Welcome progress in the Valleys

More passenger services and new rolling stock operating on newly electrified routes is offering plenty of positives for rail travel in South Wales - but not everything is rosy, with controversy over a proposed new station in Cardiff. ANDREW MOURANT reports

Network Here is the tale of two contrasting rail projects in South Wales. One - the Metro, a £1 billion project to electrify the Valleys Lines and double passenger services - continues to gather momentum. New trains have arrived, more are on the way, and there’s been a big shake-up of the timetable. But the other - plans to build a privately funded four-platform station (Cardiff Parkway) on the eastern outskirts of the city - is stuck in the planning mud, with no date in sight for matters to be resolved. It’s the sort of infrastructure impasse that the UK Labour government has vowed to cut through. But in Wales, where planning policy is devolved, the Cardiff Parkway saga must be determined without Westminster’s involvement. In Cardiff and beyond, travellers…

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