel? As well as the new Hitachi trains on the south Wales to London line, we also now have 4 coach HST’s replacing clapped out short 150’s plus many of the Cardiff > Newport > Bristol > Bath > Portsmouth trains now have 5 coaches thanks to the introduction of 165/6’s.
Has GWR put out any adverts about these improvements? Nah! All we have are those silly Famous 5 cartoons with kids which completely fail to get the message across about the increased capacity on trains in this region. Given the increased capacity, I would also like to see fares reduced in order to induce more people to not use their cars.
Improving the public transport links between the West of England, Chepstow, Newport and Cardiff. The JLTP says scrapping the Severn Bridge tolls was likely to increase delays on already congested sections of the M4 and M5.
It says the result will be more traffic on roads across the West of England, including the northern, eastern and north western fringes of Bristol, the A4 Portway, the A369 and the A46 from the M4 to Bath.
Surely, the vast majority of people travelling across the Severn bridges by car are unaware of the improvements made by GWR to train services that go through the Severn Tunnel? As well as the new Hitachi trains on the south Wales to London line, we also now have 4 coach HST’s replacing clapped out short 150’s plus many of the Cardiff > Newport > Bristol > Bath > Portsmouth trains now have 5 coaches thanks to the introduction of 165/6’s.
Has GWR put out any adverts about these improvements? Nah! All we have are those silly Famous 5 cartoons with kids which completely fail to get the message across about the increased capacity on trains in this region. Given the increased capacity, I would also like to see fares reduced in order to induce more people to not use their cars.