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The Welsh railway system is split into three detached parts: The South Wales network, consisting of the South Wales Main Line, the West Wales lines and their complex network of associated branches, including the Valley Lines, the Cambrian Line serving mid-Wales, and in North Wales, the North Wales Coast Line and its associated branches.
See also Railway lines in Wales for open lines and Heritage railways in Wales for preserved lines Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Pages in category "Beeching closures in Wales" The following 157 pages are in this category, out of 157 total. ... Cymmer Afan railway station; Cynwyd railway station ...
The Beeching cuts were a reduction in the size of the British railway network, along with a restructuring of British Rail, in the 1960s. Since the mid-1990s there has been significant growth in passenger numbers on the railways and renewed government interest in the role of rail in UK transport.
The station was closed by British Railways on 14 June 1965, along with many other wayside stations on the route (as a result of the Beeching Axe). [4] Much of the infrastructure survived after closure however, including the signal box , eastbound platform, goods shed and main station buildings.
Llandrillo railway station (ɬandriːɬɔ) in Denbighshire, Wales, was a station on the Ruabon to Barmouth line. It was to have closed to passengers on Monday 18 January 1965 but closed prematurely on 14 December 1964 due to flood damage. The station had a signal box and was a passing place on the single line.
Valleys & Cardiff Local Routes (formerly Valley Lines) is the urban and suburban rail network radiating from Cardiff, Wales. It includes lines within the city itself, the Vale of Glamorgan and the South Wales Valleys. [1] The services are currently operated by Transport for Wales Rail.
The West Wales lines (Welsh: Llinellau Gorllewin Cymru) are a group of railway lines from Swansea through Carmarthenshire to Pembrokeshire, West Wales. The main part runs from Swansea to Carmarthen and Whitland , where it becomes three branches to Fishguard , Milford Haven and Pembroke Dock .