English: We're talking about overcrowding now, and a lack of capacity now, at a time, of course, when we want more people to use trains in the future. One thing that's done to try to persuade more older people to use the train is to allow them to use concessionary bus passes for various discounts. Some lines allow free travel. A rail user from the north contacted me, though, after hearing about what was on offer to passengers in other parts of Wales. There is a third off tickets to travel on the Cardiff and Valleys network off peak - which is good, of course - but there is no equivalent discount for travellers in the north. Now, I find that unacceptable. We need to treat rail users equally, wherever they are. I'm grateful for a letter that I've received from you, saying that you will introduce a 10 per cent discount across the north. Why a third off in one part of Wales and 10 per cent off in another? I've been scribbling here too, comparing two similar journeys, one of them in the Cardiff and Valleys area. Treherbert to Cardiff is 25 miles and a train ticket costs £6.10. That sounds about right to me. With a third off, that's down to £4. Holyhead to Bangor is 25 miles again - the same distance. That's over £10 a journey. With 10 per cent off, that brings it down to £9. How come you can pay £4 for a journey in one part of Wales, and over £9 - more than double that - in another part of Wales? It sounds to me, and it will sound to a lot of people, with figures like that and a lack of equality for passengers that Labour's railway is not a railway that treats passengers equally wherever they are in Wales.
Welsh: Rydym yn sôn am orlenwi yn awr, a diffyg capasiti yn awr, mewn cyfnod, wrth gwrs, pan ydym am i fwy o bobl ddefnyddio trenau yn y dyfodol. Un peth a wneir i geisio perswadio mwy o bobl hŷn i ddefnyddio trenau yw caniatáu iddynt ddefnyddio tocynnau bws rhatach i gael gostyngiadau amrywiol. Mae rhai rheilffyrdd yn caniatáu teithio am ddim. Cysylltodd defnyddiwr rheilffyrdd o'r gogledd â mi, serch hynny, ar ôl clywed am yr hyn a oedd ar gael i deithwyr mewn rhannau eraill o Gymru. Gellir cael gostyngiad o draean oddi ar gost tocynnau wrth deithio ar rwydwaith Caerdydd a'r Cymoedd yn ystod adegau tawel - sy'n beth da, wrth gwrs - ond ni cheir gostyngiad cyfatebol i deithwyr yn y gogledd. Nawr, credaf fod hynny'n annerbyniol. Mae angen i ni drin defnyddwyr y rheilffyrdd yn gyfartal, ble bynnag y maent. Rwy'n ddiolchgar am lythyr a gefais gennych yn dweud y byddwch yn cyflwyno gostyngiad o 10 y cant ar draws y gogledd. Pam y gostyngiad o draean mewn un rhan o Gymru a gostyngiad o 10 y cant mewn rhan arall? Rwyf wedi bod yn sgriblan yma hefyd, ac yn cymharu dwy siwrnai debyg, un ohonynt yn ardal Caerdydd a'r Cymoedd. Mae Treherbert i Gaerdydd yn daith 25 milltir ac mae tocyn trên yn costio £6.10. Mae hynny'n swnio'n iawn i mi. Gyda gostyngiad o draean, mae hynny'n dod i lawr i £4. Mae Caergybi i Fangor yn siwrnai 25 milltir eto - yr un pellter. Mae hynny'n costio dros £10 y siwrnai. Gyda gostyngiad o 10 y cant, daw hynny â'r gost i lawr i £9. Sut y gallwch dalu £4 am siwrnai mewn un rhan o Gymru, a dros £9 - mwy na dwywaith hynny - mewn rhan arall o Gymru? Mae'n ymddangos i mi, a bydd yn ymddangos i lawer o bobl, gyda ffigurau fel hynny a diffyg cydraddoldeb i deithwyr, nad yw rheilffordd y blaid Lafur yn rheilffordd sy'n trin teithwyr yn gyfartal ble bynnag y maent yng Nghymru.