Take a look at our new Class 197s

With ELeather seats, modern air conditioning systems, wider doors and customer information screens, these brand-new trains play a key role in our plans to transform the customer experience on our services 🚄

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

The 197 may be the lookalike to the 196 the different is the seats and different train companies And they are capable with two coaches and three coaches instead of 4 coaches like the 196

[@1eatransportnorthwest]

You TFW send a 2 car train from Manchester to Swansea . The trains gonna get over crowded I see there is a lack of planing there and the uncomfortable seats are like hell change this and bring the 197’s back

[@liftasb2201]

2 car Class 158 was deployed between Crewe and Holyhead, also overcrowded

[@ffrancrogowski6263]

Bring back all the 175s. The bogies on the 197s are as weak as a kitten. Every joint you can feel on unwelded rails!

[@Transpennine]

The 175s haven’t gone? They are still in service

[@FancypanVR]

well I can’t

[@aiden_ontrains]

Good looking train but makes too much noise I’m tryna sit down and relax and all I hear is buzz on the bloody train tracks it sounds like I’m on a bus the TFW needs improving

[@philtimson5449]

Went on this for the fist time today. OMG! TERRIBLE TINY TRAIN It makes weird noise, it’s cramped, where the tables are attached to the walls holds the dirt, it’s bumpy, the drivers can’t seem to use the brakes smoothly. Once again, I’ve never been on a train that feels so small and cramped, this wasn’t designed for our current population .

[@alexishamer6427]

Perhaps 🤔 Arriva should come back again in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 called Arriva Trains Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. ATW survived for under15 years from December 2003 until October 2018. It’s complicated why Arriva Trains 🚊 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 is replaced by Transport For Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Class 150279 is the only train 🚊 is wearing the Arriva Trains 🚆 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 livery because it was badly damaged back in May 2022 that it could go to the scrap yard if it’s hopeless 😩 by not working anymore. 🙂

[@TemporaryOofed]

Because just like in london they formed Transport for Wales

[@jaystocky]

Arriva were awful for welsh rail, very little investment into the infrastructure came as a result unfortunately. TfW are far more beneficial and eventually once all new rolling stock is in, they will have well over double the rolling stock they have now, sadly patience is needed to allow for this transformation to take place.

[@grassytramtracks]

​@@TemporaryOofed they procured these trains before TfW was taken over by the government

[@WALLSHUFF]

A step backwards, I'm sorry to say. No table in wheelchair bay, so can't use laptops or put drinks on. Disabled people still discriminated against. TfW should be ashamed.

[@macepower6886]

We want Arriva back☹

[@ajsim6611]

no one does

[@jamiejones4419]

You’d still get the pacers under arriva and you’d get much worse than you do under tfw. Sorry but none of us want ATW back. They’re crap

[@TrumpetGuy26]

no

[@CaffeinatedMoustache]

Arriva was an utter shit company, they never took care of they're trains, plus if we still had them pacers would still be around and no upgrades would be made