South Wales Metro

Public transport network in south-east Wales

South Wales Metro

Transport for Wales, the transport authority

Class 398 at the Metro Depot and Control Centre in Taffs Well.

Overview
Native name| Metro De Cymru
Owner| Network Rail
Transport for Wales
Locale| South East Wales
Transit type| Commuter rail, Rapid transit tram-train, Bus, BRT
Number of lines| 9
Number of stations| 94[1]
Chief executive| James Price
Headquarters| QED Centre Main Avenue
Treforest Industrial Estate
Pontypridd CF37 5YR
Website| https://tfw.wales/projects/metro/south-wales-metro
Operation
Operation will start| Early 2026[2]
Operator(s)| Transport for Wales Rail
Character| Grade-separated (present)
At-grade street running (proposed)
Number of vehicles| 36 tram-trains[2]
Technical
System length| 105 miles 10 chains (105.13 mi; 169.2 km) [2]
No. of tracks| Double track
Track gauge| 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The South Wales Metro (Welsh: Metro De Cymru) is an integrated heavy rail, light rail and bus-based public transport services and systems network being developed in South East Wales around the hub of Cardiff Central railway station.The development will also include the electrification of the core Valley Lines and new stations: all nine lines will be electrified.

The first phase was approved for development in October 2013. A new depot was constructed at Taff's Well and new trains were built by Stadler Rail in Switzerland. The first few of the new Stadler trains entered service late 2024,[3] and the first tram-trains will enter service in the second half of 2025.[4] The first phase of the service is expected to be fully in operation by the start of 2026.[2]

## Background

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The rail-based transport system in South Wales was heavily cut down following the Beeching report. By the 1970s, Wales kept less than half of the track it had in 1914.[5] There were closures of some lines and many sub-branches, mainly serving the ex-mining communities, and their easy links to ports and resorts on the coast. Since 1987, five of the main closures have been reversed: services were reinstated on Cardiff's City Line that year, the Aberdare Line the following year, the Maesteg Line in 1992, the Vale of Glamorgan Line between Barry and Bridgend in 2005, and the Ebbw Vale Line in 2008.

## Development

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In February 2011, Cardiff Business Partnership (CBP) and the Institute of Welsh Affairs published a report by Professor Mark Barry of Cardiff University, calling for an investment of £2.5 billion over ten years to connect Cardiff, Newport and the South Wales Valleys.[6] The report concluded that with the stated investment in a regional metro system, by 2025 it would be possible to travel from the Heads of the Valleys to Cardiff or Newport in 40 minutes, by combining electrified heavy rail and light rail systems and boosted by faster rail links to London and Heathrow Airport.[7][6]

After the Welsh Government, supported by parties including a CBP team led by Mark Barry, lobbied at Westminster for the extension of the Great Western Main Line electrification programme west to Swansea, and north into the South Wales Valleys, Barry developed a more detailed blueprint plan for Cardiff. After internal consultation, this was submitted by CBP to the Welsh Government's Business Minister Edwina Hart in December 2012.[8] The scheme proposed a £200 million investment in a Cardiff Crossrail scheme based on trams, between St Mellons in the east via Cardiff Central, south into Cardiff Bay, north to Coryton, converting a number of Valley Lines heavy rail routes to light rail, and a new route north-west via Ely and Radyr Court to the M4 motorway near Creigiau.[8]

From Autumn 2012, Barry led the private sector Metro Consortium, with the common aim of promoting the South Wales Metro project, which included representatives from Capita, Jones Lang LaSalle, The Urbanists and Steer Davies Gleave. They produced a further interim report, "A Cardiff City Region Metro: transform | regenerate | connect" published in February 2013. Hart then commissioned Barry to lead a more detailed analysis of the potential benefits: The Metro Impact Study of October 2013.[9] This more substantive report concluded that an initial £1 billion investment in an integrated metro transport network for South East Wales could, within 30 years, add 420,000 people to the network, create 7,000 new jobs and invest an additional £4 billion into the regional economy.[10]

In October 2013, after Barry had submitted his report to Hart at the end of summer 2013, the Business Minister endorsed the report. She allocated £62 million for phase one of the scheme to improve bus and rail links, including rail infrastructure improvements, station upgrades, park and ride schemes, bus corridors, and walking and cycling schemes.[11] She also set up a working group to examine detailed proposals for the potential subsequent stages of the Cardiff Capital Region Metro system.[12]

