New Llandudno to Liverpool train service welcomed by MS
This announcement from the Welsh Government is part of a campaign by the Member of the Welsh Parliament for Aberconwy, Janet Finch-Saunders.
Ms Finch-Saunders said: "Llandudno is one of the United Kingdom's leading tourist destinations, seeing around 10 million visitors annually.
"People travel here from all over the world, but we do owe a particular thanks to residents of North West England.
"To help ensure that more can travel via public transport to Llandudno, it is common sense to increase the number of direct rail destinations, such as by adding Liverpool.
"This will also be of major benefit to constituents who currently have to change in Chester if they want to go shopping in the so-called capital of North Wales.
"I am delighted that my campaign has helped secure a direct connection to the regional capital."
The news comes after the Welsh Government confirmed plans to create a high-frequency public transport network for North Wales.
Improvements are planned over the next year, the next three years and up to 2035.
The news was announced at the first-ever Public Transport Summit in Wrexham last week by Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales Ken Skates.
He said: "UK Government, local government, Transport for Wales and English local authorities are working with us to deliver this bold programme of work to better connect communities, with more rail and bus services and greater integration, new stations, new transport routes, new trains, new buses, new technology.
"A network of public transport services that will include cross-border turn-up and go bus and rail services, extending the Northern Arc from Hull to Holyhead.
"With unprecedented partnership across governments, across borders and across the north, we have the opportunity to turn dreams into reality, to deliver on an enduring vision for what our a public transport network should look like.
"Most importantly, we have an opportunity to deliver the principal purpose of public transport - to drive economic growth and prosperity for all.
"We have already delivered significantly for South Wales with the South Wales Metro.
"Building on the £800m investment in new trains, the majority of which are already serving the North Wales region, now is the right time for North Wales to get the same level of ambition.
"More services. More new trains. A better railway for North Wales."
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