Transport

Buses and franchising, rail, roads and bridges, walking and cycling, school transport, electric vehicles, Cardiff Airport and the ports.

In the Programme for Government this sits under the well-being objective Unleashing the potential of the Welsh economy, and creating good well-paid jobs.

ThemesEverything Buses Rail Roads, bridges and 20mph Walking and cycling School transport Electric vehicles Cardiff Airport and the ports

Showing the theme Rail. The Programme commitments are the brief's as a whole.

Statements and debates: 5; in the Sixth Senedd
Contributions: 534; in the Sixth Senedd
Written questions: 0; in the Sixth Senedd

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Where things stand

Statistics published by the Welsh Government. Each chart covers the years since the 2016 Senedd election, or as far back as the figures go, and marks each election since.

Bus journeys

71.7 million

2024-25

A year earlier: 71.4 million (2023-24)

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Bus journeys: every figure in the chart, newest first.
Period	Wales
2024-25	71.7 million
2023-24	71.4 million
2022-23	61.2 millionrevised
2021-22	53.3 millionrevised
2020-21	27.2 millionrevised
2019-20	92.4 millionrevised
2018-19	101.0 million
2017-18	98.9 million
2016-17	99.4 million

People killed on the roads

2025

A year earlier: 84 (2024)

People killed in road collisions in Wales that were reported to the police, each calendar year. A death counts if it happened within 30 days of the collision.

Deaths are shown because police forces in Wales have been changing how they record serious injuries since 2023, so figures for serious injuries can't be compared over time.

Source: Welsh Government, Police recorded road casualties by speed limit and severity. Accredited official statistics. Next update due in October 2026. Checked on 22 October 2026.

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People killed on the roads: every figure in the chart, newest first.
Period	Wales
2025	91
2024	84
2023	98
2022	96
2021	86
2020	74
2019	95
2018	108
2017	101
2016	103

What the government has promised

The Programme for Government 2026 to 2030 belongs to the Seventh Senedd. Choose the Seventh Senedd to see how often each commitment has come up.

Transport

Prioritise the resilience of connections across the Menai Strait through short and medium‑term improvements whilst planning for long‑term solutions.
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Work with partners to address road resilience in the South‑East Wales corridor.
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Promote road safety and ensure that our roads are safely maintained.
Latest figure: People killed on the roads, 91, 2025.
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Bring forward a renewed pipeline of short, medium and long‑term priority rail projects.
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Create a more integrated public transport network by expanding tap‑on, tap‑off, pay‑as‑you‑go ticketing, introducing simpler and fairer fares across bus and rail to improve services for passengers and communities across Wales, making travel simpler and more affordable.
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Continue to provide £1 single bus fares and £3 day tickets for children and young people aged 5‑21 and retain bus passes for over 60s and disabled people.
Latest figure: Bus journeys, 71.7 million, 2024-25.
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Transform bus services through franchising, bringing routes, fares and standards under a single publicly accountable system that puts passengers first. We will enhance links between communities through the new North‑South coach service and deliver an integrated network that improves access to services, supports economic growth, and helps reduce carbon emissions.
Latest figure: Bus journeys, 71.7 million, 2024-25.
Read it in the Programme
Deliver a renewed EV strategy for Wales.
Read it in the Programme
Put active travel at the heart of Wales’s transport system, making it a practical, safe and inclusive choice for more everyday journeys. We will reduce barriers to walking, wheeling and cycling to support our ill health prevention mission, and promote wellbeing and economic opportunity.
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Put children and young people at the heart of a joined‑up approach to learner travel, strengthening cross‑government working so that public services work together to improve access to education, including by addressing barriers to Welsh‑medium education.
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Take a strategic approach to secure Cardiff Airport’s long‑term sustainability and maximise its economic potential.
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Work with Welsh ports to strengthen their resilience and maximise their contribution to the Welsh economy, while pursuing full devolution of port regulation.
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Demanding fairness from Westminster: Fair funding

Fight for the rail funding we are owed and that we need to invest in Welsh rail – including consequential funding from HS2 – and for rail to be devolved.
Read it in the ProgrammeAlso followed in: Public finances.

