Billions of pounds could be spent on a ‘vision’ to improve the railways around Bristol and in South Wales in the next ten years, politicians from both sides of the Channel will announce today (Thursday).
The dream could see up to £8 billion spent with a raft of new stations, services and connections link Bristol and Bath to South Wales, and include cutting the journey time between our city to Cardiff to just half an hour, with four trains an hour between the two cities.
Leaders from South Wales and the West of England are being joined by the Government’s Welsh Secretary to launch the ‘Vision for 2050’, which would see huge improvements to rail services on this side of the Channel, as well as in south Wales.