In 2024, Barry documented his recollections of the advocacy and development of the Cardiff Capital Region (or South Wales) Metro from 2010-2024, in his book, How to build a Metro.[13]

## Implementation

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Llandaf station sign with interim Metro branding, July 2017

Former First Minister Carwyn Jones formally launched the South Wales Metro in November 2015, with the Welsh Government setting out its aspirations for the Metro in its November 2015 publication, "Rolling Out Our Metro".[14]

Procurement for the Metro began in July 2016, as part of the procurement process for the next Wales & Borders franchise. This was managed by Transport for Wales.[15] This concluded in May 2018, with the awarding of the franchise to KeolisAmey Wales, trading as Transport for Wales Rail Services, from 14 October 2018.[16]

Details of the £5 billion investment were announced in June 2018. All of Wales' rail services were to be run over 15 years by two European companies jointly.[17]

The Metro depot at Taffs Well

In October 2018, £119 million of funding was obtained from the European Union to support the modernisation plans.[18] In January 2019, a new report had proposed several new schemes such as a rail link to Abertillery.[19]

In August 2019, it was announced that work on the project would be delayed due to "unresolved issues", particularly around maintenance cost estimates,[20] which are preventing sale of the freehold land, buildings, and operational assets, by current owner Network Rail to the Welsh Ministers.[20] The deal would require approval from the Office of Rail & Road before contractor KeolisAmey Wales could undertake work including electrification and other improvements.[20] The project faced a deadline of 2022 for some work, as the work would need to meet the deadline for the £159 million in awarded European Regional Development funding, which will not be available after that date due to Brexit.[20]

It was announced that work on the project would start on 3 August 2020, beginning with track improvements on lines to Merthyr Tydfil, Aberdare and Treherbert.[21] These lines would operate as a rail replacement service between 8 pm and 5 am until December 2020, except on Fridays and Saturdays.[21] The phase two works were scheduled to be completed by 2023.[21]

Total cost of South Wales metro part 1 has been cited by the Welsh government as £88.5 million in a brochure on the development.[22]

The total cost of South Wales Metro part 2 is estimated to be £738 million; this includes "electrification of the CVL; double tracking of selected route sections; a direct connection from the Treherbert, Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil lines to Cardiff Bay; and a new train stabling facility at Taff’s Well". In addition, £800 million will be invested in rolling stock, bring the phase two total to £1.54 billion.[23]

### New fleet

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Transport for Wales Class 756 Stadler FLIRT 3 Car Diagram

The fleet operating the South Wales Metro will consist of Stadler Rail's FLIRT and Citylink families. Class 231 bi-mode trainsets and Class 756 tri-mode trainsets will operate on conventional railways, while Class 398 battery-electric tram-trains will operate on both on-street tracks and conventional railways.[24]

By 2021, TfW had taken delivery of two Class 231s.[25] The remaining trainsets were planned to be delivered by 2023.[26]

## Proposed network

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### Existing rail network

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Ebbw Valley Line

Legend

Proposed route

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BRT to Abergavenny

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BRT to Pontypool

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BRT to Blackwood

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|  | Risca and Pontymister
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to Caerphilly

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|  | Pye Corner
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(potential)

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| South Wales Main Line

to Swansea│to Bristol

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Newport–Nelson Line

Legend

Proposed route

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BRT to Pontypridd

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BRT│Metro
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BRT to Blackwood

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to Cardiff

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|  | Waterloo/Trethomas
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to Ebbw Vale

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(potential)

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| South Wales Main Line

to Cardiff

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| South Wales Main Line

to Bristol Parkway

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Heads of the Valleys BRT

Legend

Proposed route

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|  | Abergavenny

| Marches line

to Hereford & Newport

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|  | Ebbw Vale Town

| Ebbw Valley Rly

to Newport

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| Rhymney line

to Cardiff

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| Merthyr line

to Cardiff

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| Merthyr line

to Cardiff & Hirwaun

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* South Wales Main Line from Severn Tunnel Junction west to Newport, Cardiff Central and Bridgend
* Cardiff Central:
* Valley Lines:
* Northwest to Coryton
* North to Pontypridd:
* Onwards to Treherbert
* Onwards to Hirwaun
* Onwards to Merthyr Tydfil
* Onwards to Aberdare
* West via Maesteg Line to Maesteg
* South via Vale of Glamorgan Line to:
* Penarth
* Barry Island
* Bridgend via Rhoose and Llantwit Major
* East via Ebbw Vale Line to Ebbw Vale Town
* North-east via Welsh Marches Line to Abergavenny
* Cardiff Queen Street:
* South via Cardiff Bay branch to Cardiff Bay

