Slow Train Coming Articles

Newport

Published 15th January 2024

On Thursday, February 1st 2024, we are heading for Newport to learn about the Chartist Rising of 1839.

Penarth

Published 9th January 2024

Short report of the Cardiff u3a Slow Train Coming trip to Penarth in January 2024.

Aberdare

Published 3rd December 2023

Report on our December 2023 trip to Aberdare.

Aberfan

Published 6th October 2023

A brief report on the Cardiff u3a Slow Train Coming group trip to Merthyr Vale and Aberfan in October 2023.

Rhoose

Published 14th August 2023

The next trip for the Slow Train Coming group is on Thursday, September 7th when we will go to Rhoose

Taff’s Well

Published 9th July 2023

It was another good turnout of U3A members for our tip to Taff’s Well and it was nice to welcome some new members of Slow Train Coming aboard. We started by having a look at the progress being made on the building of the new South Wales Metro Depot and control Centre adjacent to Taff’s […]

Llanhilleth

Published 15th June 2023

A sizable group of people (~30) successfully completed the first IQ test of the day and found their way to Platform 0 at Cardiff Central only to be informed a while later that there was a platform alteration so we all trundled off to platform 4. We left 18 minutes late and made up a […]

Abergavenny

Published 16th May 2023

On Thursday June 1st, the ‘Slow Train Coming’ group visited. Despite train strikes the day before our train to Abergavenny turned up more or less on time. A slightly chilly morning turned into a wonderful sunny afternoon. The turnout for our trips seems to be fairly constant at around 30 people. Many thanks to everyone […]

Ystrad Mynach

Published 26th April 2023

On Thursday May 4th, we visited Ystrad Mynach. We were lucky enough to find Holy Trinity Church open so went in for a look around and have a chat about some notable local inhabitants: From the church we walked through the lovely churchyard and had a look at the unusual sculpture outside the church hall, […]

Llantwit Major

Published 31st March 2023

The April 2023 ‘Slow Train Coming’ outing was to Llantwit Major. Another fantastic turnout – thank you all for coming. Once again we were blessed with fine weather with just a few spots of rain. Our train out was a Sprinter on temporary lease from Northern Rail. I was impressed by how people managed to […]