05-08-2025
re (link): https://nation.cymru/news/
The railway needs investment now! Decades of crippling closures, rationalisation and locked-in restrictions, a lack of vision, imagination for decades has crippled operations, capacity and ability to court and meet demand. Overcrowding, poor length of trains and lack-lustre frequency all takes a toll on poor image and a dis-service to areas in need of regeneration. A new deal is needed, longer trains, reinstate passing loops, reinstate a direct line from Aberystwyth-Barmouth via Dovey Junction as an end-to-end relief shuttle. Rebuilding Carmarthen-Aberystwyth and Criccieth-Bangor would enable more traffic, serve Caerarnfon and possibly bring more freight to the line. Alas, £2 billion is seen as too much, but over a 100 years longevity would probably pay for itself many time and save the railway from marginalisation as at present: https://nation.cymru/news/ public-pack-town-hall-to- share-views-over-cuts-to- lifeline-rail-service/
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Yours sincerely,
Richard Pill
BRTA CEO
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