{"id":101289,"date":"2025-11-15T11:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T11:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/king-charles-drives-new-tram-train-on-his-77th-birthday-in-wales\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T11:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T11:53:07","slug":"king-charles-drives-new-tram-train-on-his-77th-birthday-in-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/king-charles-drives-new-tram-train-on-his-77th-birthday-in-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles drives new tram-train on his 77th birthday in Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>King Charles marked his 77th birthday with an official engagement in South Wales.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, November 14, the monarch stepped alongside his wife Queen Camilla to open the new South Wales Metro Depot at Taff\u2019s Well.<\/p>\n<p>During the engagement, King Charles took to the driver\u2019s seat for a tram-train, enjoying a short journey before meeting engineers, technicians, operational staff and cleaning crews who maintain the 36-strong fleet at the state-of-the-art depot.<\/p>\n<p>A video shared on the Royal Family\u2019s Instagram account, set to Oasis\u2019s hit track <em>She\u2019s Electric<\/em>, showed King Charles in high spirits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll aboard!\u201d Bukhingham Palace wrote alongside a slew the video from The King\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n<p>They went on to share, \u201cThe King has officially opened the new South Wales Metro Depot in Taff\u2019s Well, the home of the South Wales Metro Project.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DRDV6KADGyK\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHis Majesty took to the driver\u2019s seat for a tram-train journey before meeting the dedicated Transport for Wales staff who have made the flagship infrastructure possible. The project includes electrifying 170km of existing railway, alongside upgrading the majority of stations,\u201d the palace added.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle His Majesty boarded is officially named Myddfai in reference to a small Carmarthenshire village near the monarch\u2019s former Welsh Home.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Charles marked his 77th birthday with an official engagement in South Wales. On Friday, November 14, the monarch stepped alongside his wife Queen Camilla to open the new South Wales Metro Depot at Taff\u2019s Well. 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