Transport for Wales has opened a brand-new training facility, which comes with a state-of-the-art simulator.

One City Place is in Chester and will be key to training drivers and conductors to use the new Class 197 trains over the next year.

The first new trains are currently in final stages of testing before entering service this winter.

Jan Chaudhry-Van der Velde, Transport for Wales Managing Director, commented: “We’re delighted to be opening our brand new training facility in Chester

“Chester has a long history as a railway city, dating back to the opening of the first railway here in 1840 – our investment in this new facility a stone’s throw away from the station will ensure it will continue to be an important centre for the rail industry for many years to come

“One City Place been fitted out to a very high standard, to ensure we’re providing the best possible facilities for our colleagues.”