Brissle Girl
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That's not strictly true, in that the signalling was enhanced as part of the Newport resignalling last decade to facilitate it. Prior to that (and in particular when the branch reopened) it wasn't possible.Nothing has changed to infrastructure to permit the service to run.It has run before during engineering work.I think the aim is to run a regular Newport to Ebbw Vale service that does not go via Cardiff which will need more units and passing loops.
It's just that so many years have passed since the infrastructure change was made to permit use of the link, that it's correct to say that there has been no recent change.
It's a bit like the loop at Tir Phil, put in as part of the Cardiff Area Resignalling to permit 2 tph north of Bargoed, which has effectively seen no use, and won't do prior to further track doubling in the area as part of SW Metro.