trains

The Cardiff Capital Region has published a blueprint for passenger rail services across south-east Wales, which has been endorsed by the 10 local authorities involved in the area’s growth deal.

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has said improving rail links between cities in the North and Midlands should be the top priority in a new approach that seeks to end stop-start investments in order to level up the UK.

Fewer than two-thirds of trains arrived at stations on time in the year ending 2019-20, according to the industry regulator.

The Port of Mostyn in Flintshire, North Wales, has been shortlisted as the location for a major new factory making a new generation of high-speed trains that could employ up to 1,000 workers.