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_THE T3 FROM WREXHAM TO ABERYSTWYTH INSTEAD OF WREXHAM TO BARMOUTH AND TRAWSCYMRU T2 TIMETABLE CHANGES OF 15TH JANUARY 2018_

_22/01/2018_

(1) COULD THE MINISTER REPLY TO THE 11 QUESTIONS SENT TO HIM ON

22/11/2017 REGARDING THE BEVAN FOUNDATION REVIEW RECOMMENDATION TO ROUTE THE T3 FROM WREXHAM TO ABERYSTWYTH INSTEAD OF BARMOUTH. (YOUR REFERENCE ATISN 11754) ?

(2) IN VIEW OF THE MINISTERS OFFER OF 17/11/2017 TO COMMISSION A “”HIGH LEVEL”” REVIEW OF  THE BEVAN FOUNDATION RECOMMENDATION TO ROUTE THE T3 FROM WREXHAM TO ABERYSTWYTH INSTEAD OF BARMOUTH, COULD THE MINISTER GIVE THE REASON WHY THE T2 TIMETABLE CHANGES OF 15TH JANUARY 2018 WERE INTRODUCED, WHEN THE STATED OBJECTIVE OF THE T2 TIMETABLE CHANGES IS TO IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY OF THE T2 WITH THE T3 WREXHAM TO BARMOUTH SERVICE ?

(3) COULD THE MINISTER PROVIDE A COPY OF THE REMIT FOR THE  “”HIGH LEVEL”” REVIEW HE HAS COMMISSIONED OF  THE BEVAN FOUNDATION RECOMMENDATION TO ROUTE THE T3 FROM WREXHAM TO ABERYSTWYTH INSTEAD OF BARMOUTH ?

(4) COULD THE MINISTER SAY WHEN AND WHERE THE  “”HIGH LEVEL”” REVIEW OF  THE BEVAN FOUNDATION RECOMMENDATION TO ROUTE THE T3 FROM WREXHAM TO ABERYSTWYTH INSTEAD OF BARMOUTH WILL BE PUBLISHED ?

(5) COULD THE MINISTER GIVE THE REASON WHY THERE ARE NO NORTHBOUND T1 SERVICES CONNECTING TO THE T2 IN ABERYSTWYTH AND WHY T1 PASSENGERS HAVE TO WAIT IN ABERYSTWYTH FOR BETWEEN 46 MINUTES AND 1 HOUR 46 MINUTES  FOR THE NEXT T2 ?

(6)  COULD THE MINISTER GIVE THE REASON WHY THE JOURNEY TIME ON THE CARMARTHEN TO BANGOR T1/T2 ROUTE IN BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH DIRECTIONS IS NOW  BETWEEN 1 HOUR AND 2 HOURS 15 MINUTES LONGER THAN THE JOURNEY TIMES WHICH EXISTED BEFORE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE T3 SERVICE FROM WREXHAM TO BARMOUTH. ?

(7) IN THE T2 TIMETABLE CHANGES OF 15TH JANUARY 2018 , THE NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND T2 CONNECTIVITY TIMES HAVE BEEN SYNCHRONISED WITH THE TIMES FOR THE T3 FROM WREXHAM TO BARMOUTH.  IN ADDITION THE CONNECTIVITY TIMES FOR BOTH NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND T2 SERVICES TO THE T3 WREXHAM TO BARMOUTH SERVICE HAVE BEEN INCREASED FROM 5 MINUTES TO 10 MINUTES.

COULD THE MINISTER GIVE THE REASON WHY THIS SYNCHRONISATION OF ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE  TIMES FOR T3 WREXHAM TO BARMOUTH AND T2 (NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND) AND THE INCREASED CONNECTIVITY TIME OF 10 MINUTES WAS NECESSARY.?

(8) IN THE T2 TIMETABLE CHANGES OF 15TH JANUARY 2018,  THE CHANGE TO T2 DEPARTURE TIME IN ABERYSTWYTH FROM 10.00 TO 10.05 INTRODUCED BY EDWINA HART IN APRIL 2016,  TO AVOID FAILED CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE T5 NORTHBOUND AND THE T2 SERVICE,  HAS BEEN REVERSED.  COULD THE MINISTER GIVE THE REASON WHY THIS IMPROVEMENT TO CONNECTIVITY IN ABERYSTWYTH HAS BEEN REMOVED.?  COULD THE MINISTER CHANGE THIS DECISION AND ALLOW THE T2 TO DEPART AT 10.05 WHICH WOULD RESULT IN THE THE T2 HAVING TO WAIT 10 MINUTES IN DOLGELLAU FOR THE T3 SERVICE FROM WREXHAM INSTEAD OF 15 MINUTES.?

(9) IN THE T2 TIMETABLE CHANGES OF 15TH JANUARY 2018 A T2 ARRIVAL TIME IN ABERYSTWYTH HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM 16.35 TO 16.52 SO THAT THE T2 NO LONGER CONNECTS WITH THE T1 AND ADDING 43 MINUTES TO THE BANGOR TO CARMARTHEN JOURNEY TIME.  COULD THE MINISTER GIVE THE REASON FOR THIS CHANGE IN T2 ARRIVAL TIME WHICH HAS DESTROYED THE CONNECTIVITY TO THE T1 ?.

(10) IN THE T2 TIMETABLE CHANGES OF 15TH JANUARY 2018, THERE IS A FOOTNOTE “T” WHICH STATES “CONNECTIONS WITH SERVICES T1/T5/T3.

BUSES WILL WAIT UP TO 5 MINUTES FOR LATE RUNNING CONNECTIONS”. VARIOUS DEPARTURES FROM ABERYSTWYTH AND BANGOR ARE MARKED WITH A  “T “.

COULD THE MINISTER CONFIRM THAT T2 SERVICES IN ABERYSTWYTH WILL WAIT FOR

CONNECTING T5 SERVICES ?   COULD THE MINISTER ALSO CONFIRM  THAT THIS WILL ONLY APPLY TO T5/T3 SERVICES ON THE NORTHBOUND ROUTE AS THERE ARE NO NORTHBOUND CONNECTING T1 SERVICES TO THE T2 IN  ABERYSTWYTH?.   SINCE THIS FOOTNOTE “T” COMMENT IS ALSO INCLUDED AGAINST VARIOUS BANGOR DEPARTURES COULD THE MINISTER CONFIRM THAT THE CONNECTING T1/T5 SERVICES WILL WAIT IN ABERYSTWYTH UP TO 5 MINUTES FOR LATE RUNNING T2 CONNECTIONS?