REGULATORY approval has been given to an application by Grand Union Trains to operate five daily services on the Great Western route between Carmarthen and Paddington.
After local station calls at Llanelli and Gowerton, stops from Cardiff Central will be at Newport, Severn Tunnel Junction and Bristol Parkway, from where services will run nonstop to Paddington.
New open access operators need to demonstrate that there is the necessary expertise to operate services and, as a result, it is proposed to enter