### Current proposals

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* Cardiff Bay:
* On-street extension to a redeveloped Cardiff Bay station
* New intermediate station at Butetown
* Newport:
* North via Ebbw Vale Line to Ebbw Vale Town
* Valley Lines:
* New station at Crwys Road
* New station at Gabalfa
* Relocated Treforest Estate station
* South Wales Main Line
* New station at Cardiff East
* New station at Cardiff Parkway (private proposal)
* New station at Newport West
* New station at Somerton
* New station at Llanwern
* New station at Magor & Undy

### Former proposals

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These routes were planned to be developed as high-speed bus routes or light rail/tram-based services – however, they are not currently part of the Metro plans:

* Cardiff Central:
* South to:
* Culverhouse Cross
* Porth Teigr
* Cardiff:
* Cross-route east/west from Coryton to Heath, Cardiff Gate, and then south to a new station at St Mellons
* Beddau: connecting:
* North-east to Pontypridd
* South-east to Cardiff Central
* South-west via Llantrisant, Miskin/Pontyclun to Bridgend
* Llantrisant, connecting:
* North via Porth to Maerdy
* Pontypridd: connecting:
* North-east via Ystrad Mynach, Pontllanfraith, Newbridge to Pontypool
* Pontllanfraith: new hub, connecting:
* North to Tredegar
* Hirwaun:
* Cross-valley route via Merthyr Tydfil, Rhymney, Tredegar to Ebbw Vale
* Newport:
* North via Ebbw Vale Line to Abertillery
* West via the former Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway to Treharris, via Pye Corner, Machen, Caerphilly, Ystrad Mynach and Nelson.

## See also

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* Swansea Bay and West Wales Metro
* North Wales Metro
* Valleys & Cardiff Local Routes
* Cardiff Capital Region

## References

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1. ^ Valleys & Cardiff Local Routes
2. ^ a b c d "What is the South Wales Metro and when will it be done?". BBC. 31 May 2024.
3. ^ Barry, Sion (17 November 2024). "'Huge moment' as brand-new trains enter service on South Wales Metro". Wales Online. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
4. ^ "South Wales tram-trains will carry passengers this year". www.mainspring.co.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
5. ^ Davies, John (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. RAILWAYS. ISBN 9780708319536. Retrieved 25 August 2023 - via Credo Reference. "Financial losses led to the Beeching Report of 1963, which was followed by the closure of many lines and stations. Indeed, by the 1970s, Wales had only 1381 km of railway track compared with 3500 km in 1914."
6. ^ a b Barry, Mark. "A Metro for Wales' Capital City Region: Connecting Cardiff, Newport and the Valleys" (PDF). Institute of Welsh Affairs. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
7. ^ "South east Wales 'needs £2.5bn metro rail network'". BBC Wales. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
8. ^ a b "Cardiff 'crossrail' proposals by business lobby". BBC Wales. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
9. ^ Welsh Government 2013,"Metro Impact Study https://www.gov.wales/south-wales-metro-impact-study /
10. ^ Kelsey, Chris (22 October 2013). "Edwina Hart gives backing to Cardiff Capital Region Metro system". South Wales Echo. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
11. ^ Kelsey, Chris (22 October 2013). "Edwina Hart gives backing to Cardiff Capital Region Metro system". South Wales Echo. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
12. ^ "Plans show the potential of metro network". ITV Wales. 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
13. ^ Barry, 2024, "How to build a Metro" One view of the collective effort behind the advocacy and development of the Cardiff Capital Region Metro (or South Wales Metro) https://cardiffmetro.wales/
14. ^ http://gov.wales/docs/det/publications/160224-metro-information-brochure-en.pdf [dead link]
15. ^ "South Wales Metro consultation to begin". Railway Gazette International. 30 November 2015. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
16. ^ "New £5bn contract to run Wales' trains". BBC News. 23 May 2018. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
17. ^ "Wales' rail and Metro franchise to be run by KeolisAmey". BBC News. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
18. ^ "Funding secured for South West Metro project". Railway Gazette International. 4 October 2018. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
19. ^ "Cardiff Capital Region City Deal: Appraisal Of Metro Plus RTA Programme, Final Report" (PDF). January 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
20. ^ a b c d "Network Rail launches sale of Cardiff Valley Lines | Railnews". www.railnews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
21. ^ a b c "Evening rail disruption as Metro works begin". BBC News. 10 July 2020. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
22. ^ "Metro Rolling out our metro" (PDF).
23. ^ on behalf of Transport for Wales, Stantec. "Evaluation of South Wales Metro Phase 2" (PDF).
24. ^ "Our new trains | Transport for Wales". Transport for Wales. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
25. ^ "FLIRTs have been delivered to Transport for Wales". RailAdvent. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
26. ^ "South Wales Metro ECI contracts awarded". Retrieved 16 July 2019. Archived 17 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine

