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How a small village on Cardiff's outskirts could be at the heart of the £5bn South Wales Metro
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/b ... d-12472787
he village of Taffs Well could be at the heart of the £5bn South Wales Metro project as the location for a huge park and ride facility.
It comes after the Welsh Government Welsh recently acquired a major industrial site, that includes the former Forgemasters engineering plant, opposite Taffs Well train station.
Aerial showing the Garth Works and Estate site at Taffs Well
The 10-acre Garth Works and Estate site - where as well as the 200,000 sq ft Forgemasters operation, which closed in the 1980s, there are a number of occupied small business units - also runs alongside the main road route between Cardiff and the Valleys in the A470.
The Garth Works and Estate (Photo: South Wales Echo)
The next phase of the integrated public transport Metro project should by the early 2020s see the Valley Lines electrified with more frequent and faster new rolling stock - mostly likely light rail.
While there are a number options for the Garth Works site, it is understood that the frontrunner is creating a huge Metro park and ride facility.
Such a facility would encourage drivers using the A470 on journeys into Cardiff from the Valleys, and vice visa, to park at Taff Wells and then travel on the Metro.
(Photo: South Wales Echo)
This would be a ‘win-win’ by reducing traffic levels and congestion problems on the A470, particularly during early morning and early evening peak commuting times, as well encouraging more passengers to use the Metro.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/b ... d-12472787
he village of Taffs Well could be at the heart of the £5bn South Wales Metro project as the location for a huge park and ride facility.
It comes after the Welsh Government Welsh recently acquired a major industrial site, that includes the former Forgemasters engineering plant, opposite Taffs Well train station.
Aerial showing the Garth Works and Estate site at Taffs Well
The 10-acre Garth Works and Estate site - where as well as the 200,000 sq ft Forgemasters operation, which closed in the 1980s, there are a number of occupied small business units - also runs alongside the main road route between Cardiff and the Valleys in the A470.
The Garth Works and Estate (Photo: South Wales Echo)
The next phase of the integrated public transport Metro project should by the early 2020s see the Valley Lines electrified with more frequent and faster new rolling stock - mostly likely light rail.
While there are a number options for the Garth Works site, it is understood that the frontrunner is creating a huge Metro park and ride facility.
Such a facility would encourage drivers using the A470 on journeys into Cardiff from the Valleys, and vice visa, to park at Taff Wells and then travel on the Metro.
(Photo: South Wales Echo)
This would be a ‘win-win’ by reducing traffic levels and congestion problems on the A470, particularly during early morning and early evening peak commuting times, as well encouraging more passengers to use the Metro.