Trains to be replaced by buses for a week on key commuter route

Trains on an important commuter route will be replaced by buses for a week due to engineering work, Transport for Wales has announced. The Cardiff Central to Ebbw Vale Town route will be replaced by buses all day from Sunday, April 23, to Sunday, April 30. The route also includes Ebbw Vale Parkway, Llanhilleth, Newbridge, Crosskeys, Risca & Pontymister, Rogerstone, and Pye Corner.

It is one of several across Wales to be replaced by buses or cancelled in the upcoming week. The journey, which usually takes approximately an hour when it runs on time, is predicted to take one hour and 42 minutes on the bus with the exception of some services listed as one hour and 25 minutes. Some of the other delays relate to the building of the South Wales Metro.

Transport for Wales publicised some of the upcoming disruptions, some of which had previously been announced and several of which are already under way, on the afternoon of Friday, April 21.

This is the full list of service disruptions due to engineering and Metro works publicised by TfW on Friday afternoon:

Cardiff Central – Ebbw Vale Town: Buses replace trains, Sunday, April 23, to Sunday, April 30, all day.
Cardiff Queen Street – Cardiff Bay: No service all day, Saturday, April 22, to Friday, April 28.

Ticket acceptance on Cardiff Bus.
Pontypridd – Aberdare: Buses replace trains, Sunday, April 16, to Monday, April 24, all day (already under way) – then:
Cardiff Central – Aberdare: Buses replace trains, Tuesday, April 25, to Friday, April 28, all day.
Bangor – Rhyl: Buses replace trains, Saturday, April 22, to Sunday, April 23, all day (line sections vary).
Llandudno – Blaenau Ffestiniog: Buses replace trains, Saturday, April 22, to Sunday, April 23, all day.
Llandrindod – Swansea (Heart of Wales Line): Buses replace trains, Saturday, April 22, to Sunday, April 23, all day.

References

^ The new train station being built in the middle of one of Cardiff’s busiest neighbourhoods (www.walesonline.co.uk)