English: Minister, can I just say how pleased I am that we've been able to take this step? The privatisation of rail and the deregulation of buses has been really one of the great disasters, one of the great disastrous legacies of the Thatcher era, and it's led to us having one of the most underinvested public transport systems in the whole of western Europe. And sometimes we forget the history of this: 1947, when the railways were taken into public ownership, it was because they had gone bankrupt in private hands. You referred earlier to Network Rail, which, of course, before that, was Railtrack, which was privatised and then went bankrupt in 2001, and we've seen that as a consistent trend because public transport belongs in the public sector, accountable to our local economy and accountable as a public service. Can I just say how pleased I am also that the headquarters of Transport for Wales and this new body is based in Pontypridd, where it's contributing also to the regeneration of the town? And also the difference it's beginning to make when you start looking at public assets, like stations in Pontypridd, as a community asset: all the buildings on that station are now being looked at as to how they can possibly be used by community groups and organisations within the community, and that's the difference, I think, public ownership actually makes. Can I just ask a couple of questions with regard to the investment in that and the difference it will make? That is, firstly, the investment in all the new stations that are taking place along the Valleys lines, and of course, that will continue. Can I ask also about the issue of the progress that's being made with regard to the integration and development of the rail services now, and the opportunities with integrating with bus transport? Can I also ask about your views on the opportunity now to reopen former railway lines? We have already a commitment, I think, for over £0.5 million for the business plan for the reopening of the north-west railway line, Cardiff to Llantrisant, a former railway line that really offers a new opportunity for public transport. And finally -
Welsh: Gweinidog, a gaf i ddweud pa mor falch yr wyf ein bod wedi gallu cymryd y cam hwn? Mae preifateiddio rheilffyrdd a dadreoleiddio bysiau wedi bod yn un o'r trychinebau mawr mewn gwirionedd, un o waddolion trychinebus mawr cyfnod Thatcher, ac mae wedi arwain at un o'r systemau trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus sydd â'r tanfuddsoddiad mwyaf yng ngorllewin Ewrop gyfan. Ac weithiau rydym ni yn anghofio hanes hyn: 1947, pan roddwyd y rheilffyrdd mewn perchnogaeth gyhoeddus, y rheswm am hynny oedd eu bod wedi methdalu mewn dwylo preifat. Fe wnaethoch chi gyfeirio'n gynharach at Network Rail, sef Railtrack cyn hynny, a breifateiddiwyd ac a aeth yn fethdalwr wedyn yn 2001, ac rydym ni wedi gweld hynny'n duedd gyson oherwydd dylai trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus fod yn y sector cyhoeddus, yn atebol i'n heconomi leol ac yn atebol fel gwasanaeth cyhoeddus. A gaf i ddweud mor falch yr wyf fi hefyd fod pencadlys Trafnidiaeth Cymru a'r corff newydd hwn wedi'i leoli ym Mhontypridd, lle mae'n cyfrannu hefyd at adfywio'r dref? A hefyd y gwahaniaeth y mae'n dechrau ei wneud pan fyddwch yn dechrau edrych ar asedau cyhoeddus, fel gorsafoedd ym Mhontypridd, fel ased cymunedol: mae'r holl adeiladau ar yr orsaf honno bellach yn cael eu hystyried ar gyfer y posibilrwydd o'u defnyddio gan grwpiau cymunedol a sefydliadau yn y gymuned, a dyna'r gwahaniaeth, rwy'n credu, mae perchnogaeth gyhoeddus yn ei wneud mewn gwirionedd. A gaf i ofyn ychydig o gwestiynau ynglŷn â'r buddsoddiad yn hynny a'r gwahaniaeth y bydd yn ei wneud? Yn gyntaf, y buddsoddiad yn yr holl orsafoedd newydd sy'n digwydd ar hyd rheilffyrdd y Cymoedd, ac wrth gwrs bydd hynny'n parhau. A gaf i holi hefyd am y cynnydd sy'n cael ei wneud o ran integreiddio a datblygu'r gwasanaethau rheilffyrdd nawr, a'r cyfleoedd i integreiddio â thrafnidiaeth bysiau? A gaf i ofyn hefyd am eich barn ar y cyfle nawr i ailagor hen reilffyrdd? Rydym ni eisoes wedi ymrwymo, mi gredaf, i roi dros £0.5 miliwn ar gyfer y cynllun busnes ar gyfer ailagor rheilffordd y gogledd-orllewin, Caerdydd i Lantrisant, hen reilffordd sy'n cynnig cyfle newydd ar gyfer trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus mewn gwirionedd. Ac yn olaf -