one would presume this depends of the nature of the damage. ie length seriousness and availability of parts
Apparently pilotman operation is in place on the Aberdare branch.
So far as I know only on agricultural land. Highways and gardens, and presumably trackside, are not covered.
No. The last mechanical box on the Pontypridd - Merthyr / Aberdare route was, to my knowledge, Abercynon which was abolished 30-May-2008 with control passing to a panel which is located in a two-storey portacabin construction that can be seen from the station.
It is illegal to disturb a breeding bird, anywhere. It is not illegal to cut back vegetation. Most organisations choose to not do vegetation works during the bird breeding season as it leads to severe complaints, plus actually ensuring you do not impact a breeding bird can be very difficult in many vegetation type.
Thanks for the info. Shows how long it's been since I've been up there. Something I must put right now the fault seems to have been fixed and the normal half-hourly service resumed.
Also if you find a bird you have to stop the job, so there is a fairly high risk that you'll have to come back again when nesting season is over. So it's often better not to attempt the work at that time of year.
The Welsh government are doing such a ticket in the future yes. Wish they’d hurry up though
IIRC, you send a qualified nature person to check for signs of nesting. If no nesting cut down as normal, if there is you make a 5 metre boundary around it and move on to the next tree. I guess depending on the necessity of the work you either check regularly to see if the bird has moved on or wait until nesting season is over.
Yes you can. But from the point of view of someone trying to deliver a project to a budget and deadline:
The Member of the Senedd for Llanelli is non other than Lee Waters. Wonder if he has told his constituents all the split tickets they need to buy from the Welsh Government run TfW in order to get the cheapest prices to get from a to b? Even the buses in Llanelli to the local hinterland do not go to the station but from the town centre - about a mile away. No wonder people use cars. Anyway, we digress from the Metro in SE Wales but I think it was worth mentioning that we clearly have an unfair fares system - even when using just the TfW trains. It is no good being all talk and no action on this matter. The moral of this tale is not to use the TfW website to buy your train tickets.
I understand he drives between his constituency home and Cardiff and his main home is in the Vale of Glamorgan.
I read that he lives in Penarth rather than some remote place in the rural Vale of Glam. The fact is that our elected representatives who are waging war against the car and refusing to build new roads should be aware of the public transport fares and ease of travel/overcrowding etc.
There are very good family reasons why Lee Waters choses to live in Penarth. They're fairly well known although it's a private matter and it's incredibly unfair to judge a father for doing his best for his child.
Taff’s Well is being moved north a bit, to allow for a junction into the new depot at the southern end of where the platforms currently are. Presumably the crossover is related to the depot junction?
Yes the southbound track now has a double turnout.