Santa Special
TWELVE GIFTS WE’D LIKE FOR OURÂ LINE AND ALL WHO TRAVEL ON IT IN 2013
Fishguard Train’s festive gift list – we’ve posted it safely in a hidden recess in Spittal Tunnel. Will Santa find it in time? Ho ho ho!
ON THE FIRST DAY …
There’s a food trolley on every train. Phew. No more dying for a cuppa as we speed through Ferryside.
ON THE SECOND DAY …
The 412 bus is re-routed to pass Fishguard & Goodwick, and retimed for good connections from the train to the 412 to Cardigan.
ON THE THIRD DAY …
The 17:40 Sardine Express is retimed to leave Cardiff Central 15 mins later. Rush hour passengers for Bridgend and Swansea will now take the First Great Western 125 (where there are plenty of seats), leaving plenty of room for us passengers to the west to sit on Arriva’s last daily Fishguard service.
ON THE FOURTH DAY …
Money (or clever timetabling) is found for a mid-afternoon service to fill the vast service gap between lunchtime and evening.
ON THE FIFTH DAY …
A live train indicator display appears outside the Town Hall on Fishguard Square, to keep our rail service highlighted in the centre of our community.
ON THE SIXTH DAY …
Welsh Government agrees to oppose the singling of the Swansea District Line – an act of vandalism (were it to happen) to precious rail infrastructure that must be preserved for a future high speed service between south-east and south-west Wales.
ON THE SEVENTH DAY …
At long last all guards announce to passengers from Carmarthen that there’s a service at Clarbeston for Fishguard, and they also announce to passengers at Fishguard and Goodwick that the Harbour is the next station. Amazing that it still isn’t happening.
ON THE EIGHTH DAY …
Every time you travel from Fishguard and Goodwick the conductor sells you a ticket from Fishguard and Goodwick – not Fishguard Harbour. It’s the only way to prevent passenger numbers using Fishguard and Goodwick being under-reported.
ON THE NINTH DAY …
Clarbeston Road gets train indicators (is it the only interchange station in Britain without any?). No more waiting in the dark – in every sense of the word.
ON THE TENTH DAY …
Swansea Jack names the May 1982 axeman. It’s time we were told.
ON THE ELEVENTH DAY …
Ireland finally gets its act together and restores rail-sail-rail journeys through Fishguard not just to Wexford and Dublin, but to Waterford and beyond.
ON THE TWELFTH DAY …
We get a bigger car park at Fishguard and Goodwick. We’ll be needing it in 2013.
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