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The North Wales Main Line (Welsh: Prif Linell Gogledd Cymru or Prif Linell y Gogledd; lit. ' North Main Line '), [1] also known as the North Wales Coast Line (Welsh: Llinell Arfordir Gogledd Cymru), [2] is a major railway line in the north of Wales and Cheshire, England, running from Crewe on the West Coast Main Line to Holyhead on the Isle of Anglesey.
This includes £1 billion designated for electrifying the North Wales main line. The facts. High Speed Rail 2 was first planned in 2010, to improve rail connections between London and Birmingham ...
The first stretch of line to be electrified in Wales was the South Wales Main Line between the Severn Tunnel and Cardiff Central railway station, which was electrified as part of the Great Western Main Line upgrade, and was completed in 2020. [19] Plans to extend the electrification from Cardiff to Swansea were scrapped in 2017. [20]
Railway lines in England and Wales, as of 2010. This is a list of railway lines in Great Britain that are currently in operation, split by country and region.. There are a limited number of main inter-regional lines, with all but one entering Greater London. [1]
The main station building was positioned on the down platform and a subway connected them all. In 1912, the Holywell Branch Line was opened just east of the station, which linked the main line to the centre of Holywell. [5] The station was therefore renamed Holywell Junction on 1 May and the new station in the town centre was called Holywell Town.
Llandudno Junction (Welsh: Cyffordd Llandudno) is a station serving the village of Llandudno Junction on the North Wales Main Line between Crewe and Holyhead. The station is managed by Transport for Wales Rail, although Avanti West Coast services also stop there. It is a junction for trains to Llandudno and the Conwy Valley line.
Electrification of the North Wales Main Line from Crewe to Holyhead via Chester was announced by the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in 2023. The project would be allocated £1 billion of funds following from the partial cancellation of High Speed 2 .
Conwy railway station serves the town of Conwy, north Wales, and is located on the North Wales Main Line, between Crewe and Holyhead. It is served by Transport for Wales , on services from Holyhead to South Wales and Birmingham International .