Category Archives: Transport

My views on the Coalition Deal

To begin with, I’ll just direct people here to the full text of the Coalition Agreement with the Conservative Party. If you haven’t read it yet, it might be handy as this entire blog post is basically me talking about … Continue reading

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Ieuan Air – a waste of money?

BBC News & Wales Online both carried a story this morning about Highland Airways, the company that runs the much maligned “Ieuan Air” service, from Cardiff to Ynys Mon has gone into administration and the service has collapsed.  Cue mock … Continue reading

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Why high speed rail is not enough

Transport has been a big issue in the news over recent weeks, both on a local and a national level, with the difficulties in the North-South Air Link’s operation, then the ORR’s decision to scrap the planned direct service from … Continue reading

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If the trains were devolved?

Just over a week ago, we wrote of our disappointment at the ORR’s decision not to re-open the direct link from Aberystwyth to London and it seems we aren’t the only people to be disappointed by this decision, Elin Jones, … Continue reading

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