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South Wales Main Line
The entrance to the Chipping Sodbury Tunnel with the newly electrified overhead line equipment
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	South Wales South West England
Stations	18
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	Transport for Wales CrossCountry Great Western Railway
History
Opened	1850; 174 years ago (1850) (Chepstow-Swansea) 1903; 121 years ago (1903) (Swindon-Patchway)
Technical
Line length	84 miles 30 chains (135.79 km)
Number of tracks	Mainly double track, though quadruple track from Severn Tunnel Junction via Newport to Cardiff Central.
Character	Main line
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC OHLE (Wootton Bassett to Cardiff Central)
Operating speed	Up to 125 mph (201 km/h) in England Up to 100 mph (161 km/h) in Wales
Route map (Click to expand)

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Legend
Miles 0⅓ London Paddington Great Western Main Line 77¼ Swindon Golden Valley line Wootton Bassett Road Wootton Bassett Junction Great Western Main Line to Bristol Temple Meads Brinkworth Little Somerford Malmesbury branch Hullavington Alderton Tunnel Badminton Chipping Sodbury Tunnel 2 mi 924 yd / 4.06 km Chipping Sodbury Westerleigh Junction Cross Country Route Bristol and Gloucester Railway to Westerleigh goods depot Coalpit Heath Wessex Main Line and Great Western Main Line Winterbourne 117¾ Bristol Temple Meads Bristol–Exeter line 116¾ Lawrence Hill 116¼ Stapleton Road Severn Beach line 111¾ Bristol Parkway 113⅓ Filton Abbey Wood Stoke Gifford depot Henbury Loop Line 113⅓ Patchway Patchway Tunnel 1 mi 2 km 116½ Pilning England Wales Severn Tunnel 4 mi 624 yd 7.01 km Gloucester–Newport line MoD Caerwent Caldicot 123½ Severn Tunnel Junction Undy Halt Magor Flying junction Bishton Crossing Llanwern steelworks Llanwern Goods line to Uskmouth East Usk Maindee Junction Welsh Marches line Bridge over River Usk Monmouthshire Railway Newport (Mill Street) 133½ Newport Hillfield Tunnel 770 yd 704 m Gaer Junction Alexandra Dock Ebbw Valley Railway Ebbw Junction Ebbw River Marshfield Wentlooge Freightliner terminal River Rhymney Roath Long Dyke Junction Cardiff Queen Street Valleys & Cardiff Local Routes Cardiff Bay 145¼ Cardiff Central River Taff Cardiff Canton TMD Ninian Park Leckwith Junction Valleys & Cardiff Local Routes to Pontypridd Ely Main Line River Ely St Fagans River Ely Barry Railway River Ely River Ely Peterston River Ely River Ely Pontyclun formerly Llantrisant Llantrisant & Taff Vale Junction Railway Llantrisant–Aberthaw line Ely Valley Railway 156¼ Llanharan Llynvi and Ogmore Railway to Brynmenyn 161½ Pencoed Vale of Glamorgan Line 165¼ Bridgend Maesteg Line River Ogmore Llynvi & Ogmore Railway Pyle 1876–1965 171½ Pyle 1994– to Porthcawl Water Street Junction Goods line to Tondu Margam Knuckle Yard Margam Halt Port Talbot Steelworks (Port of Port Talbot) 177⅖ Port Talbot Parkway Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway River Afan 179¾ Baglan Baglan Bay 181½ Briton Ferry Court Sart Junction Swansea District line 183⅓ Neath Neath Canal River Neath Vale of Neath Railway Tennant Canal 187⅓ Skewen Swansea Vale Railway Swansea District line to Llanelli Llansamlet cutting 188¾ Llansamlet Swansea Vale Railway to Swansea St Thomas Landore viaduct over River Tawe Landore Low Level to Morriston Landore High Level Swansea Loop East Junction Landore TMD 191⅓ Swansea Swansea Loop West Junction Landore Junction West Wales line

The South Wales Main Line (Welsh: Prif Linell De Cymru), originally known as the London, Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway or simply as the Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway, is a branch of the Great Western Main Line in Great Britain. 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, Gloucester and Stroud, joining the Great Western Main Line at Swindon. A more direct route was challenging yet desirable, leading to the construction of the line's most prominent civil engineering features, the Severn Tunnel. Completed in 1886, it permitted a significant reduction in journey times between various destinations, especially after the construction of the Badminton Line in 1903. During the British Rail era, the line was incorporated into the Western Region and steam locomotives were replaced by diesel locomotives, such as the Intercity 125 high speed trainsets. During the 2010s, the line between Swindon and Cardiff Central was electrified using the 25 kV AC overhead system as part of the wider electrification of the Great Western Main Line; this has permitted the operation of electric traction between Cardiff and London for the first time to commence in 2020.

