By james art 
A rail operator is introducing new trains on a popular passenger route in a bid to reduce overcrowding on services.
New trains with more than two carriages are expected to be added to the line between Shrewsbury and Birmingham in the spring, Transport for Wales (TfW) has announced.
The increase was confirmed after Shrewsbury MP Julia Buckley, Labour, told TfW bosses the service was unable to support demand in the area.
“There should be three wagons and we only get two. There are more people needing to get from Shrewsbury to Birmingham or Wolverhampton every day and it is the service that is letting us down,” she said.
“Top-tier businesses are telling me they want to expand, invest and hire more people, but that’s impossible until we get better services.”
The trains will be introduced on the Cambrian line, which runs between the Midlands and the Welsh coast, as part of an £800m investment to transform rail services.
A TfW spokesman said: “Every effort is being made to roll out to ease some of the overcrowding issues customers are seeing.”
Buckley also called for services to become more reliable.
“The amount of canceled trains is not okay. The potential and the demand is there, we just need the services,” she said.
TfW said it had been a “challenging time on the line” and thanked customers for their patience.
This news was collected by Local Democracy Reporting Officewhich covers councils and other community organisations.