Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Economy and Transport – in the Senedd at 2:26 pm on 22 January 2020.
Can I thank the Member for his question? I'm aware of the case, and I believe that apologies have been relayed to the constituent in question. Clearly, on that occasion, it was a signal failure. That is a responsibility that is out of the hands of TfW; it's with Network Rail. But the Member is right that bus replacement services are not always what passengers should expect—not up to the standard that they should expect. For that reason, I've asked Transport for Wales to examine the possibility, when they're able to come out of the contract that was arranged by their predecessor, Arriva Trains Wales, to establish themselves a fleet of buses for rail replacement services, because I think it's absolutely essential that passengers know that if a replacement service via a bus is to be deployed, it will carry them in the way that a train service should have carried them, in a timely way.