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Train routes operated by Transport for Wales
14 routes · classic 10 · scenic 4
Transport for Wales runs 14 of the routes in the World Train Map atlas, 1,455 km of railway across 1 country. The longest is the Welsh Marches Line at 290 km; the fastest is the Welsh Marches Line, running up to 145 km/h; the oldest line it runs over here opened in 1848.
The company itself dates to 2021, filed on Wikidata as a train operating company. What this page says about the company comes from Transport for Wales's own Wikidata item, checked against the countries its routes here actually cross before any of it is used; everything about the railway is counted from this atlas. Official site ↗ · Wikipedia ↗ · Wikidata Q104878180 ↗
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- 14
- Total length
- 1,455 km
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Fastest
- Welsh Marches Line · 145 km/h
- Longest
- Welsh Marches Line · 290 km
- Oldest line here
- 1848
- Company founded
- 2021
- Type
- train operating company
Classic (10)
- Welsh Marches Line
The great spine outside England’s trunk lines: Cardiff to Manchester up the castle-studded Welsh border through Abergavenny, Ludlow and Shrewsbury.
Wikipedia ↗ - Pembroke Dock Branch
Branch line to the sea at every turn: Tenby’s walls and beaches, Saundersfoot, and the Cleddau at Pembroke Dock.
Wikipedia ↗ - West Wales Line
The 1856 line west: Llanelli’s sands, the Tywi at Carmarthen, then deep Pembrokeshire to the haven Nelson called the finest port in Christendom.
Wikipedia ↗ - Fishguard Harbour Line
The boat train’s line since 1906: over the Preseli foothills to Fishguard Harbour, where the ferry sails for the Rosslare this atlas draws from the Irish side.
- Shrewsbury–Chester
The 1848 border line between two walled towns: over Telford’s country at Chirk and the great Cefn viaduct, down the Dee valley through Wrexham to Chester.
Wikipedia ↗ - Ebbw Vale Line
A coal line carrying people again: passenger trains ended in 1962, came back to Ebbw Vale Parkway in February 2008 and reached Ebbw Vale Town in May 2015, climbing the Ebbw valley off the Newport main line.
Wikipedia ↗ - Maesteg Line
West along the South Wales main line to Bridgend, then up the Llynfi valley on Llynvi and Ogmore metals through Tondu to Maesteg — reopened to passengers in 1992, twenty-two years after the last train.
Wikipedia ↗ - Borderlands Line
Wrexham to the Wirral: 1860s Wrexham, Mold and Connah’s Quay metals joined to the 1896 North Wales and Liverpool line, crossing the Dee on the Hawarden swing bridge and running on to Bidston for Liverpool.
Wikipedia ↗ - Vale of Glamorgan Line
The coast road to Bridgend: through Barry and out along the Glamorgan shore past Rhoose, where the airport is, and Llantwit Major. Passenger trains stopped in June 1964 and returned in June 2005 with two new stations.
Wikipedia ↗ - Rhymney Line
The Rhymney Railway’s own valley, opened to passengers in March 1858: out of Cardiff through the Caerphilly tunnel under the mountain, then Ystrad Mynach and Bargoed to the head of the valley at Rhymney.
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Scenic (4)
- Cambrian Line
Birmingham to the Irish Sea over the Cambrian Mountains: Welshpool, the Talerddig summit cutting, Machynlleth and the estuary into Aberystwyth.
Wikipedia ↗ - Heart of Wales Line
A 121-mile request-stop ramble through empty Mid Wales, crossing the castle-like 13-arch Knucklas Viaduct where trains halt only if you flag them down.
Wikipedia ↗ - Cambrian Coast Line
Clings to the Mid-Wales shore on mostly single track, rumbling across the half-mile timber Barmouth Viaduct over the Mawddach estuary.
Wikipedia ↗ - Conwy Valley Line
From the pier at Llandudno up the Conwy gorge into Snowdonia’s slate mountains, meeting the Ffestiniog steam trains at Blaenau — coast to crag in an hour.
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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
How many train routes does Transport for Wales run?
14 of the routes in this atlas are Transport for Wales services, covering 1,455 km across 1 country (United Kingdom). That is what this atlas draws, not the operator's whole network — a national railway runs thousands of local services no map of notable journeys would list.
What is the fastest Transport for Wales train?
The Welsh Marches Line, Cardiff to Manchester, at up to 145 km/h. Its fastest scheduled run takes ≈ 3 h 10 min over 290 km.
Does Transport for Wales run night trains?
Not in this atlas. All 14 Transport for Wales routes listed here are daytime services.
When was Transport for Wales founded?
Wikidata records the company's inception as 2021, and files it as a train operating company. The oldest railway it runs over in this atlas opened in 1848 — the line and the company are rarely the same age, and this page dates both.
Countries Transport for Wales runs in
- 🇬🇧 Train routes in United Kingdom 75 routes
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