Presently, Great Western Railway operates Class 800 trains between London and South Wales, and "Castle class" High Speed Trains on services between Cardiff and South West England. CrossCountry provides services from Cardiff to Nottingham via Severn Tunnel Junction and thence the Gloucester to Newport Line via Gloucester and Birmingham. Transport for Wales operates services between South Wales, and North Wales and the Midlands on the line. Operations are mostly managed from the Wales Rail Operating Centre in Cardiff; digital signalling is to be rolled out.

History

The South Wales Railway was built to carry traffic from Gloucester to the strategic port of Milford Haven and capture the lucrative transatlantic maritime trade as well as communication with Ireland. At Gloucester, the South Wales Railway met with the Great Western Railway (GWR) which formed a route between London and South Wales after the opening of Brunel's Chepstow Railway Bridge in 1852. The original route of the GWR left the Bristol-bound Great Western Main Line at Swindon, proceeding via Stroud, Gloucester and Chepstow before rejoining the present line at Severn Tunnel Junction; this circular route gave rise to the nickname 'Great Way Round'.

GWR officials realised that the journey time between the South Wales Main Line and the Great Western Main Line could be significantly shortened by the construction of a tunnel directly underneath the River Severn, which would be faster than the ferry service between Portskewett, Monmouthshire and New Passage, Gloucestershire. During the early 1870s, GWR's chief engineer, Sir John Hawkshaw, developed his design for what would become the Severn Tunnel and the company obtained an Act of Parliament on 27 June 1872 that authorised the construction of the tunnel. The tunnel's construction was time consuming and disrupted by water infiltration, yet proceeded nonetheless.

The completed tunnel was opened to regular goods trains during September 1886; the first passenger train followed on 1 December 1886. The opening of a more direct route to and from South Wales led to trains from Swindon to Newport and beyond being thereafter routed via Bath, Bristol and the tunnel.

The route used today was established in 1903 with the building of what is often known as the Badminton Line. This involved the construction of about 33 miles (53 km) of new track, and tunnels at Alderton and Sodbury. The new line left the Bath line beyond Swindon at what is now Royal Wootton Bassett, rejoining the earlier route north of Bristol near Patchway. Not only did this provide a more direct route for traffic to and from South Wales, the gradients were easier for coal trains to negotiate, and it was thought that the line would be a boost to what was, at the time of building, the expanding port of Fishguard. This was the GWR's connection with trans-Atlantic ocean liner departures.

During the British Rail era, the line was incorporated into the Western Region and steam locomotives were replaced by diesel locomotives. Perhaps the most significant change occurred in 1976 in the form of the Intercity 125, a new high speed train fleet that regularly ran at speeds of up to 125 mph (201 km/h) that was first introduced in the Western Region]]. The Intercity 125 would remain in use into the twenty-first century and marked a considerable improvement in service.

In 2005, the Strategic Rail Authority produced a Route Utilisation Strategy for the Great Western Main Line in 2005 to propose ways of meeting increased traffic levels. Network Rail's 2007 Business Plan included the provision of extra platform capacity at Cardiff Central, Newport and Bristol Parkway, together with resignalling and line speed improvements in South Wales, most of which would be delivered in 2010–2014.

Electrification

The South Wales Main Line was one of the last of the major inter-city routes in Great Britain to remain un-electrified. In 2012, the British government announced it would proceed with work to electrify the South Wales Main Line as part of a wider scheme of electrification on the Great Western Main Line. The line from London to Cardiff was fully electrified by Christmas 2019, the first electric trains began operating through the Severn Tunnel in June 2020.

The Hitachi Super Express trains bought for Great Western inter-city services are predominantly electric units, but a portion of the fleet are dual power source electro-diesel bi-mode trains, which enabled services to operate before line electrification is complete. The bi-mode trains will allow inter-city services to continue to operate from London all the way to Carmarthen in the future. The Super Express trains were expected to bring an estimated 15% increase in capacity during the morning peak hours. Electrification cut journey times between Swansea and London by an estimated 20 minutes, although electrification will not extend west of Cardiff to Swansea, Carmarthen or Pembroke Dock, and services on the line to Brighton, Portsmouth Harbour and Taunton will continue to be operated by diesel trains, as the Bristol to Exeter Line and the Wessex Main Line will not be electrified.

