PROPOSAL FOR NEW DIRECT ABERYSTWYTH TO LONDON SERVICE SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF RAIL REGULATION
Arriva Trains Wales has today (4 September) submitted its formal proposal for a new direct train service between Aberystwyth and London Marylebone to the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR).

Subject to approval by the ORR the new service will extend two daily direct trains to and from Aberystwyth to London, restoring a link to Britain’s capital withdrawn by British Rail in 1991.

Should the proposal be approved, the new service is expected to be introduced in following completion of new track and signalling work on the Cambrian Line.

The service will be operated using Arriva Trains Wales’ Class 158 fleet of trains, refurbishment specifications for which are currently being developed.

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