Rail and Metro Services

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 1:39 pm on 4 July 2018.

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Photo of Mark Reckless Mark Reckless Conservative 1:39, 4 July 2018

Residents in the upper Valleys have often told me that one of the greatest barriers to travelling to Cardiff to seek work is not the frequency of service or necessarily the speed, but the cost. So, from that perspective, can I really welcome the agreement between Welsh Government and the new franchise holder to reduce the fares from the upper Valleys, and can I ask the Cabinet Secretary will that apply in reverse for people travelling from Cardiff up to Merthyr for work or otherwise, and will it also apply to people coming from the upper Valleys to Newport?