<p>The Rail Network in Mid and West Wales</p>

Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:05 pm on 3 October 2017.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:05, 3 October 2017

Just to inform the Member, the next stage is that, as he knows, the Cabinet Secretary has decided to include Carno in the current round of stage 2 assessments. What does that involve? It involves obtaining information from Network Rail on deliverability and operational considerations on the prioritised stations. In addition, a standard assessment model has been run to assess the anticipated demand at the proposed stations as well. I know that the Cabinet Secretary has asked officials to engage with the action group as part of the stage 2 process. So, that’s where we are now, but he will know, of course, what our intention is. There are many unknowns. When you deal with Network Rail, it’s not always clear what the challenges are. We’ve found that in the past, where problems have been identified that were not known at the time that an announcement was made. But it is our intention, he will know, to reopen Carno, pending, of course, the assessment.