Classic route
Maesteg Line
Cardiff → Maesteg · Wales
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.
- Distance
- 46 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 55 min
- Average speed
- 50 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmCardiff Central +6
- 18 kmPontyclun
- 22 kmLlanharan
- 26 kmPencoed
- 32 kmBridgend +2
- 34 kmWildmill
- 36 kmSarn
- 37 kmTondu
- 44 kmGarth (Bridgend)
- 45 kmMaesteg Ewenny Road
- 46 kmMaesteg
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. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
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 4 m from it
- Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of train 39816
- 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 Maesteg Line?
The Maesteg Line runs 46 km from Cardiff to Maesteg.
How long does the Maesteg Line take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 55 min for the 46 km. That is an average of 50 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Maesteg Line?
Transport for Wales, with TfW Class 150 Sprinter.
How old is the Maesteg Line?
The line has been in service since 1992. 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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