Arriva Trains Wales
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Arriva Trains Wales / Trenau Arriva Cymru is a train operating company that operates urban and inter urban passenger services in Wales and the Welsh Marches.
The company was formed when Wales and West was split into Wales and Borders and Wessex Trains. Initially both were operated by National Express Group, which presently owns seven of the UK’s 25 operators. Arriva won the Wales and Borders franchise in 2003 and promptly renamed the company Arriva Trains Wales.
They operate almost all services in Wales, with the execption of long distance express services between London Paddington to Swansea and West Wales via Cardiff (operated by First Great Western) and between London Euston and North Wales (operated by Virgin Trains). Additionally some local and regional services from South-West England to Newport and Cardiff are operated by First Great Western, and Central Trains operate a Cardiff to Nottingham via Gloucester service.
Routes
Arriva Trains Wales’s main routes are centered on Cardiff and Swansea as well as their major interchange stations in England at Shrewsbury, Chester and Crewe.The company started services to the new Cardiff International Airport railway station in June 2005. Frequent bus services run to the departure terminal from the station.
The company withdrew its services from Wales to the South West of England in December 2005.
Main Routes
- North Wales Coast Line (Crewe-Chester-Holyhead)
- South Wales Main Line (Bristol-Newport-Cardiff-Swansea)
- Welsh Marches Line (Milford Haven-Cardiff-Newport-Shrewsbury-Crewe-Manchester) and (Cardiff-Shrewsbury-Chester-Holyhead)
- Wolverhampton-Shrewsbury
- Shrewsbury to Chester Line (Shrewsbury-Wrexham-Chester)
Secondary and Rural Routes
- Cambrian Line (Shrewsbury-Aberystwyth/Pwllheli)
- Conwy Valley Line (Llandudno-Blaenau Ffestiniog)
- Gloucester-Newport
- Heart of Wales Line (Llanelli-Craven Arms-Shrewsbury)
- West Wales Line (Swansea-Llanelli-Carmarthen-Pembroke/Milford Haven/Fishguard)
- Borderlands Line (Wrexham Central-Bidston)
Commuter Lines (
- Butetown Branch Line
- Cardiff City Line
- Coryton Line
- Ebbw Valley Line
- Maesteg Line
- Merthyr Line
- Rhondda Line
- Rhymney Line
- Vale of Glamorgan Line
Major stations
Fleet
Arriva Trains Wales operate 127 trains of the following types:
| Class | No. of units | Unit nos. |
|---|---|---|
| 121 | 1 | 121032 |
| 142 | 15 | 142002/006/010/069/072-077/080-083/085 |
| 143 | 17 | 143601/602/604-610/614/616/622-625/+1 other (613 is being scrapped following its fire) |
| 150/2 | 19 | 150208/245/250/252/256/258-260/262/264/267/278-285 |
| 153 | 13 | 153310-312/313/320/321/323/326/327/353/361/362/367 |
| 158 | 37 | 158782/818-845/848-851/853/859-861 |
| 175/0 | 11 | 175001-011 |
| 175/1 | 16 | 175101-116 |
| Current scheduled passenger train operators in Great Britain and Northern Ireland | |
|---|---|
| Domestic: | Arriva Trains Wales - c2c - Central Trains - Chiltern Railways - First Capital Connect First Great Western - First ScotRail - First TransPennine Express - Grand Central Railway1 Great North Eastern Railway>GNER - Heathrow Connect - Hull Trains - Island Line - Merseyrail - Midland Mainline Northern Rail - Northern Ireland Railways2 - one - Silverlink - Southeastern - Southern South West Trains - Virgin Trains |
| International: | Enterprise 2 - Eurostar |
| Airport Link: | Gatwick Express - Heathrow Express - Stansted Express3 |
| Sleeper: | Caledonian Sleeper4 - Night Riviera5 |
| 1 Starts December 2006 – 2 Operated on the Irish railway network - 3 Operated by one 4 Operated by First ScotRail – 5 Operated by First Great Western | |
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