Great work! Delighted to hear you're really interested in our plans for the Metro :)

Transport for Wales' trains are not run by Keolis Amey anymore. They're only going to help with infrastructure improvements. The Welsh government stripped Keolis Amey of the franchise and took it over with an Operator of Last Resort. The standard heavy rail routes will be Bridgend/Barry Island to Rhymney/Coryton, Maesteg to Abergavenny and Cardiff Central to Ebbw Vale while the tram-train routes will be Cardiff Bay to Merthyr, Aberdare and Treherbert. Cardiff to Swansea isn't part of the South Wales Metro. This route will be served by the Swanline local trains, inter-regional TfW trains and GWR's high-speed trains.

This is a fantastic project! This is the level of investment we need to be seeing across the whole UK!

Thank you for making this video Ashley. One thing you didn't mention is that Transport for Wales, awarded contracts for the railway vehicles for the Metro network to Stadler. The Light rail vehicles are going to be Tram-Trains to a similar design as the Four Class 399 Stadler vehicles used on the Sheffield Super Tram network. Stadler has started construction the the Class 398 tram trains which are to be based at a new £100 million pound depot at Garth Wells Industrial Estate, Taff's Well, between Cardiff & Pontypridd.

As a Welsh speaker, your pronunciation was pretty good! Da iawn! The Welsh Government has already done other changes to the Welsh railway lines outside this project, for example, on the Cambrian Line which runs from Shrewsbury to Pwllheli and Aberystwyth (it has two branches), they have rebuilt a station in the village of Bow Street, and are consulting if to open one in the village of Carno (which I hope they do, as it's my hometown haha)

The should be the named The South East Wales Metro as it only covers the Cardiff Capital Region as it only covers half of south wales

So this is basically a train/tram/bus network which goes everywhere in the Cardiff Capital Region (except Penarth)

This video is super informing, I had never seen your channel or heard about Cardiff metro before this! I just have to say in particular that your graphics and video layout are brilliant!! Top tier production. Subscribed!

Recently the Welsh government have taken direct control of TFW Rail from Keolis Amey due to the losses incurred from the pandemic.

Great video sir, you and Jago Hazzard need to do a joint video.

Wow, that sound exciting. And I'm not even from the UK...

Yay! I always wanted more details about this. Good job.

Seriously I don't want Stagecoach, First, Arriva or any other companies like that getting any where NEAR this project and great video and I'm glad that they are planning to improve Wales train networks :)

The biggest rail change its history??? Are you kidding. Lord Beeching gives off evil laugh in your general direction.

I’m moving to Cardiff from Guildford in July. Really excited to see the evolution of South Wales Metro over the next few years with new trains and increased frequency.

Hi Ashley, love your videos! Keep up the good work! 😊

It looks a lot like the Rodalies de Catalunya system that fans out from the Barcelona metropolitan area.

I thought the Welsh Government took over operation of TFW?

As a Welsh man the pronunciations were a bit off however I've heard other Welsh people say these names incorrect to

Would you be able to do a similar breakdown of the plans put forward for a massive overhaul and expansion of mass transit planned for West Yorkshire?.