September 7, 2011
Cardiff Council leader Rodney Berman (pictured) has today welcomed press reports that a £500m rail scheme linking Wales with Heathrow Airport is being drawn up by the UK Government Under the proposals a new railway station would be built at Heathrow Airport which would link directly to Cardiff, cutting journey times and avoiding the need ...
August 10, 2011
Wales take on England in a summer international on August 13 at the Millennium Stadium. A crowd of 60,000 is expected to attend the game with kick-off at 2.30pm The best way to travel to the event is by public transport and coach wherever possible. Those bringing their cars into the city can ease worries ...
October 7, 2010
Tom Vinney and Jonny Gordon play first team hockey for Cardiff based Whitchurch Hockey Club. They approached ATW seeking assistance with travel to and from training and home matches at the Welsh Institute of Sport. Both Tom and Jonny – an established member of the Wales senior men’s side, previously played for Swansea Bay Hockey ...
October 7, 2010
Arriva Trains Wales is advising passengers that there will be engineering works taking place in South Wales on Sunday 9th October. A spokesperson said an amended timetable will be in operation and will be published as soon as possible.
October 7, 2010
For the second year in a row, the Lloyds TSB Cardiff Half Marathon is full. A staggering 15,000 runners have signed up to take part in Wales’s biggest road race. Runners have surged to take part in this year’s race, with thousands signing up. Places have gone 10 days ahead of when entries were scheduled ...
October 7, 2010
A new travel card is launched today (Wednesday 6 October) which is set to transform public transport in Wales’ capital. The Iff Card – launched by Cardiff Bus – utilises new technology and aims to encourage bus use around the city centre by making travel easier. The card is linked to the Sustainable Travel City ...
December 10, 2009
The new Park and Ride in the east of Cardiff is proving to be extremely popular, with the numbers of people using it rising each week. Since its launch on October 19, the weekly number of cars using the Park and Ride has more than doubled, with the latest count showing 1548 drivers taking advantage ...
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December 1, 2009
Welsh Lib Dem Shadow Transport Minister, Jenny Randerson AM has today called for plans to be brought forward to electrify the Valley Lines network immediately following the electrification of the Great Western line. The calls come after officials from the UK Department of Transport told the Assembly’s Enterprise and Learning Committee that “there is logic” ...
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November 26, 2009
Following news that the UK Government will bring an early end to the East Anglia rail franchise, Welsh Lib Dem Shadow Transport Minister, Jenny Randerson AM has called for a renegotiation of the Arriva Trains Wales franchise to allow it to be transformed from a “Cinderella service.” Ms Randerson’s intervention comes after senior officials in ...
November 6, 2009
Almost 2,500 people have used the new Cardiff East Park and Ride service since it opened for business on Monday October 19. On both Saturdays it has been in use over 300 cars have used the site and on average, 245 made use of it every day during its second week of service, from Monday ...