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Cardiff Central (Welsh: Caerdydd Canolog) is a major station on the South Wales Main Line.It is located in the capital of Wales, Cardiff, 144 miles 77 chains (233 km) down the line from London Paddington, via Bristol Parkway, [1] and 170 miles 30 chains (274 km) measured via Stroud. [2]
Cardiff Central is also one of the United Kingdom's major railway stations, providing connections to Newport, Bristol, Bath, London, Southampton, Portsmouth, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Birmingham and Nottingham. Cardiff Central continues to serve as a major interchange on the British rail network, with 1,042,297 changes at the station in 08/09.
Four track railway approaching Cardiff from Newport, prior to electrification. There are four tracks from Severn Tunnel Junction through Newport to Cardiff Central, with two tracks on the remaining sections. [20] Multiple-aspect signals are controlled from several power signal boxes including Swindon, Bristol and two in Cardiff. Over the August ...
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The disused railway station in the St. Fagans area, in the west of the city, could be reopened to bolster transport links for a major Cardiff tourist attraction, under a proposal in March 2010 by former First Minister Rhodri Morgan AM and Cardiff West MP Kevin Brennan, follow predictions that visitor numbers to the National History Museum could ...
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]
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This is a list of stations on the Valley Lines urban rail system, serving Cardiff, the capital of Wales, and surrounding commuter towns listed by local authority area. Cardiff [ edit ]