## External links

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* Media related to South Wales Metro at Wikimedia Commons
* Cardiff Capital Region, 2021, Rail Passenger Vision
* Welsh Government Metro webpage
* Transport for Wales, South Wales Metro webpage

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South Wales Metro

Organisations|

* South Wales Metro
* Transport for Wales
* Transport for Wales Rail
* Welsh Government

Main lines|

* Gloucester–Newport line
* South Wales Main Line
* Welsh Marches line

Metro lines|

* Butetown
* Cardiff City
* Coryton
* Ebbw Valley
* Maesteg
* Merthyr
* Rhondda
* Rhymney
* Vale of Glamorgan

Major rail stations|

* Barry
* Bridgend
* Caerphilly
* Cardiff
* Bay
* Central
* Queen Street
* Cathays
* List of railway stations in Cardiff
* Newport
* Pontypridd
* Treforest

Bus interchanges|

* Blackwood
* Bargoed
* Cardiff
* New (2024)
* 1954–2015
* Cwmbran
* Ebbw Vale
* Merthyr Tydfil
* Newport

Bus operators|

* Bus transport in Cardiff
* Adventure Travel
* Cardiff Bus
* First Cymru
* Newport Bus
* Stagecoach South Wales

Proposed stations|

* Butetown
* Caerleon
* Cardiff Parkway
* Crwys Road
* Gabalfa
* Magor & Undy
* Newport West
* Newport West Central
* Somerton
* Llanwern
* Treforest Estate (relocated)

Active travel|

* Bute Park
* Celtic Trail cycle route
* Cistercian Way
* Cycling in Cardiff
* Pontcanna Fields & Llandaff Fields
* National Cycle Network
* NCR 88
* NCR 4
* NCR 46
* NCR 47
* Roald Dahl Plass
* Sophia Gardens
* Taff Trail
* Usk Valley Walk
* Wales Coast Path

* Buses portal
* Trains portal
* Transport portal
* Wales portal

* v
* t
* e

Transport in Wales

* Transport in the United Kingdom
* Transport for Wales

Infrastructure|

* Bus stations
* Railway stations
* proposed
* Regional projects
* North Wales Metro (proposed)
* South Wales Metro (under-construction)
* Swansea Bay and West Wales Metro (proposed)
* Bridges
* Proposed devolution of railway infrastructure
* Welsh Government roads review

Governance|

* Transport for Wales
* South East Wales Transport Alliance (defunct)
* South West Wales Integrated Transport Consortium (defunct)
* Taith Joint Board (defunct)
* Network Rail
* Department for Transport
* Great British Railways

Walking|

* Rights of way in England and Wales
* Highways in England and Wales
* Wales Coast Path
* Byways and Bridleways Trust

Road|

* Trunk roads
* Welsh Government traffic officer
* Motorways
* M4
* M4 relief road (cancelled)
* M48
* A48(M) motorway
* Mountain passes
* Trunk road agent
* North and Mid Wales Trunk Road Agent
* South Wales Trunk Road Agent
* Road signs in Wales
* UK-wide
* Welsh Government roads review

Buses and trams|

* Bus stations
* South Wales tramroads

Water|

* Ports and harbours
* GB-wide
* Aqueducts
* Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
* Canals
* Llangollen Canal
* Monmouthshire and Brecon2
* Montgomery Canal2
* Neath and Tennant2
* Swansea Canal2
* Glandŵr Cymru (Canal & River Trust)
* Cancelled canal projects
* Ellesmere Canal
* Grand Contour Canal
* Barmouth Ferry
* Cardiff Waterbus
* Lighthouses

Rail|

* Wales & Borders franchise
* Train operating companies (Wales-specific)
* Wales and Borders
* Valley Lines
* Arriva Trains Wales
* KeolisAmey Wales
* Transport for Wales Rail
* Other Great Britain-wide operators
* National Rail
* Railway stations
* Proposed railway stations
* Rail transport in Cardiff
* Valleys & Cardiff Local Routes
* British Rail
* Western Region of British Railways
* Great Western Railway in West Wales
* North–South Wales railway (proposed)
* Premier Service
* Heritage railways
* Great Little Trains of Wales

