English: Could I call for a single statement on rail services in north Wales? On Saturday I attended the Wrexham-Bidston Rail Users Association's annual general meeting, where the chair referred us to Transport for Wales's live travel updates on Saturday, which showed that, with the exception of minor delays at Cardiff-Shrewsbury and Cardiff-Swansea, all the other south Wales services had good service, whereas Llandudno-Blaenau Ffestiniog and Chester-Crewe had severe delays, and Wrexham-Bidston had an amended timetable - i.e. cancelled. Yesterday, the executive member for transport at Wrexham wrote to the Cabinet Secretary here. You will be aware that following the decision by Transport for Wales that no train services operated on Wrexham-Bidston last weekend, due to rail services in south Wales being supplemented due to a sporting fixture, no stakeholders here were consulted in advance or informed directly of that, or then the decision to rescind and reduce the reduced timetable over the weekend with no discussion with stakeholders. We know that the chair of Neston transport working group, the other end of this line, on Friday e-mailed - it's been their position in Neston for three years that the whole of the line should be operated by Merseytravel, because at least the section from Bidston to Shotton, they say, could then experience high-quality services provided by them. And, finally, on Friday, my office received a phone call from a rail insider, a whistleblower, who wished to remain anonymous, who told me that the majority of trains had been cancelled because no spares were available when the Welsh Government took over, and that the tooling and spares had been taken by Arriva. So, we need to know why these missing spares were not picked up and provided for by the operator, and why the wheel lathes access was not put into place. Again, we heard on Saturday that there was no access, belatedly, to Crewe, Bristol and Taunton. But we also know that the excuse for so many trains being off the line is because of shortage of wheel lathes. Is there a sustainable solution in place, or is this a one-off, and will this address the problem? I don't want a short response. I'm calling for a ministerial statement to this Assembly so that we can get to the bottom of these many questions being raised by very worried stakeholders.
Welsh: A gaf i ofyn am un datganiad ynglŷn â gwasanaethau rheilffyrdd yn y gogledd? Euthum i gyfarfod cyffredinol blynyddol Cymdeithas Defnyddwyr Rheilffordd Wrecsam-Bidston ddydd Sadwrn, lle cyfeiriodd y Cadeirydd ni at ddiweddariadau teithio byw Trafnidiaeth Cymru ddydd Sadwrn, a ddangosodd, ac eithrio mân achosion o oedi rhwng Caerdydd a'r Amwythig a rhwng Caerdydd ac Abertawe, fod holl wasanaethau eraill y de yn wasanaethau da, tra bod oedi difrifol rhwng Llandudno a Blaenau Ffestiniog a rhwng Caer a Chryw, ac roedd amserlen Wrecsam-Bidston wedi ei newid - h.y. wedi ei dileu. Ddoe, ysgrifennodd yr aelod gweithredol dros drafnidiaeth yn Wrecsam at Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet. Byddwch yn ymwybodol, yn dilyn y penderfyniad gan Drafnidiaeth Cymru nad oedd gwasanaethau trên yn gweithredu rhwng Wrecsam a Bidston y penwythnos diwethaf, oherwydd ychwanegu at wasanaethau rheilffyrdd yn y de oherwydd digwyddiad chwaraeon, nid ymgynghorwyd ag unrhyw randdeiliaid yn y fan yma ymlaen llaw ac ni chawsant eu hysbysu'n uniongyrchol o hynny, nac wedyn y penderfyniad i ddileu a chwtogi ar yr amserlen a oedd eisoes wedi ei chwtogi dros y penwythnos heb unrhyw drafodaeth gyda'r rhanddeiliaid. Rydym ni'n gwybod fod cadeirydd gweithgor trafnidiaeth Neston, ar ben arall y llinell, wedi e-bostio ddydd Gwener - eu sefyllfa yn Neston am dair blynedd oedd y dylai'r llinell gyfan gael ei gweithredu gan Merseytravel, gan y byddai'r darn rhwng Bidston a Shotton, o leiaf, meddent, yn gallu cael y gwasanaethau o ansawdd uchel y maen nhw'n eu darparu. Ac, yn olaf, ddydd Gwener, derbyniodd fy swyddfa alwad ffôn gan rywun o'r tu mewn sy'n gysylltiedig â rheilffyrdd, chwythwr chwiban, a oedd yn dymuno aros yn ddienw, a ddywedodd wrthyf fod y rhan fwyaf o'r trenau wedi eu dileu gan nad oedd rhai sbâr ar gael pan gymerodd Lywodraeth Cymru yr awenau, a bod yr offer a'r darnau sbâr wedi eu cymryd gan Arriva. Felly, mae arnom ni angen gwybod pam na wnaeth y gweithredwr sylwi ar y darnau sbâr colledig hyn a'u darparu, a pham na roddwyd mynediad at durniau olwynion yn ei lle. Eto, clywsom ddydd Sadwrn, yn rhy hwyr, nad oedd mynediad i Cryw, Bryste na Taunton. Ond gwyddom hefyd mai'r esgus dros yr holl drenau nad ydynt ar y llinellau yw prinder turniau olwynion. A oes ateb cynaliadwy ar waith, neu ai problem untro yw hyn, ac a fydd hyn yn datrys y broblem? Nid wyf eisiau ymateb byr. Rwy'n gofyn am ddatganiad gweinidogol i'r Cynulliad hwn fel y gallwn ni fynd at wraidd yr amryw gwestiynau hyn sy'n cael eu codi gan randdeiliaid pryderus iawn.