26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Right. No, it's 95 per cent. Sorry if I said '90'.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
It's 95 per cent, so apologies if I said 90 per cent.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Yes, far more four- and five-carriage trains as well. What was the question? Oh, the proportion of new. Sorry, I don't know when or why—
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
We'll raise that with TfW. By and large, the services between north and south are improving very significantly in terms of capacity.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Those trains are lovely, the CAFs. That will have been a CAF—
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
And I think it's vital that TfW grow out of this challenge, rather than cut their way out as well. So, increasing the farebox is at the centre of ensuring that the subsidy can be reduced, and that will happen with the metro going live in 2026. That's going to…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
I believe it has, but, Peter, do you want to—?
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
So, that's something for Network Rail, you see. This is why we need integration across track and trains.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
I'm looking for further improvement, but I think the improvements that we've seen this year are pretty impressive. Transport for Wales's rail services in terms of—correct me if I'm wrong, Peter—punctuality are the best of any franchise in Great Britain…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Yes, definitely.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
And there are some really, really innovative things that we can learn from overseas as well, concerning how we can, effectively, purchase more services through the council tax regime, as they do in parts of France. There are parts of France that have a free…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
And I think I'm right in saying that the evidence still shows that the main reason people will choose not to use a bus service is because it's unreliable, or they simply can't access it. The cost is actually the second most important factor, but it is…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Actually, we're due to meet as well, because I know that you're really keen on the potential of pilots in your region. We have seen some really interesting pilots taking place elsewhere as well. We're getting evaluations, we're getting outcomes fed back to us…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Yes.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
I do not think it's too soon, no. We've waited 40 years. I think it's time to move.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
So, when you say, 'Is it going to be done?', the bus Bill will be passed this Senedd term, but then the big piece of work is about actually getting the franchises in place. Some of the risks are making sure that there's stability between now and 2027…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
I'm conscious of time, so what I will say to that is there are obvious risks.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
The week after. I'm not at liberty to say, because the First Minister is making a statement on it.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
The First Minister is making a statement on the legislative programme, I think either next week or the following week—
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Simply because of the sheer intensity of the legislative programme. But, actually, in terms of delivery, it doesn't make a difference. The key date is 2027, when the franchise is actually—when we hit 'go' on the franchises. So, the delay from autumn to spring…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
No, Chair, I'm content with it, with both the road map and the proposals for the bus Bill.
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
I think there may be a perception challenge that we need to deal with, as well, because organisations like Living Streets and Sustrans care as much about walking as cycling. But I think the perception may be that active travel equals cycling. Active travel…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Would you like to do that, Peter?
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
I think we've got to look at the quality, rather than the overall quantity, of programmes. Looking at the quality of active travel and how individual projects make an impact, and then, collectively, how they all make an impact, is more important than looking…
26 Mehefin 2024 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Craffu cyffredinol ar waith Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Ogledd Cymru a Thrafnidiaeth
Which then relates to the whole climate change resilience programme on roads as well.
