VoyForums
[ Show ]
Support VoyForums
[ Shrink ]
VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

Login ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 12[3]4 ]


[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 10:30:13 07/21/05 Thu
Author: Jeff
Subject: Re: Ebbw Rail Campaign - Update 20th January 2005 It has emerged that the Ebbw Vale line reopening scheme has become a victim of the rail industry's out-of-control cost escalation. Phase 1 (Ebbw Vale to Cardiff hourly) will not now commence until 2007, and instead of a lengthy double-line section in the central part of the route, most of it will be built as single track with single-platform stations. This will preclude a half-hourly service and eliminate freight paths. This hardly inspires confidence that phase 2 will ever be funded. That was to include building back into Ebbw Vale town, and to Abertillery, with two trains per hour in the valley - one to Newport and one to Cardiff. We regard this later phase as essential if the railway is to fulfil its potential. i.e Don't bet on it ever happening here in Abertillery. You'll have to go to Ebbw Vale (like everything does in Blaenau Gwent!) http://www.chartist.demon.co.uk/rdsw/ebbw.htm:
In reply to: MB 's message, "Ebbw Rail Campaign - Update 20th January 2005 It has emerged that the Ebbw Vale line reopening scheme has become a victim of the rail industry's out-of-control cost escalation. Phase 1 (Ebbw Vale to Cardiff hourly) will not now commence until 2007, and instead of a lengthy double-line section in the central part of the route, most of it will be built as single track with single-platform stations. This will preclude a half-hourly service and eliminate freight paths. This hardly inspires confidence that phase 2 will ever be funded. That was to include building back into Ebbw Vale town, and to Abertillery, with two trains per hour in the valley - one to Newport and one to Cardiff. We regard this later phase as essential if the railway is to fulfil its potential. i.e Don't bet on it ever happening here in Abertillery. You'll have to go to Ebbw Vale (like everything does in Blaenau Gwent!) http://www.chartist.demon.co.uk/rdsw/ebbw.htm:" on 10:45:07 07/14/05 Thu

I work in Cardiff but it looks as if I will have retired by the time this rail link opens. I am 49 now and expect to retire at 60ish so I am not holding my breath.

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]


Forum timezone: GMT+1
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.