<p>Improving Rail Services</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:10 pm on 24 January 2017.

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Photo of Mohammad Asghar Mohammad Asghar Conservative 2:10, 24 January 2017

The House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee has said recently that there is an urgent need for new trains on Wales’s rail network. It went on to say that passengers were tired of old and cramped trains, with some rolling stock in use being over 40 years old. Some locomotives are still running after their sell-by date. With the Wales and borders franchise coming up for renewal, First Minister, what discussions has the Welsh Government had with regard to providing modern trains to improve rail services for passengers in south-east Wales, which has been promised for a very long time now?