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MP Nick Thomas – Symonds was joined by members of the community to officially open the new accessibility facilities at Cwmbran station

Wales take on England in the second of their two home Six Nations matches for 2025 tomorrow – which means tens of thousands of rugby supporters will be passing through Cardiff Central station before and after the match.

Picture caption: Delighted Rail Industry employees from the Wales and Borders route celebrate their successes for improving the railway

Rail freight is often unfairly viewed as the second-class citizen of the railway – especially as it’s difficult to argue that almost every single one of us benefits from it in one way or another.

Passengers are being urged to check before they travel on the Cambrian line ­from next week until early April when Network Rail will be carrying out a range of work across a 16-day period.

• Samaritans’ Small Talk Saves Lives campaign, in partnership with Network Rail and British Transport Police, launches as over half of adults in Wales and Borders (69%) would appreciate someone checking on them, by offering words of support, if they were struggling to cope
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Passengers are being urged to check before they travel on the Cambrian line ­from mid-March to early April when Network Rail will be carrying out a range of work across a 16-day period.

Members of the community joined MP Stuart Anderson to mark the official opening of Ludlow station’s new lift last Friday (21 February).