The North Pembrokeshire Transport Forum said five or more shuttle services a day between Carmarthen and Fishguard were among the top rail priorities in the regional transport plan submitted to the assembly government.

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Crew members were not obliged to wear life jackets and the skipper condoned standing on the top rail, the report said.

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Fiona Taylor, Network Rail's Kent route managing director, said safety remained top priority and railway services in the area could not resume until SGN said it was safe to run trains.

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Tuesday the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will haul in, among others, the chairman of the agency that oversees railroad mergers, the head of the Norfolk Southern railroad and a top official from the Government Accountability to discuss the state of competition in the freight rail industry.

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