Arriva Trains Wales

[iMarkeh]

RE: Arriva Trains Wales
I can see what they mean. A WALES franchise does operate a fair bit in England. I think in cases like the Holyhead to Cardiff, they will be ok nipping into Chester to reverse. Same with Shrewsbury where needed. They could set up a new franchise to do Llandudno - Manchester, Manchester - Cardiff, Crewe - Shrewsbury, Cheltenham Spa - Cardiff. Birmingham - Shrewsbury can be sent over to London Midland. Crewe to Shrewsbury could really be ran by Northern. Cheltenham to Cardiff can be done by GWR. Chester - Manchester via Warrington will be upped by Northern in the near future so they could just full run the line but that means Llandudno - Manchester requires a change at Chester. Other than that, I dont know how it can work. I understand Wales wants a franchise to itself like Scotland does but even Scotrail runs into England.