Classic route
Ebbw Vale Line
Cardiff → Ebbw Vale Town · Wales
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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.
Stations
- 0 kmCardiff Central
- 20 kmPye Corner
- 22 kmRogerstone
- 24 kmRisca and Pontymister
- 27 kmCrosskeys
- 33 kmNewbridge
- 46 kmEbbw Vale Parkway
- 48 kmEbbw Vale Town
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 12409939 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of train 62020
- 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 Ebbw Vale Line?
The Ebbw Vale Line runs 47 km from Cardiff to Ebbw Vale Town.
How long does the Ebbw Vale Line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h for the 47 km. That is an average of 47 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 96 km/h.
Who runs the Ebbw Vale Line?
Transport for Wales, with TfW Class 150 Sprinter.
How old is the Ebbw Vale Line?
The line has been in service since 2008. 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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