Rail Services in South Wales

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:57 pm on 22 May 2018.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:57, 22 May 2018

Our aspiration remains to have two trains an hour operating along the Ebbw line from 2021. We want to see trains going into Newport, but it's a matter for Network Rail, an organisation that we can't even direct. That's part of the problem we have with the current settlement. The Scots can do it; we can't. That said, we want to work to make sure that the service is introduced in the near future and to work with Network Rail to identify the technical solutions needed in order for that to happen.