Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on developing the proposal for a West Wales Parkway station near Swansea for the South Wales Mainline.
An integrated approach is required between the new station proposal and the development of the train services that will call at it. For a West Wales Parkway station these services will be provided by the devolved Wales & Borders operator. We are engaged with Transport for Wales via their ‘Swansea Bay & West Wales Metro Development Strategy Board’ to determine the optimal location for the station and the pattern of enhanced services that will call at it. A number of options are currently being evaluated prior to selecting a single option for further development.