The Open Veins of Wales

"Dr Beeching helped turn the country I’ve come to love into an outpost of empire. Now his legacy can be reversed. "

[...]

"There are plenty of lobbyists calling for new roads, but Father Deiniol’s plan is likely to be cheaper and more sustainable. His survey of the disused railway lines of Wales shows that there is one route - from Rhyl through Denbigh, Rhuthun, Corwen, Newtown, Llanidloes, Rhaeadr and Builth Road to Dowlais - which would require only two miles of new formation to link Holyhead to Cardiff(2). The rest of the way makes use of current and former railways. He proposes that short feeder lines also be built connecting this trunk route to Mold, Llangollen, Oswestry, Bala, Hay-on-Wye and Brecon(3)."


http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2008/12/30/the-open-veins-of-wales/

I think this may be the route: http://tinyurl.com/7chsc4

See also


http://welshramblings.blogspot.com/2008/12/deiniols-north-south-railway-plan-for.html

and


http://inconsiderateparking.blogspot.com/2008/12/new-railway-connections-for-wales.html