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SubscribeFirst principles Finished steel from Shotton is being carried by rail for the first time in many years. The steel is for a customer in the north of Scotland and is first carried by road to Leyland, Lancs! Marketing This summer's timetable for the North Wales coast will also incorporate a map and guide to the line.
Study sessions The Wrexham-Birkenhead Rail Users Association is keenly awaiting the result of three transportation studies affecting the Wrexham Bidston line. Merseytravel's Woodchurch electrification study includes a look at the development potential of the whole line. The Deeside Integrated Transport Study commissioned by Clwyd County Council, financed by the Welsh Development Agency, will look into ways of improving public transport. The Chester-Deeside Transport System Study will consider converting the Mickle Trafford to Dee Marsh railway into a busway.
Holyhead A site tentatively reserved for a piggyback terminal was sold at auction. Neither Transrail or Gwynedd County Council were given any warning by Railtrack. Opening the new ferry terminal has resulted in much of the old station complex falling into disuse.
Switch point The transportation officer of the new unitary authority, Wrexham County Borough Council, is keen to make the Wrexham Central railway site a public transport interchange.
Only fare A reduced fare initiative on the Bidston line was partly negated by a period of poor punctuality. There has however been a significant improvement of late.
Graffiti problem As soon as the cleaning gangs have left the stations are as bad again by the next day. The new booking office cum waiting shelter at Bidston gives very poor weather protection for waiting passengers. We took local authority officers and councillors on a tour of the Bidston line to show its hidden potential.
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