The Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Transport Minister, Jenny Randerson has hit out at First Great Western for cancelling up to 36 trains on the Paddington to South Wales route to provide extra services for the Glastonbury festival:
“This decision will put undue pressure on services through to Wales. It is totally unacceptable,” she said.
“We’re being picked on repeatedly to fill the gap because First Great Western haven’t got enough rolling stock.
“I can only assume that they consider Wales to be a bit of a soft touch.
“I respect the need to run extra trains to deal with special events but when Cardiff holds rugby internationals, we are often told by operators that it’s not possible to run extra services. This therefore seems like double standards from the industry and that isn’t fair.”
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