\n The Heart of Wales line, which runs between Shrewsbury and Swansea and passes through mid-Wales, will see additional trains for six weeks starting Sunday, August 3, as part of a pilot scheme.\n<\/p>\n
\n Professor Stuart Cole, chairman of the Heart of Wales Line Travellers\u2019 Association (HOWLTA), said: “We hope that the extra trains will be well used and will encourage people to leave their cars at home and explore the towns and villages along the varied 120-mile route.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The line is widely considered one of the most beautiful in Europe, as recognised by National Geographic and Conde Nast Traveler.\n<\/p>\n
\n Despite the new services, HOWLTA has raised concerns about a lack of promotion, noting that there has been no publicity at stations or on the Transport for Wales (TfW) website.\n<\/p>\n
\n The pilot scheme will help TfW assess demand and explore the potential for more frequent services in the future.\n<\/p>\n
\n TfW has indicated it plans to extend the additional Sunday trains in 2026, based on findings from the trial.\n<\/p>\n
\n A recent HOWLTA report to the Union Connectivity Review, led by transport minister Lord Peter Hendy, revealed that 87 per cent of visitors to mid-Wales currently travel by car.\n<\/p>\n
\n With 37 per cent visiting for walking, cycling, and other active travel activities, the association believes there is strong potential to encourage more visitors to use the train instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Heart of Wales line, which runs between Shrewsbury and Swansea and passes through mid-Wales, will see additional…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-316348","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114968809848662774","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}