Cycling|

* Cycle routes
* in Cardiff
* Dragon Ride Wales
* Tour de Gwent
* Welsh Cycling
* Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013
* National Cycle Museum

Local|

* Cardiff

Other|

* Cardiff Airport
* Air Wales
* Welsh Air Service

* Category

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Transport in Cardiff

Motorways and A roads|

* M4 motorway
* European route E30
* A48(M) motorway
* A48 road
* A470 road
* A469 road
* A4054 road
* A4119 road
* A4160 road
* A4161 road
* A4232 road

Pedestrian precincts
and commercial streets|

* Bute Street
* Caroline Street
* Cathedral Road
* City Road
* Cowbridge Road East
* Cowbridge Road West
* St Mary Street & High Street
* Lloyd George Avenue
* Newport Road
* West Grove
* Womanby Street

Bus|

* Bus transport in Cardiff
* Trolleybuses
* Cardiff Bus
* Baycar
* Capital City Green
* Capital City Red
* Free b
* Iff card
* Cardiff Central bus station (demolished)
* Cardiff Bus Interchange
* Fflecsi
* First Cymru
* Adventure Travel
* Stagecoach South Wales

Cycling|

* Cycling in Cardiff
* Taff Trail
* Lôn Las Cymru
* Ely Valley Trail
* NCR 88
* Pont y Werin

Railway lines|

* Rail transport in Cardiff
* South Wales Main Line
* Valley lines
* ■ Butetown branch
* ■ City Line
* ■ Coryton Line
* ■ Maesteg Line
* ■ Merthyr line
* ■ Rhondda line
* ■ Rhymney line
* ■ Vale of Glamorgan Line

Railway operators|

* CrossCountry
* Great Western Railway
* Transport for Wales

Major railway stations|

* Cardiff Central
* Cardiff Queen Street

Other city
railway stations|

* Birchgrove
* Cardiff Bay
* Cathays
* Coryton
* Danescourt
* Fairwater
* Grangetown
* Heath High Level
* Heath Low Level
* Lisvane and Thornhill
* Llandaf
* Llanishen
* Ninian Park
* Radyr
* Rhiwbina
* Ty Glas
* Waun-gron Park
* Whitchurch
* List of railway stations in Cardiff

Air|

* Cardiff Airport
* Cardiff Heliport

Water|

* Cardiff Bay Barrage
* Cardiff Waterbus
* River Taff
* River Ely
* Tiger Bay

Proposed transport
network|

South Wales Metro

* Proposed South Wales Metro stations in Cardiff
* Butetown
* Cardiff Parkway
* Crwys Road
* Gabalfa

* v
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Railway stations in Cardiff, Newport and the Valleys

Valley lines|

* Butetown
* Cardiff City
* Coryton
* Ebbw Valley
* Maesteg
* Merthyr
* Rhondda
* Rhymney
* Vale of Glamorgan

Other lines|

* South Wales Main Line
* Gloucester–Newport line
* Welsh Marches line
* South Wales Metro

Major stations|

* Cardiff Central
* Cardiff Queen Street
* Newport
* Bridgend

Cardiff stations|

* Rail transport in Cardiff
* Birchgrove
* Cardiff Bay
* Cathays
* Coryton
* Danescourt
* Fairwater
* Grangetown
* Heath High Level
* Heath Low Level
* Lisvane and Thornhill
* Llandaf
* Llanishen
* Ninian Park
* Radyr
* Rhiwbina
* Ty Glas
* Waun-gron Park
* Whitchurch

Newport stations|

* Newport
* Pye Corner
* Rogerstone

Valley Lines
stations|

* Aber
* Abercynon
* Aberdare
* Bargoed
* Barry
* Barry Docks
* Barry Island
* Brithdir
* Cadoxton
* Caerphilly
* Cogan
* Crosskeys
* Cwmbach
* Dinas Powys
* Dinas Rhondda
* Dingle Road
* Eastbrook
* Ebbw Vale Parkway
* Ebbw Vale Town
* Energlyn and Churchill Park
* Fernhill
* Garth
* Gilfach Fargoed
* Hengoed
* Llanbradach
* Llanharan
* Llanhilleth
* Llantwit Major
* Llwynypia
* Maesteg
* Maesteg (Ewenny Road)
* Merthyr Tydfil
* Merthyr Vale
* Mountain Ash
* Newbridge
* Penarth
* Pencoed
* Pengam
* Penrhiwceiber
* Pentre-bach
* Pontlottyn
* Pontyclun
* Pontypridd
* Porth
* Quakers Yard
* Rhoose Cardiff International Airport
* Rhymney
* Risca and Pontymister
* Sarn
* Taffs Well
* Tir-Phil
* Tondu
* Ton Pentre
* Tonypandy
* Treforest
* Treforest Estate
* Trehafod
* Treherbert
* Treorchy
* Troed-y-rhiw
* Wildmill
* Ynyswen
* Ystrad Mynach
* Ystrad Rhondda

