on track ar y trywydd

140 Pages·2014·1.88 MB·English

ON TRACK
FOR THE 21st CENTURY
A Development Plan for the Railways of Wales
and the Borders
AR Y TRYWYDD
TUA’R UNFED GANRIF AR HUGAIN

Cynllun Datblygu Rheilffyrdd Cymru a`r Gororau
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COVER PICTURES (clockwise from top left): A coal train on the Marches Line at
Abergavenny, modern light rail in Dublin, passengers board a Heart of Wales Line
service at Shrewsbury, an ATW Coradia train departs from Abergavenny, and a
Virgin Trains service from Holyhead to London Euston passes the coastal town of
Penmaenmawr
railfuture
CYMRU | WALES
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ISBN: 978-0-901283-18-4
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Contents
Introduction 6
1. Executive summary 8
2. Preface to third edition 17
3. Introduction 21
4. Passenger services 25
5. Integration of services: The seamless journey 55
6. Station facilities 61
7. On-train standards 63
8. Information for passengers 67
9. Marketing 69
10. Freight services 73
11. Infrastructure 77
12. Political control, planning and funding of rail services 97
Appendix 1. Interchange stations 101
Appendix 2. Documents and references supporting section 12 103
Bibliography 113
Maps
South Wales rail network 2
Cardiff and Swansea light rail proposals 28
SE Wales light rail/metro. Tram/train eastern (Newport) extension 32
Bridgend light rail proposals 36
Bus/coach network and key interchanges 48
North and mid Wales rail network 138
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Rhagymadrodd
Gyda phleser mawr y cyflwyna Railfuture Cymru yr argraffiad
diweddaraf o’u Cynllun Datblygu ar gyfer rheilffyrdd yng Nghymru.
Gwneir hyn mewn sefyllfa trafnidiaeth sydd wedi cael ei thrawsnewid
yn gyfangwbl yn y blynyddoedd diweddar. Yn sgil datganoli a chael
senedd i’w hunan, fe all Cymru o`r diwedd gynllunio, i raddau, ei
pholisiau trafnidiaeth ei hun. Hefyd, gyda phrisiau tanwydd yn codi
yn gyson, mae gwelliannau i`r rhwydwaith rheilffyrdd ac i ddulliau
eraill o drafnidiaeth cyhoeddus yn fwy fwy pwysig.
Yn y Cynllun hwn, y mae ymgais nid yn unig i edrych ar ddulliau
gweddol hawdd o wella sefyllfa rheilffyrdd yng Nghymru ond hefyd i
roi ger eich bron weledigaeth radical ar gyfer yr oes nesaf. Dechreua
pob newid chwildroadol mewn trafnidiaeth – neu mewn unrhyw
agwedd arall o bolisi – gyda rhywun yn dweud, “Wel, pe baem ni`n
gwneud hyn…” neu, “Beth petai…?” Mewn geiriau eraill, mae angen
i rywun feddwl tu allan i`r bocs fel pe bai: mewn rhannau o`r Cynllun,
dyma beth rydym wedi ei wneud.
Gobeithiwn y byddwch chi`n meddwl fod y Cynllun yn un diddorol.
Gobeithiwn yn enwedig y bydd y darllenwyr hynny yn eich plith sydd
â’r pwerau i benderfynu ar bolisiau – ar lefel leol, cenedlaethol neu
Brydeinig – yn ymgorffori ein syniadau yn eich gweledigaethau ar
gyfer y dyfodol.
Railfuture Cymru/Wales
Y 3ydd argraffiad, Hydref 2013
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yw`r enw ymgyrchu gan Cymdeithas Datblygu Rheilffyrdd cyf,
cwmni cyfyngedig (di-elw) drwy Warant
Cofrestredig yng Nghymru a Lloegr Rhif 5011634
Swyddfa Gofrestredig: 24 Chedworth Place, Tattingstone, Ipswich IP9 2ND
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Introduction
Railfuture Cymru is very pleased to publish ON TRACK for the 21st Century,
the latest edition of its Development Plan for Rail Transport of Wales and
the Borders. We do so in a transport context which has changed out of all
recognition over the past few years. In particular, as a result of devolution,
at last Wales is able to a large extent to plan its own transport policies.
Moreover, we live at a time when, as fuel prices escalate, improvements
to the rail network and other forms of public transport are increasingly
important.
In this plan, we attempt not only to look at relatively easy ways of improving
the rail transport scene in Wales, but also to present to you a more radical
vision for the longer term. Every step change in transport – or any other
aspect of policy – begins with someone saying “Well, suppose we did
this…?” or “What if….? In other words, someone needs to think outside the
box: we have attempted, in parts of what follows, to do exactly that.
We hope that you will find this plan to be of interest. In particular, we hope
that those readers who are in a position to make policy decisions – at local,
Welsh or UK level – will be able to incorporate our ideas into their own
visions for the future.
Railfuture Cymru/Wales
3rd edition October 2013
Copyright © 2013 Railfuture, campaigning name of
the Railway Development Society Ltd,
a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee
Registered in England and Wales No 5011634
Registered office: 24 Chedworth Place, Tattingstone, Ipswich IP9 2ND
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This picture was runner up in the Network Rail Lines in the Landscape award,
