Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on reviewing the proposals for (a) additional capacity improvements at Cardiff Central Station and (b) a new station at St Mellons Parkway.

The Department for Transport intends to set out the outcomes we want from the rail network in Control Period 6 (CP6 – 2019 to 2024) during the remainder of 2017, starting with the High Level Output Specification (HLOS), which is expected to be published in July. This process will consider the choices for investment in Wales, including those in the Cardiff area.

Cardiff Parkway, the new station proposed at St Mellons, was the subject of a bid to the recent New Stations Fund round. Assessment of the bids is complete and my Department hopes to announce the successful projects shortly.