Other stations|

* Abergavenny
* Caldicot
* Chepstow
* Cwmbran
* Pontypool and New Inn
* Severn Tunnel Junction

Proposed stations|

* Aberbeeg
* Abertillery
* Butetown
* Cardiff Parkway
* Caerleon
* Crumlin Low Level
* Crwys Road
* Cwm
* Gabalfa
* Hirwaun
* Llanwern
* Magor & Undy
* Newport West
* Newport West Central
* Somerton
* St Fagans

* Transport in Bridgend County Borough
* Transport in Caerphilly County Borough
* Transport in Cardiff
* Transport in Newport
* Transport in Rhondda Cynon Taf
* Transport in the Vale of Glamorgan

UK railway stations: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

* Trains portal
* Wales portal

* v
* t
* e

UK light rail systems

Tramways|

| Current|

* Blackpool Tramway
* Edinburgh Trams
* London Trams
* Manchester Metrolink
* Nottingham Express Transit
* South Yorkshire Supertram
* West Midlands Metro

|

Proposed|

* Coventry Very Light Rail
* South Wales Metro
* West Yorkshire
* Wirral Street Car

Cancelled|

* Abbey Line
* Bristol Supertram
* CITI Belfast
* Cross River Tram
* Leeds Supertram
* Merseytram
* Penistone Line Tram-Train
* Sutton Link
* West London Tram

Metro|

| Current|

* Docklands Light Railway
* Glasgow Subway
* Tyne and Wear Metro

|

Proposed|

* North and West London Light Railway
* West London Orbital

People mover|

* Birmingham Air-Rail Link
* Gatwick Airport Shuttle Transit
* Heathrow Terminal 5 Transit
* Stansted Airport Transit System
* Luton DART

Preserved|

* Beamish Museum
* Black Country Living Museum
* East Anglia Transport Museum
* Great Orme Tramway
* Heaton Park Tramway
* National Tramway Museum
* Seaton Tramway
* Summerlee Museum
* Telford steam tram
* Wirral Transport Museum
* Wirral Tramway

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Local rail transport in the United Kingdom

Metros|

* Docklands Light Railway (London)
* Glasgow Subway
* London Underground
* Night Tube
* Tyne and Wear Metro

Tramways|

* Blackpool
* Edinburgh
* Greater Manchester
* Nottingham
* South Yorkshire
* South London
* West Midlands

Mainline railways|

* Belfast
* Birmingham
* Bristol
* Cardiff
* Edinburgh
* Exeter
* Glasgow
* Leeds and Bradford
* Liverpool
* London
* London Overground
* Elizabeth line
* Manchester

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Rail infrastructure projects in the United Kingdom

Current projects

| Projects|

* Camden Highline
* Camp Hill line
* East West Rail (Oxford to Bedford section)
* High Speed 2
* Northern Hub
* Northern Powerhouse Rail (Hull–Liverpool)
* Northumberland Line
* South Wales Metro
* West Midlands Metro extension to Brierley Hill

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Electrification|

* Bolton–Wigan
* East Kilbride Enhancement
* Kettering–Sheffield (paused)
* Welsh Valleys

Stations|

* Beam Park
* Beaulieu Park
* Blyth Bebside
* Bedlington
* Birmingham Curzon Street
* Birmingham Interchange
* Butetown
* Cambridge South
* Darlaston James Bridge
* Kings Heath
* Moseley Village
* Northumberland Park
* Old Oak Common
* Pineapple Road
* White Rose
* Willenhall
* Winslow
* Wixams

