Arriva Trains Wales
Arriva Trains Wales ( Welsh: Cymru Arriva Trenau ) is a British railway company. It is a subsidiary of Arriva and thus also of Deutsche Bahn and operates almost all regional and fast trains in Wales and adjacent areas in England, known as the Welsh Marches.
The company was formed in 2001, when Wales and West was divided into Wales and Borders and Wessex Trains. At the beginning, both companies were owned by the National Express Group. 2003 Arriva won the tender for the route network from Wales and Borders and the company notified immediately into Arriva Trains Wales. The concession runs until 2018.
Stretch
The main routes from Arriva Trains Wales are centered on the cities of Cardiff and Swansea, another important railway stations in England are Shrewsbury, Chester and Crewe. Since June 2005, trains to Cardiff Airport. The company withdrew in December 2005 of the routes in southwest England back.
Main routes
- North Wales Coast Line ( Crewe - Holyhead )
- South Wales Main Line ( Newport - Cardiff - Swansea )
- Welsh Marches Line ( Cardiff - Newport - Shrewsbury - Crewe - Manchester )
- Shrewsbury - Wolverhampton (all trains to Birmingham)
In addition distances
- 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 )
- Shrewsbury - Wrexham - Chester
- Borderlands Line ( Wrexham - Bidston )
Suburban lines in South Wales ( Valley Lines )
- Butetown Branch Line ( Cardiff - Butetown )
- Cardiff City Line ( Cardiff - Radyr )
- Coryton Line ( Cardiff - Coryton )
- Ebbw Valley Line ( Newport - Ebbw Vale )
- Maesteg Line ( Cardiff - Maesteg )
- Merthyr Line ( Cardiff - Pontypridd - Aberdare / Merthyr Tydfil )
- Rhondda Line ( Cardiff - Pontypridd - Treherbert )
- Rhymney Line ( Cardiff - Rhymney )
- Vale of Glamorgan Line ( Cardiff - Penarth / Barry Iceland / Bridgend )