The North Pembrokeshire Transport Forum said five or more shuttle services a day between Carmarthen and Fishguard were among the toprail priorities in the regional transport plan submitted to the assembly government.
An increase in traditional freight-train traffic was slowing up rail service, so potatoes that were top-grade when they were loaded in Idaho were mashed--and not by design--when they arrived in Philadelphia.
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.
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.