City rail link 'too long' - councillor

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PEOPLE using the Ebbw Valley railway line may be deterred from visiting Newport because of the lengthy bus journey into the city centre, claims a politician.

It does not take the most direct route from Rogerstone.

Instead, the regular service includes a stop at the Celtic Springs business and industrial areas of the city.

Council bosses, who want to encourage workers to leave their cars, claim this adds just five minutes to the journey time.

But Councillor Matthew Evans said the timetabled trip of around 40 minutes was too long.

He added that figures for the service show that hardly anyone wanted to get off at Celtic Springs.

http://www.thisisgwent.co.uk/disp...rail_link_too_long_councillor.php

It only takes 45 minuits to travel to Newport by bus from Abertillery. If you add the time taken to travel by shuttle bus to Llanhilleth and the change over to the train only to change again at Rogerstone, it hardly seems worth the effort. Rolling Eyes

I don't see the train service having much benfit as a mode of transport within the borough either for travel to Ebbw Vale unless the shuttle bus service also operate during the evenings and earlier in the mornings

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