Wales Easter Bank Holiday travel chaos on roads and trains

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Wales Easter Bank Holiday travel chaos on roads and trains

Travel disruptions have hit Easter Monday bank holiday drivers and train passengers in parts of Wales. The A40 was closed for about seven hours in both directions between St Clears and Carmarthen after a serious crash that took place at 04:45 BST. Meanwhile, Transport for Wales (TfW) issued a “do not travel” warning for trains on the south Wales main line until at least 13:00 BST on the same day.

Transport for Wales blamed the disruptions on “signalling and power issues” between Bridgend and Llanelli, adding that they were unable to run services between Cardiff and Carmarthen, and on the Heart of Wales line between Swansea and Shrewsbury. Services on the Maesteg line and Vale of Glamorgan line were also affected. TfW warned that there was “extremely limited replacement road transport” available, while tickets bought for travel on Monday would be valid on Tuesday.

Services on the Marches line through Shrewsbury were also expected to be crowded due to an earlier incident of suspected cable theft, which disrupted a number of early morning services. Elsewhere in Wales, there were reports of slow and heavy traffic at places including the A487 between Llanfarian and Rhydyfelin in Ceredigion, A458 at Welshpool, Powys, A55 in Flintshire and Conwy, M4 at Newport, A483 Wrexham by-pass, and A438 Fabian Way into Swansea. Dyfed-Powys Police anticipated “high volumes of traffic due to Easter Bank Holiday” and advised drivers to take alternate routes.

Despite the disruptions, officers of the police force were present at the B&Q roundabout to provide direction to drivers. TfW called upon its customers to travel on Tuesday if possible. The rail operator noted that trains on the Marches line to live up to people’s expectations due to the earlier interruption. The A40 was reopened later, while TfW kept commuters posted on the latest travel status on its Twitter account

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