Global centre of rail
Hot on the heels of news the Wales and Borders rail service contract has been awarded to KeolisAmey, Transport Secretary Ken Skates is revealing plans for a world-leading rail testing complex. After also attracting Spanish firm CAF here to build our first modern train manufacturing facility, the Welsh Government is responding to the clear demands of major rail companies to establish an integrated ‘Global Centre of Rail Excellence’. It would offer a bespoke innovation accelerator, rolling stock and infrastructure testing, storage, decommissioning, maintenance and servicing asset to the industry and the wider supply-chain. Transport Secretary Ken Skates said: “Last year, Welsh Government and CAF announced the first modern train manufacturing facility to be built here. The factory is nearing completion, and trains for use in Wales will soon be built there. “Earlier this month I announced details of the new, transformative, low carbon Wales and Borders rail service. “From a standing start a few years ago, Wales is now developing as a home for our domestic rail industry. There is more we can do. I want our country recognised across the UK and Europe as a major hub. Our Economic Action Plan signalled a new approach to creating opportunities for developing
our economy. I’m now signalling the next chapter of implementation of that plan.”
A number of potential sites for the centre are still being researched, but one is coming out as the preferred option – the mothballed open cast mine in Nant Helen, on the Powys and Neath Port Talbot border, and the adjacent and operational coal- washery site in Onllwyn. Ken Skates added: “This area, at the top of the Dulais Valley, has been reliant on the coal industry for generations. With this era drawing to a close, there is great potential for investment drawing on existing and new skills. “This is also a project that could make an important contribution to the work of the Valleys Taskforce, providing good quality jobs and the skills to do them. “I have therefore instructed Welsh Government officials to move to the next stage of business case development, which will involve continued and close partnership working. We estimate a bespoke facility like this will cost £100m to deliver, and it is not a project that can proceed without local support, private sector investment and the commitment of manufacturers, rolling stock companies, network operators and a range of other stakeholders to back it now and into the future.”
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Bewley & Garrity excellence to come to Wales complete Cardiff line-up
BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP finalists Dan Bewley and Jason Garrity complete the Adrian Flux British FIM Speedway Grand Prix line-up after being named as track reserves for the Cardiff event taking place at the Principality Stadium on Saturday July 21. Bewley, who wears No.17, finished second to champion and Cardiff wild card Robert Lambert following an epic final showdown in Manchester. The FIM Speedway Under-21 World Championship qualifier has starred for Belle Vue in the SGB Premiership and SGB Championship club Workington.
Garrity returns to Cardiff as No.18 after serving as a track reserve at the Principality Stadium in 2015. Bewley and Garrity will take to the track in the event of one of the 16 starting riders being ruled of a race due to injury, illness, a starting offence or other reasons. The referee at the Principality Stadium will be Christian Froschauer of Germany. Tickets for the Adrian Flux British SGP are still available online and are available here https://
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