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Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 22 November 2016.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:55, 22 November 2016

I don’t hold her personally responsible for that, but that’s the reality of it. The line coming into the town was built over many, many years ago, and it’s now a dual-carriageway road and much of the line has gone. So, it would be impractical to reinstate the line from Heol y Sheet junction in Pyle, through the Nottage tunnel, long gone, into Porthcawl itself. So, we have to consider other alternatives for towns like Porthcawl in the future, given the fact that they were cut off from the rail network in the early 1960s. One suggestion is a fast bus; there are other possibilities that can be made available for towns that are a distance away from the heavy-rail network in the future.