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Power supply glitch casts shadow on pre-election event to plug Valley Lines

Rhodri Clark
02 April 2026
 

A pre-election event last week to celebrate 100% energisation of the Core Valley Lines suffered a setback, with the final section of 25kV overhead power supply unable to be energised as expected.

The media had been invited to attend, alongside Transport Secretary Ken Skates, “the energisation of the final 800 metre section” of the Core Valley Lines. Later, a revised media briefing explained that the final 800 metres “has now been  completed and tested as TfW prepares for...

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