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Bristol Parkway, on the South Wales Main Line, serves the villages of Stoke Gifford and Harry Stoke in South Gloucestershire, England. Despite its name, it is located in Gloucestershire rather than Bristol itself. It is 112 miles (180 km) from London Paddington. The station was opened in 1972 by British Rail and rebuilt in 2001.
On Sundays, the Bristol to Cardiff service is once again hourly (and runs to/from Portsmouth) whist the Cheltenham service is two-hourly. [ 10 ] In December 2022, the ORR approved Grand Union to commence a new service from Paddington to Carmarthen in partnership with Spanish rail operator Renfe , for which a fleet of new bi-mode trains will be ...
Grand Union's first proposal was to operate a two-hourly service between London Paddington and Cardiff Central calling at Reading, Bristol Parkway, Severn Tunnel Junction, Newport and Cardiff Parkway. From 2023, the service would have been increased to hourly and extended to Llanelli calling at: Swansea, with possibly a further extension to ...
It diverges from the core London-Bristol line at Royal Wootton Bassett beyond Swindon, first calling at Bristol Parkway, after which the line continues through the Severn Tunnel into South Wales. Much of the South Wales Main Line was built between the 1830s and 1886; originally trains to and from destinations in England ran via Chepstow ...
On 1 March 2011, Hammond announced that rail electrification from Didcot Parkway to Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff Central would go ahead. The section linking Bristol Parkway and Bristol Temple Meads would also be electrified. [26] In March 2012, Amey plc was awarded a £700 million contract to undertake the electrification works. [27]
Port Talbot Parkway interchange (at railway station) [39] Port Talbot 6 Swansea Aberavon, Bridgend, Goytre, Maesteg, Margam, Neath Porth Transport Hub (at railway station) [40] Porth 7 Cardiff Rhondda Valleys, Pontypridd, Caerphilly Porthcawl bus station [41] Porthcawl: 3 Cardiff
To the east: Newport, Bristol, Bath, Swindon, Reading and terminating at London. To the west: Bridgend, Swansea, Llanelli and terminating near Carmarthen. It is part of the unsigned European route E30. Cardiff can be accessed directly from junctions 29 – 34 inclusive:
London – Paddington via South Wales Main Line, Bristol Parkway and Reading Cardiff Central – Portsmouth Harbour via Bristol Temple Meads, Bath, Salisbury and Southampton Cardiff Central – Taunton via Bristol Temple Meads and Weston-Super-Mare Transport for Wales: 2018-2033 Class 67 and Mark 3 Class 175 Coradia Class 158 Express Sprinter