Cardiff's transport network is on the verge of a total transformation. The announcement of UK Government Levelling Up funding for a tram-train line between Cardiff Central and Cardiff Bay might have sounded slightly arbitrary in isolation, but it's part of something much bigger.
Plans were announced as far back as 2019 for a new tram-train service in Cardiff, and the conversation since then has been full of words like "Metro," "light rail," and "integrated transport." You'd be forgiven for losing track (no pun intended) of all the different rail projects going on in the city.
So how does this mile-long stretch of track feed into plans that could connect the most deprived areas of Cardiff with those receiving massive investment? Where is the money coming from for this colossal project, when are the shovels going into the ground, and what's it all for? To get our free daily briefing on the biggest issues affection the nation, Wales Matters, click here.
