River Taff, Merthyr Tydfil This is Part 3 of the series, and I’m genuinely sorry for the long delay in posting it. If you haven’t read Parts 1 and 2 yet, you can find them here . I also need to let you know that Part 4 has been cancelled. It was never my intention for this particular post to arrive two years late. I’ve struggled to get it up to the standard I wanted, especially given how much time has passed since the events themselves, and it has been through countless edits as a result. Once again, apologies for the delay. From now on, #RyaninWales will simply be the tag I use for all my posts about Wales, rather than referring only to this original series. Welcome back to Day 3 of exploring the mystic land of Wales! Today, we'll be heading north from Cardiff to explore one of the Valleys' towns: Merthyr Tydfil. 150231 took me up to Merthyr Tydfil You might wonder why I'd choose Merthyr Tydfil over all the other towns in the Valleys. After all, if I'd done any resear...
Transport of Wales Class 756 Welcome back, folks. Today, we're taking a look at Transport for Wales's new Class 756 trains. First introduced into service in late 2024, these trains have been offering a much more modern experience compared with their predecessors, the Class 150s, on the Valley Lines as part of the South Wales Metro scheme. In this post, we'll take a journey on one of these trains to find out whether they really are as good as advertised. 756007 takes us to Caerphilly You're now joining me at Cardiff Queen Street station on a cloudy Welsh morning, where we'll be taking a Class 756 up the Rhymney Line as far as Caerphilly, where our train terminates. There are 24 Class 756s in total: seven three-car units (756/0) and 17 four-car units (756/1). Our chariot today is the three-car /0 variant, 756007, which has travelled all the way from Penarth. Automatic level boarding ramp As these trains are part of Stadler's FLIRT family, they feature a ramp that ...