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The 4th Doctor and Romana take the Paris Metro in City of Death from 1979 (one of the very few classic stories filmed abroad?)

The file for the map is dated May 2021 so I guess they just haven’t updated it yet!

Metro includes Maesteg and Ebbw Vale, and as far east as Abergavenny and Severn Tunnel Junction – there’s a map on the on TfW Metro site. I thought the branding wasn’t on the 231s because they would also be going to Cheltenham Spa.

From TfW on Twitter, on 6 November:

On the new TfW Class 197s, the screens display "We are now approaching Newport (South Wales)" while at exactly the same time the recorded announcement says "We are now approaching Newport (Gwent)". Not sure how that happened as the entire PIS is brand new. Gwent was abolished as a local...

Lots of swan line delays today.

Full plans and elevations of the bridge are available in the planning application here if anyone’s interested. (Looks like the bridge sides will be 1.8m high…)

I think that’s how it’s always been planned. Central to Queen St was definitely never going to be electrified, because that section is remaining under Network Rail ownership. Here’s the information pack from the (now closed) consultation:

Yes, south of Queen Street will be line-of-sight, and yes, it seems the Valleys services will be distinct from the Central one, but presumably using the same trains and crew, as they’ll all be based at the depot in Trefforest. The longer term aspiration is for a Cardiff Central – Newport Road...

The arena has sold out – that’s a small fraction of the number of people expected though. The first wave of the EuroVillage final tickets have sold out, but several thousand more will be made available over the coming weeks (full capacity 25,000). Organisers expect around 200,000 visitors over...

This is true, but ideally you would include monthly/annual bus tickets in the scheme too. Unfortunately this is also true, already. I used to work for a fairly small company (fewer than 50 employees) and when I asked about buying a bike through the cycle to work scheme they refused, as it was...

I know having a clockface timetable is the ideal, but since the timing’s so tight on this line, and causing so many problems, wouldn’t it be better just to accept it isn’t possible to run a perfectly hourly service? The frequency is due to increase from 60min to every 30min, but why not just...

Eurovision is a much bigger event than just the show in the arena. The Liverpool fanzone is planned to have a capacity of 25,000. And that’s just the official one. There’ll be countless unofficial ones and viewing parties etc around the city too, and thousands more fans in the area just to...

The TfW consultation on potential extensions to Newport Road had a map giving a rough idea of the route.

I’m not necessarily disagreeing with either of you, but whatever we personally may believe the Metro to be, the official definition does cover Maesteg and Abergavenny, as shown by TfW’s route map above. The Metro is more than just electrification and new rolling stock. It’s the wider project to...

The Metro branding is often used to cover all local/regional journeys, not just the Valley lines. Cardiff–Abergavenny counts as Metro, which will often be Class 175s. Would be difficult not to improve on the 175 air conditioning so I’m sure the claim is correct!

Lime Street, Oxford Road, New Street etc are all pre-existing street names, and so wouldn’t have Welsh equivalents. (The Welsh station names aren’t translated, as such, they simply use the Welsh names for things that already exist, and use the English otherwise). Mixed language names happen in...

It doesn’t I’m afraid – Dwyrain just means East!

All the ones served by TfW are on their route map – image below but easier to see by comparing the English (PDF) and Welsh (PDF) versions. Many places along the Marches have Welsh names as they would have been Welsh at one point: Yr Heledd-wen (Nantwich) Yr Eglwys Wen (Whitchurch) Amwythig...

I think you’re perfectly entitled to the full £500 and see no problem keeping it. Delay Repay isn’t a refund. It’s compensation. The original ticket price is used when calculating the amount, but that’s neither here nor there. The payment is to compensate you for the inconvenience caused by the...