2012 Take-a-View Landscape Photographer of the Year ©Claire Carter
1.Crynodeb gweithredol
1.1 Sefydliad gwirfoddol annibynnol, yn gweithredu ledled y DU
yw Railfuture. Mae’n ymgyrchu am fwy o fuddsoddiad ac am fwy
o ddefnydd o’r rheilffyrdd ac mae hefyd yn gorff sy’n cynrychioli
defnyddwyr rheilffyrdd. Mae canghennau Cymru yn gweithredu
ledled y wlad yn ogystal ag ar lwybr rheilffordd y Mers sy’n rhedeg
drwy siroedd y gororau.
1.2 Rydyn ni o’r farn y gall - a bod yn rhaid - i’r rheilffyrdd chwarae
llawer mwy o ran nag yn ystod y degawdau diwethaf i gyfarfod
ag anghenion cludiant yng Nghymru. Byddai defnyddio mwy ar y
rheilffyrdd ar gyfer teithwyr a nwyddau yn cyfrannu at amcanion
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1. Executive summary
1.1 Railfuture is a UK-wide independent voluntary organisation which
campaigns for greater investment in, and use of, rail and acts as a consumer
body for rail users. The Wales branches cover the whole of Wales, together
with the route of the Marches line running through the border counties.
1.2 We believe that rail can – and must – play a much larger role in meeting
the transport needs of Wales than it has done in recent decades. Greater use
of rail, both for passengers and freight, will contribute to the aims of both
the Welsh and UK governments to reduce carbon emissions, pollution and
road traffic congestion. This will improve accessibility to work, education,
health and leisure facilities for those unable to use cars at all times. Thus
as well as improving the environment it will also reduce social exclusion.
The improvement of transport facilities – including for the disabled – is
an essential component of sustainable development, which the National
Assembly for Wales is statutorily required to promote.
1.3 For these benefits to be realised, significant modal shift from road to
rail is essential, but if this is to happen rail must offer an attractive service
in terms of frequency, affordability, reliability, connectivity, security and
comfort. Without these things, car owners and freight hauliers are unlikely
to consider rail as a serious alternative to the car and the lorry.
1.4 At present in much of Wales, rail services do not meet these criteria
adequately: this plan suggests radical changes that should be made to
improve matters.
1.5 In this third edition of the plan, we welcome some positive
developments which have occurred, or are imminent, since publication of
the second edition in 2004 – but we also draw attention to some negative
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llywodraethau Cymru a’r DU i leihau allyriadau carbon, llygredd a
thagfeydd ar y ffyrdd. Byddai hynny’n ei gwneud yn haws i bobl heb
geir gyrraedd eu mannau gwaith, addysg, iechyd a hamdden. Yn
ogystal â gwella’r amgylchedd, byddai hynny hefyd yn lleihau eithrio
cymdeithasol. Mae gwella’r ddarpariaeth cludiant – gan gynnwys ar
gyfer pobl anabl – yn rhan hanfodol o ddatblygu cynaliadwy ac mae
cyfrifoldeb statudol ar Gynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru i hyrwyddo
hynny.
1.3 Ond os yw hynny i’w wireddu, mae angen symud llawer o
deithiau o’r ffyrdd i’r rheilffyrdd. Fodd bynnag, cyn y gall hynny
ddigwydd, mae’n rhaid i’r rheilffyrdd gynnig gwasanaeth deniadol,
aml, fforddiadwy, dibynadwy, cysylltiedig, diogel a chyfforddus. Heb
hynny, mae perchnogion ceir a lorïau yn annhebyg o ystyried o ddifrif
rhoi’r gorau iddyn nhw a defnyddio’r rheilffyrdd.
1.4 Ar hyn o bryd, yn y rhan fwyaf o Gymru, nid yw’r gwasanaethau
rheilffyrdd yn llwyddo i fodloni’r meini prawf hyn: mae’r Cynllun hwn
yn awgrymu gwneud newidiadau radical i wella pethau.
1.5 Yn y trydydd rhifyn hwn o’r Cynllun, rydyn ni’n croesawu
datblygiadau positif sydd wedi, neu ar fin, digwydd ers cyhoeddi’r ail
rifyn yn 2004 - ond rydyn ni hefyd yn tynnu sylw at rai nodweddion
negyddol (adran 2). Gwneir argymhellion manwl i oresgyn yr
agweddau negyddol ac i adeiladu ar y rhai positif er mwyn galluogi’r
rhwydwaith rheilffyrdd i fodloni’r dyheadau sydd ym mharagraff 1.3
(uchod). Mae’r cynlluniau hyn yn cynnwys ailddechrau gwasanaethau
teithwyr ar rai o’r rheilffyrdd presennol megis Aberdâr i Hirwaun, ac
ailagor rhai hen reilffyrdd, megis o Fangor i Gaernarfon. Rydyn ni’n
argymell y dylai’r gwasanaeth ar bron bob un o’r llwybrau rheilffordd
fod o leiaf unwaith mewn dwy awr i bob cyfeiriad, ac y dylai’r rhan
fwyaf gael trenau bob hanner awr neu awr ac yn amlach na hynny yn
y mannau poblog iawn ar rwydwaith Caerdydd a’r Cymoedd ac ar brif
reilffordd De Cymru rhwng Casnewydd ac Abertawe. Mae’n bwysig
fod y gwasanaethau hyn yn rhedeg o leiaf rhwng 06.00 a 23.00 o
ddydd Llun tan ddydd Sadwrn a bod gwasanaethau’r Sul yr un fath
a’r rhai ar ddyddiau’r wythnos heblaw am deithiau cymudwyr neu
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