A GWENT AM has reiterated his support for a transport hub based at Newport’s Celtic Manor Resort.

Speaking in the Senedd yesterday, Monmouth’s Nick Ramsay said a hub would allow the planned South Wales Metro to expand into rural areas of Gwent.

Addressing first minister Carwyn Jones, the Conservative AM said: “I think that if you looked at developing a hub at that point, you could then have a very good core to build out from into the rural areas around Newport and up to my neck of the woods, to make sure that everyone could benefit from the metro.”

Mr Jones replied: “It is hugely important that areas of Wales that are not being served by any form of railway should be served in the future by a form of transport that may include probably light rail rather than heavy rail.”

He added: “The system should be flexible and extendable, and that means looking at parts of Wales that have not had a rail service for many, many years.”