NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Valley Lines

The Valley Lines is the commonly-known name for the network of local train services in valleys of South Wales from Cardiff. It was the trading name of the Cardiff Railway Company, the franchise which operated most of these services (the Maesteg Line being the exception, which was operated by Wales and West) from privatisation in 1995 until 2001, when it became part of the new Wales and Borders franchise. Both franchises were part of the National Express Group. Since 2003, the franchise has been run by Arriva Trains Wales who have officially dropped the Valley Lines brand and are in the process of applying a new livery to the local fleet based on their corporate colours of turquoise and cream. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 701 KB) British Rail Class 143 no. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 701 KB) British Rail Class 143 no. ... 143603 at Bristol Temple Meads, 28 June 2005. ... The South Wales Valleys are a number of industrialised valleys in South Wales. ... Cardiff (English: Welsh: ) is the capital of Wales and its largest city. ... The Maesteg Line is a railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Bridgend and Maesteg. ... On 14 October 2001 the former Wales and West company, a part of the National Express Group, was divided into two new companies, Wales and Borders Trains for services in Wales and Central England and Wessex Trains for the West Country and South West England. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2001. ... Class 158, no. ... National Express Group plc (LSE: NEX) is a UK-based transport group that operates airport, bus and rail services in the UK, the US and Canada, Australia, Spain, Portugal and Morocco and long-distance coach routes across Europe. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Arriva train in North Wales Class 158, no. ...

The old railway line through the Vale of Glamorgan, on which passenger services were closed under the Beeching Axe, have now re-opened for passenger service, with services from Cardiff to Bridgend, via Barry, Rhoose Cardiff Airport and Llantwit Major. These services were originally advertised to start in April 2005, but commenced on 12 June 2005. Many railway lines were closed as a result of the Beeching Axe The Beeching Axe was an informal name for the British Governments attempt in the 1960s to control the spiralling cost of running the British railway system by closing what it considered to be little-used and unprofitable... Cardiff International Airport (IATA: CWL, ICAO: EGFF) is an international airport located in the village of Rhoose, in the Vale of Glamorgan, approximately 12 mi (19 km) south-west of the Welsh capital, Cardiff. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Services on these routes are provided with class 142, 143, 150 and 153 trains, and are typically end-to-end, in that they run from one branch terminus, through Queen Street station (the notional 'hub' of the network), to another branch terminus, e.g. from Pontypridd to Barry Island A Class 142 at Manchester Victoria station Another view of a 142 The British Rail Class 142 is a class of pacer diesel multiple units used in the United Kingdom. ... 143603 at Bristol Temple Meads, 28 June 2005. ... Class 150/2, no. ... Class 153, no. ... Cardiff Queen Street railway station (Welsh Caerdydd Heol y Frenhines) is seen by many as the main hub of the Valley Lines network around Cardiff - the solitary connection to Cardiff Bay is seen as part of the reason for this. ... Pontypridd is a town in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, South Wales. ... Barry Island (Welsh: Ynys y Barri) is a peninsula forming part of the town of Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. ...

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Class 150/2 Sprinter no. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... Class 158, no. ...

Defunct train operating companies:

InterCity:

Anglia Railways - Great Western Trains

London & South East:

Connex South Central - Connex South Eastern - First Great Eastern - First Great Western Link
South Eastern Trains - Thames Trains - Thameslink - wagn

Regional:

Arriva Trains Merseyside - Arriva Trains Northern - First North Western - MTL - North Western Trains
Northern Spirit - ScotRail - Valley Lines - Wales and Borders - Wales and West - Wessex Trains

Categories: Post-privatisation British railway companies | Transport in Cardiff | Railway lines in Wales Due to historical differences the railway network of the United Kingdom is split into two independent systems: one on the island of Great Britain and one in Northern Ireland, which is closely linked to the railway system of the Republic of Ireland. ... Anglia Railways was a British Train Operating Company, owned by GB Railways, which between January 1997 and March 2004 operated mainline trains out of London Liverpool Street station and a number of local rail services in East Anglia. ... See Also Ufton Nervet rail crash Categories: Stub | British railway companies ... Connex South Central was a short-lived train operating company in the United Kingdom. ... A Class 423 4Vep unit in Connex South Eastern livery at Waterloo East in February 2003. ... First Great Eastern was a successful railway company that operated suburban, local and medium distance train services from London Liverpool Street via Romford to Essex and Ipswich. ... First Great Western Link is a train operating company owned by First Group that provides train services, on a franchise basis, from Paddington Station to destinations such as Slough, Reading, Didcot, Oxford, Basingstoke, Newbury, Bedwyn, Hereford, Worcester and Banbury. ... South Eastern Trains (SET) is a British train operating company set up to provide train services in the south-east of England including Kent, parts of East Sussex, and the South-East London commuter routes. ... Thames Trains was a British railway company franchised (from September 1996, following the privatisation of British Rail, until 31 March 2004) to run regional and suburban trains from London Paddington station to destinations in the home counties west of London (also to Worcester, Hereford and Stratford-upon-Avon), as well... Thameslink was a train operating company in the United Kingdom, run by Govia (a joint venture between Go-Ahead Group and Keolis â€” previously Via-GTI, renamed following its acquisition by SNCF). ... wagn was a franchise operator of commuter train services out of London Kings Cross and Moorgate stations. ... An Arriva train in North Wales Arriva is a private company which runs public transport services throughout the United Kingdom. ... An Arriva train in North Wales Arriva is a private company which runs public transport services throughout the United Kingdom. ... First North Western was a train operating company in the United Kingdom serving North West England. ... --Insert article here-- Categories: Post-privatisation British railway companies ... A train in the livery of North Western Trains, which became First North Western. ... This article is about the railway company Northern Spirit. ... ... Class 158, no. ... On 14 October 2001 the former Wales and West company, a part of the National Express Group, was divided into two new companies, Wales and Borders Trains for services in Wales and Central England and Wessex Trains for the West Country and South West England. ... A Wessex Class 153 A Class 150/2 unit in West Country advertising livery. ...

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