Date: 18/08/2018

Wales has placed an £800m order for 148 'longer, quieter' trains, with air con, wi-fi, step-free access and power and USB sockets for each seat. KeolisAmey won a £5bn bid in May to run rail services in Wales and the new South Wales Metro for 15 years. Spanish firm CAF has won a £400m deal to build 77 trains at its new base in Newport while Swiss company Stadler will make 71 to be introduced in 2022. It has been described as a 'key moment in the modernisation of Welsh trains'. The new operators, who will add an extra 600 staff to the existing 2,200 transferring over from Arriva Trains Wales, are to upgrade Wales' 247 stations and build four new light rail stations in Cardiff as part of the proposed metro.

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Wales places £800m new train order

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The new fleet will have air con and each seat will have a power socket when they are introduced in 2022.