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Cross-Border Road and Rail Connectivity House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee Cross-border Road and Rail Connectivity Written evidence Only those submissions written specifically for the Committee and accepted by the Committee as evidence are included. Ordered by The House of Commons to be published 15 May 2012, 12 June 2012, 3 July, 5 July, 11 September, 30 October, 8 November 2012, and 12 February 2013 1 List of written evidence Page 1 John Harrold 2 2 Institute of Civil Engineers 6 3 South East Wales Economic Forum 10 4 Welsh Government 13; 164 5 Nick Smith MP 19 6 First Great Western 21 7 Network Rail 28 8 Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport 33 9 Rail Freight Group 42 10 Railfuture Group 47 11 Severn Tunnel Action Group 54 12 TAITH 62 13 British Ports Association 70 14 Bristol Airport Limited 74 15 ASLEF 78 16 South East Wales Transport Alliance 82 17 Ian Lucas MP 89 18 Flintshire County Council 91 19 Monmouth County Council 93 20 Professor Stuart Cole 100 21 Department for Transport 115; 161 22 Freight Transport Association 121 23 Passenger Focus 125 24 Arriva Trains Wales 132 25 Rail4Wales 135; 149 26 M&G Barry Consulting Ltd 152 27 Greengauge 21 155 28 Llandudno Hospitality Association 160 1 Written evidence from John Harrold (TIW 01) I read about your request for ideas for cross country rail ,and road links in the South Wales Argus on 3rd March 2012. I will set out my ideas as follows, 1. Credentials. 2.Roads. 3.Railways 4. Conclusions. 1. Credentials A. I left school in 1955 and worked on London Transport Railways for almost 25 years, starting in the signal box and then in the booking offices. B. My last job before retirement was as a lorry driver based in Bristol and then in Cardiff. C. I wrote the transport section of the Christian Party Wales manifesto for the last general elections in 2010. Some of the ideas that I will put forward are from that manifesto. 2. Roads Here I shall start with North Wales and then go on to the central part, and finally the southern end of the country. 2A. North Wales At present the entry points to North Wales are the A55 coast road which has had a big improvement over the past few years and looks a very good road now. 2B. A5 trunk road. This road is very good as far as the end of the Chirk bypass, then it is a single carriage road. 2C. The A494 from the M56 to Ruthin looks a very twisty road according to my map. I do not think that I have driven along this road ever. 2D. The A458 Shrewsbury to Welshpool road is very similar to the other Central Wales roads as it is only a single lane road, I.e. one lane each way. 2E Central Wales 2 The main road into Central Wales is the A44 which goes right across the area to the West Wales coast. This road is in a great need of improvement from what I know of it, as it is so curvy and bendy and for any traveler this takes a long time to get from the east end from Leominster to the West Coast. 2F. The A488 and A489 are just an ordinary A roads from Knighton to Penybont, and from Craven Arms to Newtown . 2G. A 438 Hereford to Brecon road. On most of this road the travelling is very good, even though it is not a dual carriageway. 2H. South Wales I know these roads better as I live in South Wales and used them in my last job quite regularly. 2J. I will start with the A40. The entrance to South Wales via this route starts in Gloucester and ends in South West Wales in Fishguard. This is good dual carriageway road as far as Abergavenny and then it is a typical Welsh country road. 2K. The M50 is the main link from the Midlands of England to South Wales and joins the A40 at Ross on Wye. 2L. A49. This road starts in Ross on Wye and goes westwards via Hereford into Central Wales. Not a bad road, but needs up grading to a dual road. 2M. A48 starts in Gloucester and follows the River Severn down to Chepstow and then heads west to meet the A40 in West Wales. Again this is a good road in parts and needs widening to dual carriageway standards. 2N. The Motorways M4 and M48. These are the two best roads into Wales at present but there is a need for a Motorway bypass around Newport because of the congestion at peak times or when there is an accident. 3.Railways At present there are only seven rail links into Wales from England and they are as follows: A. The Severn Tunnel. B. Gloucester to Cardiff via Chepstow. C. Hereford to Abergavenny. D. Chester to Wrexham. 3 E. Craven Arms to Swansea. F. Shrewsbury to West Wales Coast. G. Chester to Rhyl and Holyhead. I shall take each of these lines in turn. A. The Severn Tunnel This is the main line from London to the capital and other cities of South Wales, where there are other connections to towns and cities in Wales and on the English borders. B. Gloucester to Cardiff via Chepstow This line connects directly to the South, Central and West Midlands as well as the north of England. C. Chester to Wrexham This is a single track line which if doubled would enhance the train services between these two places and beyond. D. Hereford to Abergavenny This line also connects to South Wales as well as the North, and across into Central England and London. E. Craven Arms to Swansea This line has only four trains a day. The main problem is that it is single track, and if it was doubled it could run a better service between Swansea and Manchester etc. At present the better service to Manchester from Swansea is via Newport. Which is a longer way round. F. Chester to Rhyl and Holyhead This is part of the North coast rail link from Lancashire and the north and, from what I know of it, is well used. 4. Conclusions In this section I will show you what is possibly needed to improve the road and rail links between Wales and England. Better roads, where there are single track roads. i.e. one lane each way, widen them and where possible put a dual carriage way in. In the centre and North of Wales you have the problem of mountains which will be a bit of a problem to overcome. But we do need better road connections between the two countries. 4 Going on to the railways, there used to be other railway links into Wales, but they were cut by successive governments and railway companies for various reasons, but where possible I would like to see some of them reopened to take cars off the roads. All single rail lines should be doubled so that a better service could be provided between the north of Wales and South West Wales. One other thing that I did propose in our manifesto was to have a new road built from North to South Wales to save us travelling via the A49 in England up to Shrewsbury to get back to North Wales as this is one of the quickest routes, and the other is the MA40, M50, M5, M6 and M54 to Shrewsbury. Or the only other route is the A470 which after Brecon is a country road, via Llyswen to the North. Which when you get passed this village and go on to Llandrindod Wells, takes nearly an hour to do the 27 miles to Newtown from Llandrindod Wells. I hope that these ideas will be of use to you. 4 March 2012 5 Written Evidence from the Institute of Civil Engineers Wales Cymru (TIW 02) There is a clear link between the infrastructure of Wales and its economic growth . Cross-border links are vitally important . Investment in infrastructure must continue in order to boost economy . Cross-border links are poor, apart from south Wales to London . Route M4 needs improvements around Newport . Rail links between Swansea and London need electrification . Severn Tunnel problems must be addressed . Rail and road cross-border links in central Wales are poor . Wales suffers from poor rail rolling stock and infrequent services . High Speed (HS) links to Wales must be instigated . Better co-ordination between all parties to improve road and rail services is required. 1. Overview 1.1 Infrastructure in Wales requires attention to ensure that it is fit for purpose to guarantee the economic growth of the Welsh Nation. 1.2 Cross-border links are vital to ensure the connectivity of Wales with the rest of the UK and beyond. 1.3 There is a clear link between the infrastructure of Wales and the economy of Wales. 1.4 The Welsh Transport Network is deteriorating in both condition and service provision. Whilst the motorways and trunk roads are in good condition, the vast majority of the networks, including cross-border links, are in poor condition. 1.5 Cross-border rail links are poor and are in need of upgrade. 2. The extent to which cross-border public road and rail services are currently provided for and accessed by the Welsh population. 6 2.1 Highway In general terms the cross-border links fall into three categories: south Wales, north Wales and mid Wales.
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