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  1. swcovas

    Heart of Wales line future services

    Three years ago when the announcement was made of the new services on HOWL and the Cambrian it was also announced that £150,000 was being made available to explore future improvements to HOWL services. Does anyone know whether a report is imminent especially in light of the fact that the new...
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    Plan for Biomass power station at Trecwn near Fishguard

    It was recently announced that Pembrokeshire CC have approved plans for a biomass power station at Trecwn near Fishguard. See Article below: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-32024255 The article says that the plant will require 53 HGV deliveries a day which seems very...
  3. swcovas

    Heart of Wales May 2015 Timetable

    I think its a fair assumption that the timings on the missing trains will be much the same as at present. On a recent quick visit up to Llandeilo from Swansea on a rover ticket I was very surprised to find that my return to Swansea by bus was scuppered because the off peak bus service north of...
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    Heart of Wales Line - royal Welsh Show Specials 21-24 July 2014

    I'd just like to draw Forum members attention to the special trains on the HOWL from Cardiff to Builth Rd on 21-24 July. A repeat of previous years and a rare opportunity for track bashers to travel on the north curve at Hendy Junction off the SDL on to the Heart of Wales. Full tt on the ATW...
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    Heart of Wales Line improvements from May 2015

    The following is part of an announcement made today in connection with improvements to services on the Cambrian and the HOWL: Does anyone know what the nuts and bolts of this are as surely the current first 2 through trains (arr Salop 0822 and Swansea 0918) are not going to continue as per the...
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    Semaphores at Whitland

    I have just heard that the semaphores at Whitland in West Wales have just been replaced by colour light signals. Not sure how true this is but sad to see them go. There is/was a great bracket signal coming of the Pembroke Dock branch which has been leaning slightly to the left for many years but...
  7. swcovas

    Designation as a Halt

    I wonder if someone could clear up and clarify when the word halt officially disappeared from UK railway timetable terminolgy excluding preserved lines that is. I know that when IBM opened in 1978 it was designated as a Halt but when was the word dropped? Any help appreciated.
  8. swcovas

    Station platforms not ending in a ramp

    Thinking of Pantyffynon station on the HOWL where the southern end of the platform ends in steps and not a ramp. It strikes me as unusual and for as long as I'm aware this has always been the case at Pantyffynon .......or am I being stupid and there are there hundreds of other examples on the...
  9. swcovas

    Train on Heart of Wales Line, Sun 28/4/2013

    I'm curious as to what this train is running today from Margam to Llanwrtyd and return on the HOWL: Schedule Information STP schedule UID U65152, identity Runs SuO on 28/04/2013 only TSC 53790404 Train ID 79694Y1E28
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    Haverfordwest freight

    By chance I noticed this train on Realtime trains site from Hwest: WTT schedule UID H11471 Runs SSuX from 10/12/2012 to 06/12/2013 TSC 54605010 Departs 0935 to Didcot. What is this train? Does it actually run? Just curious.
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    Metro Vision for Cardiff

    The following was reported on BBC Wales site couple of days ago. Full article and map can be seen on: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-21887504 The Metro Consortium, which includes businesses such as Admiral Insurance, British Gas, and Capita Symonds, is also backed by...
  12. swcovas

    Kidwelly-Coedbach

    I have passed through Kidwelly a few times recently and notice that the track from the Coedbach Washery still trails in on the up side. How much of track remains up to old washery? I know that there were plans for a biomass power station on the site of the washery but I think this has now been...
  13. swcovas

    Swansea District line

    I mentioned this in passing (perhaps out of context) on another thread but with the re-doubling of the West Wales main line via Gowerton how do forum members see the future of the Swansea District line? There are current a handful of passenger trains using the line and some freight....could...
  14. swcovas

    Amman Valley Branch

    Trawling the web for something totally unrelated I found this short article from the Carmarthen Journal of 25th July 2012: “An Amman Valley railway charity has welcomed the Government's £2 billion pledge to electrify the line from London to Swansea — but said there are still gaps it can fill...
  15. swcovas

    1330 Manchester - Tenby

    I am curious why the 1330 ex Manchester train terminates at Tenby returning to Cardiff at 1957 with a connection to/from Pembroke Dock. Same train runs through on saturdays.
  16. swcovas

    Bridgend to Liv South Pkway

    Anyone got any suggestions for cheapest fare for Bridgend to Liv South on 9 August. Need to arrive latest at about 1600. No railcards, no discounts at all. Many thanks!
  17. swcovas

    Heart of Wales Line. Campaign for improved service

    I would like to draw forum memebers' attention to the STILL ONGOING campaign for an improved service on the Heart of Wales line. Despite a reasonably positive cost benefit study 2 years ago the line continues to soldier on with a timetable which seems to serve no one satisfactorily. The line...
  18. swcovas

    Stansted to Bridgend

    Following on from my previus question about advance booking a few days ago can someone help and tell me the cheapest way to get from Stanstead to Bridgend tomorrow, Friday 6th July? I will be landing at Stanstead at about 0830 and have no rush to get to Bridgend so any route that gives me the...
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    Advance ticket purchase

    Can someone help? I'm booking a ticket from Stanstead to bridgend for friday 6th July. I've done this many times before and know that I have to insert credit card into the ticket machine before being able to collect my ticket. Unfortunately on this occasion I won't be able to have a credit card...
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    Stations with surprisingly high passenger use

    The thread about small settlements with 2 stations got me thinking about (relatively)towns/villages with a surprisingly high footfall figure. In Wales we have a number of small villages with high usage on the Cambrian due to the schools traffic. Other thoughts?

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