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Peter Black and South Wales West Liberal DemocratsRepresenting Aberavon, Bridgend, Gower, Neath, Ogmore, Port Talbot, and Swansea |
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Assembly Member gets support of Minister in fight to secure Swansea train services
March 11, 2009 12:00 AM
The Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for South Wales West, Peter Black, has welcomed the support of the Welsh Economic and Transport Minister in seeking assurances from the UK Government on the future of train services between Swansea and West Wales and London.
Mr. Black told the Assembly Plenary today of his concerns that new Super Express coaches, which will be rolled out on the mainline from 2015, will be ten foot longer than those currently in use, so as to save weight and increase seating. This will require modifications to the track outside Swansea and Carmarthen stations because of sharp turns.
Network Rail has refused to commit to carrying out those changes at this time. UK Ministers have also failed to reassure the 74 workers in the Swansea maintenance depot that their services will continue to be needed for the new trains.
Mr Black said: "I am pleased to see that the Minister has acknowledged my concerns and agreed to take this issue further. I welcome the additional investment in mainline services but if it leads to a cut in services or even job losses, it will be a case of one step forward but two steps back
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