Introduction The South Wales Mainline is a key commuter corridor in the south of Wales, this proposal being between Cardiff Central and Bridgend with the line via Barry and Barry Island included as well, as well as a couple of others Route Length As this route has via points and branches and the rest of it, I will break this down. Cardiff Central - Bridgend (Via Barry), Barry Island Branch & Penarth Branch: 29 Miles (47.1km) Cardiff Central - Bridgend (Mainline): 20 Miles Radyr - Cardiff Central/Queen Street (City Line) 4 Miles (Cent) / 5 Miles (Queen) Cardiff Central - Coryton (Coryton Line) 5 Miles Cardiff Queen Street - Cardiff Bay 1 Mile Forming an overall network of 59 Miles Operations Operators Transport for Wales (TfW) Great Western Railway (GWR) Rolling Stock Included Class 800 (GWR) Part of the 'A-Train' family alongside the Class 395, featured in SEHS, the Class 800 operates Intercity services across the GER Network. Class 143 (TfW) The Class 143 'Pacer' is a rather old unit. Do you like it or hate it? Class 150 (TfW) Layers (Great Western Express, AI Only) Class 43 HST Class 166 DMU Potential DLC Class 153 Services Drivable Transport for Wales 1tph Bridgend to Radyr (Aberdare) {Class 143, Class 150} 1tph Barry Island to Radyr (Aberdare) {Class 143, Class 150} 2tph Barry Island to Radyr (Merthyr Tydfil) {Class 150, Class 143) 2tph Cardiff Central to Radyr (Treherbert) 2tph Radyr - Coryton {Class 143, Class 150} 5tph Cardiff Queen Street - Cardiff Bay {Class 143, Class 150} 1tp2h (Swansea) Bridgend - Cardiff Central {Class 150, Class 143} 3tph Penarth - Cardiff Central (Bargoed) {Class 143, Class 150} 1tph Penarth - Cardiff Central (Rhymney) {Class 143, Class 150} Great Western Railway (London Paddington) Cardiff Central - Bridgend (Swansea) {Class 800} AI ONLY Transport for Wales 1tph Cardiff Central (to Ebbw Vale Town) [Only Cardiff Shown] {Class 150} GWR (London Paddington) - Cardiff Central [Only Cardiff Shown] {Class 800} Cardiff Central - (Portsmouth Harbour) [Only Cardiff Shown] {Class 166} Cardiff Central - (Taunton) [Only Cardiff Shown] {HST} Stations (All lines from Cardiff Central or Queen Street) Major Stations in Bold (Branches in Brackets) Depots, Yards & Sidings in Italics ------------------------------------ Cardiff - Bridgend Via Barry Cardiff Queen Street Cardiff Central (Mainline branches off to Bridgend) Cardiff Canton Depot (City Line branches off to Radyr) Grangetown (Penarth Branch branches off) Cogan Eastbrook Dinas Powys Cadoxton (Barry Docks) Barry Docks Station Barry (Barry Island Station) Rhoose for Cardiff Airport Llantwit Major Bridgend ------------------------------------ Penarth Branch (Branches off from Vale Line) Dingle Road Penarth ------------------------------------ Bridgend via the Mainline Cardiff Central Ninian Park Pontyclun Llanharan Pencoed Bridgend ------------------------------------ Butetown Branch Line Cardiff Queen Street Cardiff Bay ------------------------------------ City Line Cardiff Queen Street Cardiff Central (Splits off from Vale Line) Ninian Park Waun-gron Park Fairwater Danescourt Radyr ------------------------------------ Coryton Line Cardiff Central Cardiff Queen Street Heath Low Level Ty Glas Birchgrove Rhiwbina Whitchurch Coryton Route facts: 59 Miles long Has 31 Stations Modern Day Reasoning: General Reasons I was originally writing this to be this route to Swansea with the Branches. I decided not to because it was far too long. Rolling Stock Choices (also why this era) Class 143: A British rail icon Still to show up in TSW. Fits this route perfectly. Class 150: It's a sprinter. Plus I have seen numerous requests for the sprinter units. Class 800: Again well requested, or at least the 80- in general. Adds some Intercity into this Layers: For owners of Great Western Express the HST and Class 166 would layer as AI Trains Era choice I know Arriva is a no-go for Wales so TfW it is Thanks for reading.
Again I've got a map of a potential route like this for the valley lines to Treherbert, Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil from Cardiff Central, possible extensions being the Penarth, Coryton, Rhymney and the freight line to Bargoed for coal. Other lines like to Maesteg, Bridgend, Barry Island, Ebbw Vale and Newport are other possibilities. The lines in red are a sensible distance though.
Excellent idea and I wonder what route can this link into and provided there is a linked route feature for TSW. If you play this route on Sister game Train Sim 21 this is also sold as a Stand Alone route or combined with Great Western Main Line as the western Lines. Meaning you can operate all the way from Cardiff all the way to London Paddington Station
Well this route couldn't link with any current routes. The closest route would be either WSR by distance.
Wsr is South of Bristol Newport Swansea only logical choice is the Great Western Main Line because trains on this route towards London Paddington Station reach Reading Station. Milage Zero on South Wales lines is London Paddington station.
Yes but there is no way to connect them at the moment. You would need to build Cardiff - Paddington, which itself is most likely going to have to be broken down.
That works too. Good suggestion. Hopefully the TfW license can be obtained that's the only real hurdle.
