Electric trains are vital to spark the Welsh economy
WHEN the previous Prime Minister last visited Cardiff one of the gifts he brought was the promise of an electric train set. Not one by Hornby or Tri-ang but one with real trains and overhead wires to...
View ArticleParties unite on the need for rail electrification through to Swansea
LAST month I chaired the annual politicians-meet-the-professionals event organised by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Cymru.
View ArticleEx-Dragon to advise on exploiting Net
FORMER Dragons’ Den panellist Doug Richard will take part in a series of one-day workshops across Wales to advise small businesses looking to grow revenues online.
View ArticleWhat’s McNulty’s rail report done for Wales?
LAST week Sir Roy McNulty produced his report, Rail Value for Money. Had the report recognised the Welsh Government’s role in our railways to a greater extent, many of its conclusions on “greater...
View ArticleKey to providing public transport for rural Wales
LAST week a seminar I attended at the Senedd considered means of “making sustainable transport easier for rural communities.”
View ArticleFire shows expressway alternative is top option
I WAS travelling along the A48 Newport Southern Distributor Road (SDR) last Tuesday, preparing and refamiliarising myself for a meeting the following day on its potential upgrading to expressway standard.
View ArticleProud community railways keeping the country on track
LAST week I spoke at the annual dinner of the Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACoRP ) in Sheffield.
View ArticleWales in Motion column
BUSES and trains provide for most of my travelling needs but my car’s absence for the past fortnight gave me the chance to mystery shop with no alternative.
View ArticleThe updated National Transport Plan prioritises employment generation and...
THE National Transport Plan 2009 was a dynamic document to be reviewed every two or three years, reflecting new priorities so that expenditure meets current transport needs and challenges. It is the...
View ArticleTransport guru’s review of opportunities for 2012
Would it not be unreasonable to expect Arriva Trains Wales to re-examine the costs of these add-ons?
View ArticleStuart Cole: Wales in Motion
THE National Assembly Enterprise and Business Committee report on the regeneration of town centres published last week illustrated how Wales’ older industrial towns and cities have, in recent years,...
View ArticleWales seems to be almost invisible in the big-ship cruising market
THE cruising market is the fastest growing tourism segment with financial and economic characteristics making it essential for Wales to acquire a greater part of that global market dominated by the...
View ArticleThere is no fuel shortage nor will there be if we’re sensible
Professor Stuart Cole looks at the recent panic caused by the threatened tanker drivers’ strike
View ArticleStrategic investment in transport infrastructure needed for Cardiff Airport
ONE of the challenges resulting from 40 years research in the transport field is weeding out unwanted research material.
View ArticleTransport led plans key to Cardiff city centre regeneration site
AT THE core of the current regeneration strategy for Cardiff city centre, a state-of-the-art public transport interchange must be the centrepiece.
View ArticleA number of ownership models for rail franchises in Wales needed to be explored
WELSH Government Transport Minister Carl Sargeant and his staff are currently in final discussions with the Department for Transport (DfT) in London on the extent of electrification of the South Wales...
View ArticleInvestment in place – now comes the really hard work
TWO weeks ago Wales received one of its biggest infrastructure investments and a major show of confidence in the future development of the South Wales economy.
View ArticleThe Fourth Severn Crossing – is the barrage the answer?
DISCUSSION in recent weeks about cross-border links, by no less than the House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee in their current inquiry, will no doubt raise the issue of fourth Severn crossing.
View ArticleSharing the risks could be the way to a thriving bus service
THE mainly privately owned British bus industry is facing a financial crisis on many fronts.
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