Source: Welsh Government, Programme for government 2026 to 2030: New ambition for Wales, first published on 10 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Mentions are found by matching the names of plans, bodies and schemes; a mention says nothing about progress.

Month by month

Contributions tagged in each month of the Sixth Senedd. No sittings were held in December 2024, January 2025, February 2025, March 2025, April 2025, May 2025, June 2025, July 2025, August 2025, September 2025, October 2025, November 2025 and December 2025.

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Month	Contributions
January 2024	46
February 2024	32
March 2024	26
April 2024	39
May 2024	61
June 2024	106
July 2024	64
August 2024	1
September 2024	54
October 2024	62
November 2024	43
December 2024	No sittings
January 2025	No sittings
February 2025	No sittings
March 2025	No sittings
April 2025	No sittings
May 2025	No sittings
June 2025	No sittings

How this brief is put together

This brief follows the Programme commitments listed above and tags the record with the phrases below. Keyword matching can miss business that discusses the issue in other words, and can tag a passing mention.

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A contribution is tagged when its English text contains one of these phrases. Capital letters don't matter, except in abbreviations, which must match exactly. It is also tagged when the title of the agenda item or question it was part of contains one, as long as the contribution is at least 30 words long. The brief is also tagged whenever one of its themes is.

Phrases for the brief as a whole

“transport”
“public transport”
“transport infrastructure”
“Transport for Wales”

Abbreviations

“TfW”

Buses

“bus franchising”
“bus services”
“bus service”
“bus routes”
“bus route”
“buses”
“bus network”
“bus fares”
“bus fare”
“bus passes”
“bus pass”
“concessionary fares”
“concessionary travel”
“TrawsCymru”
“north-south coach”
“Bus Services (Wales)”

Rail

“rail services”
“rail service”
“railway”
“railways”
“rail electrification”
“rail funding”
“rail infrastructure”
“rail projects”
“Network Rail”
“South Wales Metro”
“North Wales Metro”
“Core Valley Lines”
“trains”
“north Wales main line”
“Wales and Borders”

Abbreviations

“HS2”

Roads, bridges and 20mph

“20mph”
“20 mph”
“roads review”
“road building”
“potholes”
“pothole”
“M4 relief”
“M4”
“A55”
“A465”
“Heads of the Valleys”
“trunk road”
“trunk roads”
“road safety”
“speed limit”
“speed limits”
“road maintenance”
“Menai”
“Britannia Bridge”
“Menai Suspension Bridge”
“Brynglas tunnels”
“road resilience”
“congestion”
“traffic congestion”

Walking and cycling

“active travel”
“cycling”
“cycle paths”
“cycle path”
“cycle lanes”
“walking and cycling”
“walking, wheeling and cycling”
“safe routes to school”

School transport

“learner travel”
“school transport”
“home-to-school transport”
“school buses”
“school bus”

Electric vehicles

“electric vehicle”
“electric vehicles”
“electric car”
“electric cars”
“EV charging”
“charging points”
“charge points”
“charging infrastructure”

Abbreviations

“EV”
“EVs”

Cardiff Airport and the ports

“Cardiff Airport”
“airport”
“Holyhead”
“Fishguard”
“Pembroke Dock”
“port of Holyhead”
“Welsh ports”
“port regulation”
“air passenger duty”

Transport

Where things stand

Bus journeys

Transport

Where things stand

Bus journeys

People killed on the roads

What the government has promised

Transport

Demanding fairness from Westminster: Fair funding

From the Welsh Government

North Wales Main Line Railway Engineering Works

Finance Minister to lead debate for fairer funding and roll-out of rail investment

UK Budget must deliver on its rail promises to Wales

In the news

Key moments in the Senedd

Related votes

Legislative Consent Motion: The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill

Who raises it

Which parties raise it

Members who raise it most

Who ministers have met

What people say matters

Written questions

Petitions

In committee

From Senedd Research

Mind the gap: Wales, Westminster and the Railways Bill

Latest contributions

Month by month

How this brief is put together

Phrases for the brief as a whole

Buses

Rail

Roads, bridges and 20mph

Walking and cycling

School transport

Electric vehicles

Cardiff Airport and the ports