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Cardiff Queen Street station has been given a lick of paint as part of a project involving Arriva Trains Wales and the Cardiff Youth Offending Service (YOS)

Queen Street StationSince 2007, Arriva has developed a series of projects with Local Authority managed Youth Offending Services (YOS) across South Wales with young people working alongside staff from the train company and supervisors from the YOS as part of their reparation.  The project at Queen Street involved repainting the canopy columns on the station platform.

Station manager Wayne Cresswell for Arriva Trains Wales, said: “The projects undertaken at stations have helped many young offenders with the process of understanding the consequences of their offending and the effect it has on the victim and the wider community.  Through participation in activities such as this, young people have been able to learn new skills and gain experiences that could help with future employment.”

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Cardiff Queen Street station has been given a lick of paint as part of a project involving Arriva Trains Wales and the Cardiff Youth Offending Service (YOS).

Queen Street StationSince 2007, Arriva has developed a series of projects with Local Authority managed Youth Offending Services (YOS) across South Wales with young people working alongside staff from the train company and supervisors from the YOS as part of their reparation. The project at Queen Street involved repainting the canopy columns on the station platform.

Station manager Wayne Cresswell for Arriva Trains Wales, said: “The projects undertaken at stations have helped many young offenders with the process of understanding the consequences of their offending and the effect it has on the victim and the wider community. Through participation in activities such as this, young people have been able to learn new skills and gain experiences that could help with future employment.”

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STATION REPAINT HELPS PUT YOUNGSTERS BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK

A new initiative to encourage golfers to travel by train to 12 of the golf courses served by the Cambrian Railways has been launched.

As part of the scheme most of the participating golf clubs near the Cambrian network have agreed to provide a discount to those who travel to them by train.

The initiative ‘tee’d off’ as part of an event, facilitated by the Association of Community Rail Partnerships (ACoRP),  in Cardiff to launch the ‘Sustainable Transport and Tourism Assessment’ report that is intended to develop closer links between tourism and transport in Wales.

At the Cambrian Railways…Winning Way to the Fairway launch are (left to right) Ben Davies (Arriva Trains Wales), Neil Buxton (Association of Community Rail Partnerships), Alun Ffred Jones (Minister for Heritage), Dee Reynolds (Tourism Partnership Mid Wales) and Gerwyn Jones (Cambrian Railways Partnership).

In launching the ‘Cambrian Railways…The Winning Way to the Fairway’ Heritage Minister, Alun Ffred Jones, said: “I’d like to congratulate Arriva Trains Wales and the Cambrian Railways Partnership on this initiative which will enable golf visitors to Mid Wales to travel with ease around the region and leave their cars at home. With Wales hosting the Ryder Cup in 2010 there is more focus than ever before on Wales as a golf tourism destination. As well as using the train to access some of our best Golf courses visitors will also be able to see more of Wales by benefiting from discounted entry to some of the area’s wonderful attractions. Golf in Wales is golf as it should be.”

Referring to the scheme Jim Mcleod, Golf Professional at Aberystwyth Golf Club, said, “It’s fantastic that we are able to work together in this way with the area’s other golf clubs and the railway to promote the golf and rail package for our mutual benefit.”

The project was developed by the Cambrian Railways Partnership working with the participating golf clubs and benefited from support provided by Tourism Partnership Mid Wales.

Ben Davies from Arriva Trains Wales said “This is another good example of an initiative we have delivered through the Cambrian Railways Partnership that promotes travel by trains on the Cambrian network. As well as increasing passenger numbers on the trains such schemes also help support local businesses, in this case the Golf Clubs, and the wider local economy.”

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Danescourt Railway Station.

Danescourt railway station is serving train passengers around the Danescourt area which is a suburban area of Cardiff, in Wales.

This station is the first stop after Radyr on the City Line which is 5 km or 3 miles north of Cardiff Central. The City line was originally a freight only line carrying goods and packages to and from the area. However, in 1987, hourly passenger services began running from Cardiff Central to Radyr.

Both of The Danescourt railway station’a  two platforms are accessible for disabled passengers through the ramps. The Cardiff-bound platform is very much accessible via a road bridge, while the Radyr-bound platform is accessiable passing through  a small street (Beale Close) off the main road  to Danescourt Way. A footbridge is linking the two platforms.

The Danescourt railway station also sees some non-stop trains in both directions, and freight trains to and from Tower Colliery to and from Aberthaw Power Station.There is no Sunday service in this station.

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service is:

* 2 trains per hour (tph) to Coryton via Cardiff Central, calling at Fairwater, Waun-Gron Park, Ninian Park, Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street, Heath Low Level, Ty Glas, Birchgrove, Rhiwbina, Whitchurch and Coryton

* 2 trains per hour to Radyr, calling at Radyr which is the next station along.

It takes 12 minutes to reach Cardiff Central and 8 minutes to reach Radyr.

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Arriva Trains Wales  -  Train Company Info File

Franchise Start Date: 1st December 2003
Franchise End Date: 31st December 2018

Passenger Journeys, 2007 – 08: 21.8 million
Passenger kilometres, 2007 – 08: 846.1 million
Train kilometres, 2007 – 08: 21.2 million

Principal Routes
Arriva Trains Wales operates almost all services in Wales, and a number of routes between Wales and England.

The principal routes it operates are:

* Cardiff to Swansea and West Wales
* Cardiff Valleys
* Cardiff – Hereford – Shrewsbury – Crewe – Manchester Piccadilly
* Cardiff – Hereford – Shrewsbury – Chester – Bangor – Holyhead
* Manchester Piccadilly and Crewe to Chester, Rhyl, Bangor and Holyhead
* Birmingham International Airport – Pwllheli and Aberystwyth
* Shrewsbury – Swansea (Heart of Wales line)

Overview
Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) was formed in December 2003, replacing the previous Wales and Borders franchise that had been operated by National Express.

ATW is part of Arriva Group plc, one of the UK’s largest transport operators.

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