Wales: TRAIN OPERATOR TO REVIEW POLICY AMID LANGUAGE ROW

[Harold Schiffman]

TRAIN OPERATOR TO REVIEW POLICY AMID LANGUAGE ROW
Date : 24.07.07

Train operator Arriva has agreed to review its language policy after a
row broke out over whether Welsh or English should be used first in
announcements at the country's train stations.A group of Labour MPs
launched a Parliamentary petition saying it would be "far more
sensible and far more convenient for passengers" to switch the order
so English was first on platforms in many parts of Wales.

Plaid insisted it was a "deeply silly" idea that proved their new
Assembly colleagues were anti-Welsh. But the fallout from the clash
has sparked Arriva Trains Wales to look again at its policy. "In light
of concerns raised, Arriva Trains Wales will look again at the order
of Welsh and English announcements," a spokesman said. "We will do
this in consultation with the Assembly and other stakeholders."

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