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Start of new service to Newport now delayed until possibly mid-late January. Letter from James Price to AM.
Do you have a link or reference? What’s the reason given?Start of new service to Newport now delayed until possibly mid-late January. Letter from James Price to AM.
Shortage of stock due to wheel damage and late delivery of 197s.Do you have a link or reference? What’s the reason given?
It's been posted here before that 175s required a dedicated depot and Chester could not maintaine both and believe there was supposed to have been a new home initially.Yet they've sent the 175s, 170s and Northern 150s back, weird planning. The 175s are doing literally nothing. I'm not sure that James Price is a very competent CEO.
Oh dear! "Transport for Fails"! Please don't turn the comments on here into a childish copy of WalesOnline.Transport for Fails!
Except for those of us who use the miserable service in the valleys it is a daily occurrence of failure. 2/3 trains allocated for Ebbw Vale to Cardiff services and frequent delays because there is no slack in the turn around times. Under Arriva 3 trains were allocated and the line was so reliable! We even got 4 coaches on a Saturday and during school holidays (those were the days).Oh dear! "Transport for Fails"! Please don't turn the comments on here into a childish copy of WalesOnline.
Are you talking about trains or carriages?…2/3 trains allocated for Ebbw Vale to Cardiff services and frequent delays because there is no slack in the turn around times. Under Arriva 3 trains were allocated and the line was so reliable! We even got 4 coaches …
…Under Arriva 3 trains were allocated and the line was so reliable! We even got 4 coaches on a Saturday and during school holidays (those were the days).
Trains I think.Are you talking about trains or carriages?
Trains it was. It was always 3 trains allocated to the line to run a reliable and resilient timetable under Arriva. Nowadays there are only 2 trains allocated which causes a timetable that is neither reliable nor resilient.Trains I think.
The round trip from Cardiff to Ebbw Vale and back takes about two hours so they really need three trains to provide a resilient service, with one laying over at Cardiff for about 50-55 minutes.
Arriva certainly weren’t perfect but you did know that if you turned up at Ebbw Vale station the train was there are mostly on time. When you have an hourly timetable to work with to commute to work, it unacceptable for the train to be delayed and cancelled.Are you talking about trains or carriages?
I knew it would happen at some point, but I didn’t think it would be a commuter from the Valleys who’d say it first!
Yes, as part of the December 11th timetable change. The Newport services will slot in eventually.Service times changing next week for Ebbw Vale - Cardiff Central despite no Newport service.
That's just because they haven't got around to cancelling them in the system yet. It has been a rolling two-week's ahead since December 11th!Realtime Trains showing the Ebbw Vale to Newport service commencing on Saturday 20th January and then weekdays from w/c 22nd January.
Will have to wait and see if TfW have enough units.
Yes, but that is achieved using the current amount of rolling stock. The additional services promised (and in the timetable) are still entirely absent.There is 3 train to cardiff which go via Newport s wales Station in the evening and sunday I the day
Given how over budget the whole metro project is, I suspect the Ebbw Vale branch has had its share of enhancements for the foreseeable future. Unless your proposal had a benefit for passengers, it seems a lot to spend for little benefit.With depot space being something of a premium, would a small depot capable of housing 3/4 trains overnight, similar to Machynlleth be a worthwhile investment, rather than last service returning ecs to Canton depot
With the introduction of Newport services being imminent, a 2nd track from EVP to EVT, along with 2nd terminus platform in conjunction with a depot, would continue enhancement of the line
As predicted the Ebbw <-> Newport services for the week of the 22nd have all vanished from the timetable. Has there ever been a worse operator in the history of the railway than TfW?Realtime Trains showing the Ebbw Vale to Newport service commencing on Saturday 20th January and then weekdays from w/c 22nd January.
Will have to wait and see if TfW have enough units.
Almost certainly - the difference now being the fact that everyone can see what is going on and easily comment about it. In the not too distant past, the best the public would have got would have been a footnote to the timetable saying “service may commence during the validity of this timetable”. IIRC, sometimes it did; sometimes it didn’t!As predicted the Ebbw <-> Newport services for the week of the 22nd have all vanished from the timetable. Has there ever been a worse operator in the history of the railway than TfW?
Still showing from Monday 29th January on RTT.As predicted the Ebbw <-> Newport services for the week of the 22nd have all vanished from the timetable. Has there ever been a worse operator in the history of the railway than TfW?
Maybe no publicity due to the high risk of it not actually starting!I just asked the TfW twitter team and the reply was “Hi Tom, we are expecting the Ebbw Vale - Newport services to start on the 29th January, thank you for your patience ^Gwen” . There has been no advertising about it starting online which isn’t great for attracting passengers!
Quite! I won’t hold my breath until Monday.Maybe no publicity due to the high risk of it not actually starting!
That will add a few more hundreds of thousands to the cost of building a new station.I believe there is a requirement now that PA announcements must be heard along the full length of the platforms on a scheme that sees new PA installed.
This has also happened in recent years at Pontypridd and Barry as part of an accessibility improvement package, and is also due to happen with Pontypool and possibly Grangetown and Llantwit Major.
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/...-funding-boost-for-accessibility-improvements
Hallelujah! Only 16 years late!Ebbw Vale - Newport services have commenced this morning.