_________________________________________________________________________________________ Transport for Wales

With the Welsh Government having set ambitious decarbonization targets and publishing the Llwybr Newydd, The Wales Transport Strategy, in 2021, there is a major push for sustainable initiatives across the country’ s transport system.“ TfW plays a major role in delivering the decarbonization strategy and creating a greener transport network,” opens James Price, CEO.“ We can achieve this by improving our current public transport through new electrified trains and buses, but crucially by encouraging more people to use public transport rather than private vehicles.

“ We’ re driving forward the Welsh Government’ s vision of a high-quality, safe, integrated, affordable, and accessible transport network that the people of Wales are proud of,” he states.“ We are committed to investing and improving public transport across the Wales and Borders network, and our vision for the future is to create a public transport network that is joined up and integrated, easily accessible and affordable – one network, one timetable, one ticket.”

To turn this vision into reality, there are several investments and initiatives underway across the organization.“ We’ ve invested £ 800 million in brand-new trains and we’ re already seeing the positive impact this is having on people using our services and our revenue. 31.7 million journeys were made by our customers last year and that’ s already a fifth up from the previous year. New trains and fundamental changes to our train timetables offering more frequent services are encouraging people to travel by train and this has generated a 17.8 percent increase in revenue,” James elaborates.“ We’ re also in

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