Infrastructure

There are four tracks from Severn Tunnel Junction through Newport to Cardiff Central, with two tracks on the remaining sections. Multiple-aspect signals are controlled from several power signal boxes including Swindon, Bristol and two in Cardiff. Over the August Bank Holiday weekend 2016, control of the signals between Westerleigh Junction and Pilning was switched over to the Thames Valley Signalling Centre. These signals now carry the prefix 'BL'.

The maximum line speed from Wootton Bassett Junction to Coalpit Heath is 125 mph (200 km/h); 90 mph (145 km/h) from Coalpit Heath to Newport; 90 mph (145 km/h) from Newport to east of Bridgend; 75 mph (120 km/h) from east of Bridgend to Swansea Loop North junction (with a small section of 100 mph (160 km/h) track through Pyle station); and 40 mph (65 km/h) from Swansea Loop North Junction to Swansea.

Associated routes

A diversionary route exists if the Severn Tunnel is closed. This takes trains from Severn Tunnel Junction to Gloucester, from where they can rejoin the main line either via the Golden Valley Line to Swindon, or take the Cross-Country Route and reverse at Bristol Parkway.

If the line is closed between Cardiff Central and Bridgend, an alternative route exists along the Vale of Glamorgan Line.

Half of peak High Speed Trains and most off peak trains continue from Cardiff Central to Swansea, with a few continuing to Carmarthen or in summer, Pembroke Dock.

The local service between Swansea and Cardiff is branded Swanline. The urban network within and surrounding Cardiff is referred to as the Valley Lines.

Communities served

Accidents and incidents

• On 7 March 2015, Battle of Britain-class locomotive 34067 Tangmere was hauling a charter train that overran a signal at Wooton Bassett, Wiltshire. The train's operator, West Coast Railway Company was temporarily banned from running trains on the British railway network as a direct consequence of this incident.

See also

• Transport in Wales
• Transport in England
• South Wales Railway
• Great Western Main Line

References

Citations

1. MacDermot 1927, pp.556–558.
2. Ernie Shepherd, Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Company: An Illustrated History, Colourpoint Books, Newtownards, 2015, ISBN 978-1-78073-067-7
3. MacDermot 1927, pp. 567, 569.
4. "South Wales Coastal" (PDF). Dovetail Games. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
5. "The Story of the G.W.R." Railway Wonders of the World. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
6. ^ "Severn Tunnel". engineering-timelines.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
7. Davis, R. H. (1955). Deep Diving and Submarine Operations (6th ed.). Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey: Siebe Gorman & Company Ltd. p. 693.
8. Quick, D. (1970). "A History of Closed Circuit Oxygen Underwater Breathing Apparatus" (PDF). Royal Australian Navy, School of Underwater Medicine. RANSUM-1-70. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2009.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
9. Wikisource:The Severn Tunnel/Chapter 11
10. Walker, Thomas A. (27 June 2013). The Severn Tunnel: Its Construction and Difficulties, 1872–1887. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108063401. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
11. Robertson, Kevin; Abbott, David (1988). GWR The Badminton Line – A portrait of a railway. Sutton Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-86299-459-4.
12. "New train speeds into service". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. 4 October 1976. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
13. Owen, A.D.; Phillips, G.D.A. "The Characteristics of Railway passenger demand" (PDF). University of Bath. p. 234.
14. "New opportunities for the railways: the privatisation of British Rail" (PDF). Railway Archive. p. 8. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
15. "GWML electrification dates revealed". www.railtechnologymagazine.com. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
16. Dearman, Peter (28 April 2011). "Electrification: delivering the transformation". globalrailnews.com. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
17. Carr, Collin (13 December 2016). "Severn Tunnel Electrification - Planning logistics and interfaces". Rail Engineer. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018.
18. "Network Rail completes Great Western electrification". International Railway Journal. 5 June 2020.
19. "Britain's Transport Infrastructure, Rail Electrification" (PDF). Department for Transport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
20. ^ "Network Rail – Wales Route Utilisation Strategy (November 2008)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
21. "Western Route Sectional Appendix December 2021" (PDF). Network Rail. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
22. "Network Rail: Route specifications 2011" (PDF). Network Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.

Bibliography

• Network Rail Passenger Timetable. London, UK: Network Rail. 2006.
• MacDermot, E. T. (1927). History of the Great Western Railway, vol. I: 1833–1863. Paddington, UK: Great Western Railway.