Proposed projects

| Projects|

* Aberdare–Hirwaun Line reopening
* Aberdeen Crossrail
* Bakerloo line extension
* Barrow Hill line reopening
* Bristol Airport Rail Link
* Brentford branch line reopening
* Bolton–Bury line reopening
* Bordon Light Railway reopening
* Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line reopening
* Cirencester branch line reopening
* Consett–Newcastle line reopening
* Coventry Very Light Rail
* Cranleigh line reopening
* Crossrail 2 (London)
* Crossrail Glasgow
* Darlaston Loop reopening
* Parts of Electric Spine (including
* Coventry–Leamington Spa
* Coventry–Nuneaton
* Leamington Spa–Aynho Junction)
* Bedford–Cambridge reopening
* Fawley branch line reopening
* Fleetwood branch line reopening
* Formartine and Buchan Railway reopening
* Maid Marian line reopening
* MetroWest (Bristol)
* Hall Farm Curve reopening
* Heathfield Branch Line reopening
* Heathrow Airport transport proposals
* including Heathrow Airtrack
* Heathrow Southern Railway
* Heathwick
* Western Rail Approach to Heathrow
* Leicester–Burton upon Trent line reopening
* Lisburn–Antrim line reopening
* Cowley branch line reopening
* North and West London Light Railway
* Northern Powerhouse Rail
* North Wales Metro
* Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway reopening
* Ringwood branch line reopening
* R25 Orbital
* Skelmersdale branch reopening
* Skipton–Colne Rail Link
* Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway reopening
* South Staffordshire line reopening
* Southern Crossrail
* St Andrews Rail Link
* Sutton Link
* Sutton Park line reopening
* Swansea Bay and West Wales Metro
* Walsall–Wolverhampton line reopening
* Wealden Line (Uckfield–Lewes reopening)
* West London Orbital
* Wisbech line reopening
* Windsor Link Railway
* York–Beverley line reopening

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Stations|

* Armagh
* Allandale
* Aldergrove
* Aldridge
* Arthington
* Ashley Hill
* Ashton Gate
* Balgray railway station
* Beam Park
* Balsall Heath
* Barcombe Mills
* Beechwood
* Beeston Castle and Tarporley
* Bonnybridge
* Bordon
* Bradford St James
* Bramley
* Broughton (Flintshire)
* Brownhills
* Brentford Golden Mile
* Brinsford Parkway
* Burgess Park
* Caerleon
* Camberwell
* Cambourne (Cambridgeshire)
* Canterbury Parkway
* Cardiff Parkway
* Carno
* Carr Mill
* Carterton
* Castlethorpe
* Castle Bromwich
* Castle Green
* Charfield
* Cheadle
* Chipping Sodbury
* Claydon
* Cottam Parkway
* Corsham
* Cranleigh
* Cross Hills
* Crwys Road
* Cullompton
* Cwm
* Dalston
* Deeside Parkway
* Devizes Parkway
* Ditton
* Drake Street
* East Midlands Hub
* Eastriggs
* Edwinstowe
* Elland
* Eynsham
* Errol
* Ferryhill
* Finningley
* Fleetwood
* Fort Parkway
* Fraserburgh
* Gabalfa
* Glasgow Airport
* Glasgow Cross
* Glencarse
* Gloucestershire Parkway
* Gorbals
* Greenfield (Flintshire)
* Hatch End
* Haxby
* Heathrow Hub
* Heathfield
* Henbury
* Hirwaun
* Horfield
* Horsforth Woodside
* Hythe
* Hythe Road
* Isfield
* King's Road Chelsea
* Ladbroke Grove
* Langport and Somerton
* Leeds Bradford Airport Parkway
* Leeds New Lane
* Liverpool Baltic
* Lisburn West
* Llanwern
* Long Ashton
* Maiden Lane
* Manchester Airport High Speed
* March Elm Road
* Meir
* Monkerton
* Moorside
* Mouldon Hill
* Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
* Newport West
* Newport West Central
* Newton Longville
* North Filton
* Okehampton Interchange
* Old Kent Road
* Old Oak Common Lane
* Oxford Science Park
* Oxford Business Park
* Ollerton
* Park Farm
* Pelsall
* Peterhead
* Pill
* Portishead
* Portobello
* Poyle
* Richhill
* Roseberry Parkway
* Rugby Parkway
* Rushden Parkway
* Saltford
* Sharnal Street / Hoo
* Silvertown
* Skelmersdale
* Slattocks
* St Anne's Park
* St Clears
* Stanley Park
* Stockingford
* Stonehouse (Bristol Road)
* Surrey Canal
* Thamesmead
* Templepatrick
* Tempsford
* Thornhill (Dumfries)
* Thornton
* Thorpe Park
* Torquay Gateway
* Town Meadow
* Vauxhall (Merseyside)
* Wantage Road
* Warsop
* Waverley
* Weedon
* Wellington
* Windsor Royal
* Witney
* Wixams
* Woodchurch
* Woodhorn
* Wootton Bassett
* Wormit
* Wrexham North
* Wrexham South

