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Yes, and a long-closed line generally ends up being completely rebuilt anyway - it's extremely unlikely that the existing track will be in any fit state to be used by the time they come to run trams on it. Closing a line formally involves revoking the Act of Parliament that built it, which then...

Either that or have it formally closed. But given the Welsh Government aspires to convert it to passenger use, having it temporarily closed is probably the best approach.

Just a brief note to say that another consultation has gone live, extending the "temporary" closure of the Hirwaun branch for another three years.

The affected bridge is right on the boundary - in the Network Statement it says that the boundary is the "intersecting bridge", which is the one in question. Openrailwaymap shows the boundary as being in mid-span of the bridge, and the approach ramp from Cardiff Central belongs to Network Rail.

The masts themselves are designed to be very quick to erect - it's all the groundwork that has taken the time, especially after local residents objected to the noise of the piling rigs in the evening. As far as I can tell, the only visible provisions for Crossrail phase 1are: - space has been...

"Autumn 2025", according to this webpage https://tfw.wales/projects/metro/south-wales-metro/treherbert-line-transformation 1745350664 Quick update on the Bay branchline - several more cantilevers have gone up to support the overhead wires, and there's a single track mast that now has its its...

Here it is on RTT for tomorrow: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:XTF/2025-04-23/0000-2359?stp=WVS&show=all&order=wtt None of the trains ran today - quite possibly because of all the other disruption going on in Cardiff.

It does highlight how crucial that intersecting bridge (Queen St lines crossing main line, which in turn crosses the Dock Feeder Canal) is to Cardiff's rail transport. Let's hope it doesn't need a full replacement because that'll be a massive operation.

You're right - that must be a mistake on the drawing. Since a black symbol is used to denote "existing toilet" and a red one to denote "new toilet to be built", there's a possibility that they used the wrong symbol. It does make sense to have a toilet at Radyr as, being a junction, people will...

Just to add some facts to the endless toilet debate - this map from January 2024 shows all the infrastructure upgrades that were planned at the time, including proposals for new toilets. Listing out the proposed toilet provision line by line: Treherbert Line: Treherbert (new) Tonypandy (new)...

Yes - have a look at the 398 thread (avoiding the endless argument about toilets...) - and generally you can find the planned test runs by searching for anything leaving Taff's Well Depot on Realtimetrains. The next planned run is on Monday (to both Treherbert and Aberdare) but there's no...

Ah, that makes sense! I'd seen the L-shaped concrete mouldings stockpiled and wondered what they were for. 1745058593 The test trains definitely ran (756106 was the test unit - a 4-car), but there's no real-time reporting for stations on the Coryton branch during the tests...

A couple of other Cardiff Bay branch updates - I think that some more cantilever arms have gone up at the south end of Butetown, and there were a whole gang of orange-clad workers on the track around the Cart Road Bridge (former canal bridge, now a cycle and footpath). One was using a total...

That's not what the schedule's showing right now: 231005, 231008 and 231010 are allocated to Barry services this afternoon. 231s can't serve Bridgend yet, but there's a pair of 150s instead: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:W19640/2025-04-15/detailed

Yeah, the last I heard (see this post) the Sunday service varied a bit from line to line. Quoting what I wrote based on the consultation document from August last year - "Sunday service reductions are variable, with Treherbert (for example) receiving 28 trains/day on a Sunday as against 35...

I did find in the TfW board minutes from December that "Further work is required to secure the necessary access to support the Class 398 testing and commissioning process, with the issue escalated to Amey Infrastructure Wales senior leadership". Unfortunately none of the 2025 minutes have been...

No. The only technical issue that has been mentioned on here previously was wheel profiles, but that wasn't from an official source.

The only thing I know about is that TAM will go to 14x 756s in service daily, which I think eliminates all the diesels from those routes. There's supposed to be the introduction of 3-car 756s on Penarth/Caerphilly/Coryton trains but that may not happen in time for the timetable change, and...

Yeah, I don't think it went to Coryton either - that doesn't bode well.

It was out again in the small hours of this morning - up and down between Caerphilly and Heath Junction https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/gb-nr:HHL/2025-04-11/0000-2359?stp=S&show=all&order=wtt