Monthly Archives: April 2011
Mind the gap
Study these pictures closely. They may answer a key question: will Fishguard & Goodwick Station be reopened any time soon – especially in time for the extra trains in September? Picture One, taken by Spad in early April 2011, the … Continue reading
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Down the line in April
Fishguard Trains’ irregular diary of internet news and blogs, on and off the rails ¶ RAILNEWS.co.uk April 15 reports Carmarthen Councillors are to protest directly to Secretary of State Philip Hammond, who declined to electrify west of Cardiff. The council’s … Continue reading
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Fast Track to Fishguard
A call for the century-old express line to Fishguard to be used for new high-speed services linking south-east and south-west Wales is published today by the Institute of Welsh Affairs. Writing in agenda, the Institute’s journal, Mike Joseph (of Fishguard … Continue reading
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May’s the month
The consultation on the new rail service for Fishguard will start “at the beginning of Mayâ€. On March 29th in addition to announcing new trains for Fishguard, Ieuan Wyn Jones launched a community consultation on the timetable, to begin in … Continue reading
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Happy birthday
At school he was a “disobedient, slow, obstinate, spoiled boy, frequently absent and very inattentiveâ€. But 207 years ago his steam railway engine – the world’s first – hauled ten tons of iron along the railway from Penydarren to … Continue reading
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April’s going fast
Announcing new trains for Fishguard on March 29th, Ieuan Wyn Jones also announced – “A community consultation on the timetable will begin in April and will look at how the additional services will connect for travel further east of Carmarthen … Continue reading
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Photoshopped? Spad?
What cynical times we live in. First ungrateful folk say that the announcement of new trains for Fishguard was timed for the upcoming Welsh General Election. Perhaps it’s just a coincidence. In 2010 Ieuan Wyn Jones explained that to concede … Continue reading
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