External links

• 2007 Business Plan, Network Rail, London

v t e Great Western Railway
Main routes	Main line Badminton line South Wales Main Line Reading–Taunton line West Wales Bristol–Exeter line South Devon main line Cornish Main Line
Related companies	Constituent companies Joint ownership Great Western and Great Central Joint Railway Quakers Yard and Merthyr Railway West London Railway
Locomotives	All locomotives Absorbed Broad gauge Names Numbering and class naming Power/weight classification Standard 2-cylinder classes Oil burning 0-4-0ST 0-6-0PT 0-6-2T Steam rail motors Diesel railcars Diesel shunters
Works and depots	Swindon Wolverhampton Bath Westmoreland Road Birkenhead Mollington Street Bristol Barton Hill Bath Road St Philip's Marsh Cardiff Canton Cathays Didcot Exeter Gloucester Newport Ebbw Junction Old Oak Common Penzance Plymouth Laira Reading Shrewsbury Tyseley
Train services	The Bristolian Cambrian Coast Express Cheltenham Spa Express The Cornishman Cornish Riviera Express Flying Dutchman Torbay Express
Rolling stock	Coaches Autocoach Super Saloons Wagons Siphon Toad Containers Telegraphic codes
People	Chairmen Chief Mechanical Engineers
Canals	Bridgwater and Taunton Grand Western Kennet and Avon Monmouthshire and Brecon Stourbridge Extension Stover Stratford-upon-Avon Swansea
Other	Accidents Gauge War Heritage sites Museums Swindon Coleford Llanelli riots of 1911 Middle Circle Pagoda platform shelter Paintings The Railway Station Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway Road services Ships Bertha (drag boat) War Memorial
• Category:Great Western Railway

v t e Railway lines in the South West
Primary	Cross Country Route Bristol Cheltenham Great Western Main Line Bristol Bath Spa Chippenham Swindon (fast services principal stations only)
Secondary	To London South West Main Line (from Weymouth) Reading–Taunton line (from Taunton) West of England line (from Exeter) Others Atlantic Coast Line Avocet Line Bristol–Exeter line Cornish Main Line Cotswold Line Dartmoor line Exeter–Plymouth line Gloucester–Newport line Golden Valley line Heart of Wessex Line Henbury Loop Looe Valley Line Lostwithiel to Fowey Maritime Line Portishead branch Riviera Line St Ives Bay Line Severn Beach line Tamar Valley Line Tarka Line Wessex Main Line
Heritage	Avon Valley Railway Bristol Harbour Railway Bodmin and Wenford Railway East Somerset Railway Dartmouth Steam Railway Dean Forest Railway Helston Railway Plym Valley Railway South Devon Railway Swanage Railway Swindon & Cricklade Railway West Somerset Railway

v t e Transport in Bridgend county borough
Roads	M4 motorway European route E30 A48 road A473 road A4061 road A4063 road
Bus	First Cymru National Express Bridgend bus station
Cycling	National Cycle Route 4 National Cycle Route 88
Railway lines	South Wales Main Line Maesteg Line Vale of Glamorgan Line
Railway stations	Bridgend Garth Maesteg Maesteg (Ewenny Road) Pencoed Pyle Sarn Tondu Wildmill
Transport portal Wales portal

v t e Transport in Newport
Road	M4 motorway European route E30 A48(M) motorway New M4 (cancelled) A48 road A449 road A468 road A4042 road
Bus	Newport bus station Cwmbran bus station Newport Bus National Express Stagecoach South Wales Cardiff Bus Fflecsi (TfW)
Railway lines	South Wales Metro (proposed) South Wales Main Line Welsh Marches line Gloucester–Newport line Ebbw Valley Railway
Railway stations	Newport Pye Corner Rogerstone Proposed: Caerleon Llanwern Magor & Undy Newport West Newport West Central Somerton
Cycling	NCR 88 NCR 4 NCR 46 NCR 47
Walking	Wales Coast Path Usk Valley Walk Cistercian Way
Waterways	River Usk Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal Fourteen Locks
Sea	Newport Docks
Transporter bridge	Newport Transporter Bridge
Transport portal Wales portal

v t e 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 & 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 t e Transport in Neath Port Talbot
Road	M4 motorway European route E30 A48 road A465 road A474 road A483 road A4063 road A4107 road A4067 road A4069 road A4109 road A4221 road A4230 road A4241 road
Bus	First Cymru National Express Neath bus station Neath railway station Port Talbot bus station
Cycling	National Cycle Route 4 National Cycle Route 43
Railway lines	South Wales Main Line Swansea District line
Railway stations	Skewen Neath Briton Ferry Baglan Port Talbot Parkway Margam Knuckle Yard
Sea	Port of Port Talbot River Neath
Canals	Neath and Tennant Canal
Transport portal Wales portal

