Mae'r twf mewn teithwyr wedi bod yn sylweddol uwch na'r hyn a ragwelwyd pan gafodd y contract presennol ei osod gan Awdurdod Rheilffyrdd Strategol Llywodraeth y DU, a hynny’n gynnar ar ddechrau’r ddegawd ddiwethaf. Nid oes unrhyw ddarpariaeth yn y contract hwn, yr ydym bellach wedi'i etifeddu, ar gyfer twf mewn teithwyr. Felly, er gwaethaf buddsoddiad sylweddol gan Lywodraeth Cymru mewn gwasanaethau a cherbydau ychwanegol, ni ddarparwyd digon o gapasiti ar bob adeg i gwrdd â'r galw gan deithwyr. Mae ein cynlluniau ar gyfer y contract nesaf yn cael eu llunio gyda hyn mewn cof. Bydd angen i gynigwyr gynnwys capasiti digonol i gwrdd â'r galw gan deithwyr. Disgwylir y bydd y galw hwnnw'n cynyddu 74% ymhellach erbyn 2030.
Passenger growth has been significantly higher than was forecasted when the current contract was let by the UK Government’s Strategic Rail Authority early last decade. There is no provision in this contract, which we have now inherited, for passenger growth. Therefore, despite the significant investment the Welsh Government has made in additional services and rolling stock, sufficient capacity to meet passenger demand has not always been provided. Our plans for the next contract are being developed with this in mind. We will require the bidders to include sufficient capacity to meet passenger demand which is forecasted to grow by a further 74 per cent by 2030.