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Arriva Trains Wales

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1 Feb 8th, 2009 

7 Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful

Advantages:
The scenary is nice, if you can see out of the high windows

Disadvantages:
Slow, old, unreliable trains

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This train company delivers a very poor service - not only are their trains often running late, but the trains themselves are of very poor quality. The Heart of Wales Line is a notable example of this - it is still using very dated Class 153 DMUs which were manufactured in the early 90s, and now look ancient compared to modern trains, for instance those run by First Great Western or London Midland. If the trains were any older, they would be running on steam!

It's about time that Arriva Trains Wales started investing some money back into their own lines and improved the reliability and quality of their trains. The Heart of Wales Line boasts that it is idyllic and romantic, yet it is hard to enjoy travelling on such a route when the seats are unconfortable, the windows too high to see out of, and the trains running behind time.

Pull your act together Arriva

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stapleton1 03.03.2009 23:17

Yeh, they are essentially the same company, but the level of service is probably quite different in different regions of the country. Their train service in Wales is appalling though.

Expired-Account 08.02.2009 12:07

I don't use the train service, good review

lillamarta 08.02.2009 03:32

Are they the same london bus company Arriva?

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