Scenic route
Cambrian Line
Birmingham → Aberystwyth · England · Wales
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Birmingham to the Irish Sea over the Cambrian Mountains: Welshpool, the Talerddig summit cutting, Machynlleth and the estuary into Aberystwyth.
Stations
- 0 kmBirmingham New Street
- 9 kmSandwell and Dudley
- 21 kmWolverhampton
- 46 kmTelford Central
- 52 kmWellington
- 68 kmShrewsbury
- 99 kmWelshpool
- 122 kmNewtown
- 131 kmCaersws
- 166 kmMachynlleth
- 172 kmDovey Junction
- 185 kmBorth
- 192 kmBow Street
- 198 kmAberystwyth
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 454579 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 8 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of the scheduled train on this line
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Cambrian Line?
The Cambrian Line runs 200 km from Birmingham to Aberystwyth. It runs through England and Wales.
How long does the Cambrian Line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h for the 200 km. That is an average of 67 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Cambrian Line?
Transport for Wales, with TfW Class 197.
How old is the Cambrian Line?
The line has been in service since 1864. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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