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Snowdonia Transport Strategy and rail services get North Wales Metro funding boost

Transport and North Wales Minister Ken Skates announced an extra £9m for the metro in the region

Pen-y-Pass crammed with vehicles in the car park and along the road

A strategy to tackle traffic problems in Snowdonia and improve rail services in North Wales will benefit from a funding boost.

Transport and North Wales Minister Ken Skates announced an extra £9m for the North Wales Metro.

Schemes set to benefit include over £1m to improve rail journey times between Wrexham and Liverpool.

There is £1.5m provided towards the new integrated station at Shotton, and £670,000 towards the development of Deeside Parkway.

A further £900,000 is allocated towards a study of the North Wales Coast mainline, with a view to improve journey times on certain services.

A Transport for Wales Rail services train (Trafnidiaeth Cymru), which operates on the Wales and Borders franchise, along the train track on the North Wales coast.(Image: Julian Hamilton/Daily Mirror)

º£½ÇÊÓÆµ Government has also placed improving services between North Wales and England on its priority list for investment as part of the

Just over £1m is available for the Snowdonia Transport Strategy which aims to encourage park and ride, bus and active travel in the National Park. It follows a summer where traffic problems have plagued roads and parking places around Snowdon and other popular site in the park.

Funding is also available to improve sustainable transport and active travel in the town centres of Wrexham and Rhyl, while investment will be made in a project to enhance access within Bangor for rail, bus and active travel.