By Rhodri Clark
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More Mk 4 workings on the way: DVT No 82236, with Alzheimer’s Society Cymru vinyls, leads the morning Holyhead to Cardiff working through Abergavenny on 14 July 2021, with No 67008 providing power from the rear. Peter Squibbs
Transport for Wales Rail intends to operate three pairs of services between Holyhead and Cardiff each weekday with Mk 4 sets from September. The trains are due to feature a restaurant service from 20 September.
When TfW Rail’s predecessor signed the Wales and Borders franchise in June 2018, one of the commitments was to operate three loco-hauled services per direction between Holyhead and Cardiff. The Mk 4s were due to replace Mk 3s in December 2019. Following setbacks, including the impact of Covid-19 on crew training, on 7 June 2021 the first Mk 4 set commenced operating a morning service to Cardiff and evening return service.
