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Still no timetable for Wales' promised rail improvement works
Western Mail
|July 11, 2025
THERE is currently no date for when rail improvements promised by the UK Government will start, nor any indication of where the first works will take place.
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In the UK Government's spending review last month, the main announcement for Wales was a £445m rail funding boost.
The Treasury document said: “£300m for rail investment in Wales, including for the Burns Review stations, North Wales Level Crossing, Padeswood Sidings and Cardiff West Junction. This [spending review] and the upcoming 10-year infrastructure strategy will recognise Wales’ long-term infrastructure needs and will deliver at least £445m of rail enhancements to realise them.” But in terms of what will be delivered, and when, there was no further detail available.
Since then, the Western Mail has tried to get details from the Welsh Secretary, the Department for Transport and the Treasury about what will take place, when and exactly what the money was to be spent on.
This story is from the July 11, 2025 edition of Western Mail.
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