Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Train Notes

Today’s Western Mail carries the story that the official opening of the Ebbw Vale train line to Cardiff is happening as planned this Friday (14 December). However, that doesn’t mean that services start that day, or even the next one – the scheduled hourly service doesn’t actually start until Saturday 22 December, another 8 days away. So, the answer to the question ‘when is an official opening not an official opening?’ is ‘when it’s a PR exercise.”

Even after the delays (the original start date for the service was “summer 2007”) two stations, Cross Keys and Llanhilleth won’t be open - but will open for business in another 3 months. Allegedly.

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