A woman claims she has spent more time commuting than working at her 39-hours- a week office job due to the disruption on Transport for Wales trains. Hannah Bush travels from Aberdare to Cardiff five days a week and says she can no longer cope with her train journey being delayed or cancelled as work is continued on the construction of the new South Wales Metro.
Although she says the company she works for has been supportive when she has been held up, Hannah says the complicated journey times make her day more stressful and believes that Transport for Wales are not doing enough to improve the service, which has left her feeling helpless. She said she is having to leave her house at 5.50am in the morning and often gets home at 7pm due to the delays.
According to Trainline, there are only rail replacement buses running between Monday-Friday until Monday, January 30. The typical journey takes 1 hour, 49 minutes and has two changes, one being in Pontypridd and the other in Radyr. Normally, the train journey should only take one hour and two minutes, with no changes. Hannah said: "The rail replacement is very disruptive and the bus is always extremely busy.
