'We are looking to run two additional trains between Aberystwyth and London Marylebone, serving other places in mid-Wales including Shropshire as well', Arriva Trains Wales Commercial Director Mike Bagshaw declared on BBC Radio 4's You ft & ours programme on April 28. 'We have identified a market there, we think people will value a direct, comfortable and reliable service to London, and that's what we are intending to provide'.rnBagshaw was taking part in a lively debate with a representative of open-access operator Wrexham ft Shropshire. He refuted charges that because ATW is a subsidised franchisee it would be competing unfairly with WSMR's purely commercial operation. 'These services that we are looking to run to London will not have any financial backing', he insisted.
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