Local Labour AM Jeff Cuthbert has called on Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) to do more to ‘clean up’ Hengoed railway station following complaints made to his office by constituents.
Jeff Cuthbert AM said: “I was recently contacted by a constituent who uses Hengoed railway station to commute into Cardiff on a daily basis.
“She told me that the station environment is very untidy with litter lying around on the floor; a persistent smell of urine; and people regularly smoking, despite ‘No Smoking’ signs and a clear CCTV presence.
“It’s not enough for train operating companies [TOCs] to just blame this on a lack of funding from the Welsh Government. TOCs know full well that they have a duty to maintain railway stations for which they are responsible, particularly in the case where stations are unmanned.
“I will be watching closely to make sure that ATW does more to clean up Hengoed station and holding them to account if they don’t.”