Heritage railways|

* Don Valley Railway
* Norfolk Orbital Railway
* Wisbech and March Bramley Line
* Honeybourne Line

Cancelled projects

| Projects|

* Advanced Passenger Train
* Bordesley to Birmingham Curzon Street
* Cardiff to Swansea electrification
* Central Line extension to Richmond
* Central Line Extension to Denham
* Chessington branch line (never completed)
* Cranbrook and Tenterden Light Railway
* Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway
* Croxley Rail Link
* Docklands Light Railway extension to Dagenham Dock
* Dawlish Avoiding Line
* Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway (never completed)
* East Sussex Light Railway
* Edinburgh Airport Rail Link
* Electric Spine
* Oxford-Bletchley/Bedford Electrification
* Glasgow Airport Rail Link
* Hawkhurst branch line (never completed)
* Hebridean Light Railway Company
* Heathrow Airport transport proposals
* Heathrow Airtrack
* HS4Air
* Headcorn and Maidstone Junction Light Railway
* Highclere, Kingsclere and Basingstoke Light Railway
* InterCity 250
* Kingsbridge to Salcombe
* Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (never completed)
* Leeds and York Railway
* Mid-Suffolk Light Railway (never completed)
* Nightstar (train)
* North Holderness Light Railway
* Ouse Valley Railway
* Picc-Vic tunnel
* Regional Eurostar
* Robertsbridge & Pevensey Light Railway
* St Germans & Looe Railway (never completed)
* Superlink (railway network)
* Tees Valley Metro
* UK Ultraspeed
* York and North Midland Railway (Leeds Extension)
* York, Hull and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway

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Stations|

* Barrhead (New)
* Brierdene
* Cassiobridge
* Collywell Bay
* Crowlands
* Doncaster Sheffield Airport
* Doncaster (York Road)
* Dykebar
* Ferguslie
* Glenfield
* Lullingstone
* Paisley East
* Queens Road (GER)
* Richboro Port
* Stanely
* Swithland
* Sykehouse
* Thorpe-in-Balne
* Watford Vicarage Road
* West Hampstead interchange
* Woodhorn

* Proposed projects category
* Cancelled projects category

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Rapid transit in Europe

Armenia

* Yerevan Metro

Austria

* Vienna U-Bahn

Azerbaijan

* Baku Metro

Belarus

* Minsk Metro

Belgium

* Brussels Metro

Bulgaria

* Sofia Metro

Czech Republic

* Prague Metro

Denmark

* Copenhagen Metro

Finland

* Helsinki Metro

France

* Lille Metro
* Lyon Metro
* Marseille Metro
* Paris Métro
* Rennes Metro
* Toulouse Metro

Georgia

* Tbilisi Metro

Germany

* Berlin U-Bahn
* Hamburg U-Bahn
* Munich U-Bahn
* Nuremberg U-Bahn

Greece

* Athens Metro
* Thessaloniki Metro

Hungary

* Budapest Metro

Italy

* Brescia Metro
* Catania Metro
* Genoa Metro
* Milan Metro
* Naples Metro
* Rome Metro
* Turin Metro

Netherlands

* Amsterdam Metro
* Rotterdam Metro

Norway

* Oslo Metro

Poland

* Warsaw Metro

Portugal

* Lisbon Metro

Romania

* Bucharest Metro
* Cluj-Napoca Metro

Russia

* Kazan Metro
* Moscow Metro
* Nizhny Novgorod Metro
* Novosibirsk Metro
* Saint Petersburg Metro
* Samara Metro
* Yekaterinburg Metro

Serbia

* Belgrade Metro

Spain

* Barcelona Metro
* Bilbao metro
* Madrid Metro
* Palma Metro
* San Sebastián Metro
* Seville Metro
* Valencia Metro

Sweden

* Stockholm Metro

Switzerland

* Lausanne Métro

Turkey

* Adana Metro
* Ankara Metro
* Bursaray
* Gebze Metro
* Istanbul Metro
* İzmir Metro
* Konya Metro
* Mersin Metro

Ukraine

* Dnipro Metro
* Kharkiv Metro
* Kyiv Metro

United Kingdom

* Docklands Light Railway
* Glasgow Subway
* London Underground
* Tyne and Wear Metro

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