Transport for Wales’ latest Annual Report highlights benefits from investments

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Betws-y-Coed station. // Credit: Transport for Wales
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Some of the highlights in the latest (TfW) Annual Report published thi week, are more new trains, increased use of key bus services, and innovation in .

46 brand-new trains and timetabling improvements have helped to reduce cancellations and increase revenue through more people choosing the comfort, speed, and capacity offered by the new trains.

Extract from the report. // Credit: Transport for Wales
Extract from the report. // Credit: Transport for

Included in the innovations in ticketing are Pay-As-You-Go tickets. These were piloted on services between Cardiff Central, Newport and Pontyclun, and have been extended to include . Ticket sales through the TfW app have also seen a 30% increase.

We’re now starting to see the benefits of investments.

James Price, Transport for Wales CEO

A new Ebbw Vale to Newport service launched in February 2024 was a game changer for local communities, with twice the number of trains per hour, helping to improve connectivity for work, education, and leisure.

Aberystwyth from the coastal path. // Credit: Transport for Wales
Aberystwyth from the coastal path. // Credit: Transport for Wales

A copy of the full Annual Report is available by clicking here.  

Over the last five years, we’ve been on a journey of transformation at TfW and we’re now starting to see the benefits of investments.

With improved services and better trains, we’ve seen an increase in passenger numbers which has helped to drive up our rail revenue by 15%. We’ll aim to maintain this upward trajectory as we continue to introduce more new trains as part of our £800 million investment, as well as making timetable adjustments.

Our vision is to become ‘Wales’s favourite way to travel’ and we can do this through continuing our investment into an integrated public transport network.  We’ve seen a 25% increase in passengers using our TrawsCymru bus services and we recently opened the new Cardiff Bus Interchange, which will improve links between rail and bus.

We’ve distributed £46 million in funding which will improve local walking, cycling and wheeling routes improving local connectivity, and we’ve launched over 30 new walks from our railway stations across Wales.

James Price, Transport for Wales CEO

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  1. Yet again all about south Wales, thay ar talking about reducing the service in mid Wales the north to south and south to north service is ridiculously over crowded let get all of Wales the same. The Indian railways come to mind when I travel on the train when are the passengers hang on the side and on the roof of the train

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