v t e City and County of Swansea
History	History of Swansea Gower
Politics	City and County of Swansea Council Swansea Guildhall Swansea Civic Centre List of electoral wards in Swansea Swansea East Constituency Bon-y-maen Cwmbwrla Landore Llansamlet Morriston Mynydd-bach Penderry St. Thomas Waterfront (part) Swansea West Constituency Castle Cockett Dunvant and Killay Mayals Sketty Townhill Uplands Waterfront (part) Waunarlwydd Gower Constituency Bishopston Clydach Fairwood Gorseinon and Penyrheol Gower Gowerton Llangyfelach Llwchwr Mumbles Pen-clawdd Penllergaer Pennard Pontarddulais Pontlliw and Tircoed West Cross
Communities	Birchgrove Bishopston Bonymaen Castle Clydach Cockett Cwmbwrla Dunvant Gorseinon Gowerton Grovesend and Waungron Ilston Killay Landore Llangennith, Llanmadoc and Cheriton Llangyfelach Llanrhidian Higher Llanrhidian Lower Llansamlet Llwchwr Mawr Morriston Mumbles Mynydd-Bach Penderry Penllergaer Pennard Penrice Pontarddulais Pontlliw and Tircoed Port Eynon Reynoldston Rhossili Sketty St Thomas Three Crosses Townhill Uplands Upper Killay Waterfront Waunarlwydd
Culture	Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Royal Institution of South Wales Swansea Grand Theatre
Education	Swansea University University of Wales Trinity Saint David Swansea Metropolitan University Gower College Swansea
Sports	Swansea City A.F.C. Ospreys (rugby union)
Buildings	Listed buildings Grade I Grade II* List of places in Swansea Scheduled monuments Registered parks and gardens
Transport	Roads M4 motorway European route E30 A48 road A483 road A484 road A4067 road A4216 road A4217 road A4240 road A4118 road Bus First Cymru Gorseinon bus station Gower Explorer Metro (Route 4) National Express Swansea bus station Cycling Celtic Trail National Cycle Route 4 National Cycle Route 43 Railway lines South Wales Main Line West Wales line Heart of Wales line Swansea District line Railway stations Gowerton Llansamlet Pontarddulais Swansea Air Swansea Airport Waterways River Tawe Swansea Canal Tennant Canal Sea Swansea docks Swansea Marina Swansea Cork ferry (Fastnet Line) Severn Link

v t e Transport in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Roads	M4 motorway European route E30 A465 A468 A470 A473 A4054 A4058 A4059 A4061 A4093 A4107 A4109 A4119 A4222 A4223 A4225 A4233
Bus	Stagecoach South Wales First Cymru NAT Group Fflecsi (TfW)
Cycling	NCR 4 Taff Trail Lôn Las Cymru Celtic Trail
Railway lines	■ Maesteg Line ■ Merthyr line ■ Rhondda line South Wales Main Line
Railway stations	Abercynon Aberdare Cwmbach Dinas Rhondda Fernhill Llanharan Llwynypia Mountain Ash Penrhiwceiber Pontyclun Pontypridd Porth Quakers Yard Taffs Well Ton Pentre Tonypandy Treforest Treforest Estate Trehafod Treherbert Treorchy Troed-y-rhiw Ynyswen Ystrad Rhondda
Transport portal Wales portal

v t e Transport in Monmouthshire
Road	M4 motorway European route E30 M48 motorway A40 road A449 road A465 road A472 road A4042 road A4136 road A48 road
Bus	Stagecoach South Wales Stagecoach West Newport Bus
National Cycle Network	Celtic Trail National Cycle Route 4 National Cycle Route 47 National Cycle Route 42
Railway lines	South Wales Main Line Gloucester–Newport line Welsh Marches line
Railway stations	Abergavenny Caldicot Chepstow Severn Tunnel Junction
Waterways	Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal River Wye

• South Wales Main Line
• Rail transport in Bridgend County Borough
• Rail transport in Bristol
• Rail transport in Cardiff
• Rail transport in Neath Port Talbot
• Rail transport in Newport, Wales
• Rail transport in Rhondda Cynon Taf
• Rail transport in Swansea
• Rail transport in Wiltshire
• Railway lines opened in 1903
• Railway lines in South West England
• Railway lines in Wales
• Standard gauge railways in England
• Standard gauge railways in Wales