Date: 07/03/2015

An express rail service between Holyhead and Cardiff has been secured for another three years. The train service, Y Gerallt Gymro, is funded by the Welsh government and provides a reduced journey time to the Welsh capital from Anglesey. Aimed at business users, it is the only service on the route with hot meals. The new funding deal will see Arriva Trains Wales continue to operate the express until the end of the current Wales and Border franchise in 2018.

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Three-year north-south train deal

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A new three-year contract securing daily express rail services between Holyhead and Cardiff is agreed.

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Location: Newport
Company: South Wales Railway
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Arriva Trains 57315 departs Crewe with the 16.15 Cardiff-Holyhead service on 25 June.
Location: Crewe
Company: Grand Junction Railway
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Arriva Trains Wales 57315 rests at Cardiff Central at 10.00 on 19 April with the Welsh Assembly funded express service from Holyhead. Five minutes later the locomotive ran to Cardiff Canton TMD for servicing and re-fuelling.
Location: Cardiff Central
Company: South Wales Railway
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