________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
rail, as well as being used on tram lines, and at 40 meters long, can hold up to 252 passengers per unit.
“ Next year( 2026), 36 tram-trains will be added to the metro network, offering an electrified, turn-up-and-go service. We’ ve already introduced tap-on, tap-off, pay-asyou-go technology in all 95 metro stations, and again, we are the first organization in our sector in the UK to introduce this technology outside of London.
“ The South Wales Metro is totally transforming the way people travel in and around South Wales and has been dubbed the‘ Welsh tube’ due to its similarities with London’ s tube network,” he says.“ The most important part of this project is to always remember why we’ re doing it, and that’ s to link the communities of South Wales with themselves and with Cardiff and beyond. This provides economic, social, and environmental opportunities, and simply improves people’ s lives.”
44