South Wales Main Line (SWML) – Aspirations & Proposals

Home , Bassaleg, Llanwern railway station, Magor railway station, River Severn, South Wales, South Wales Main Line

A major upgrade of the SWML in terms of capacity, line speed, rolling stock and widespread electrification, to enable:

• Additional express services to Swansea and West Wales from London, Bristol Temple Meads and the English Midlands, as well as better access to Heathrow Airport.

• Our journey time ambitions are: o Cardiff - London in 85 minutes o Cardiff - Swansea in 30 minutes o Cardiff - Bristol Temple Meads in 35 minutes o Cardiff - Carmarthen in 75 minutes • New local commuter services (including more services to Bristol Temple Meads) and further stations including: Cardiff Parkway, Llanwern, Newport Rd/Rover Way, To Hereford, Magor, M4 J33, St Clears, Cockett. Shrewsbury, Crewe & KEYEYK Ebbw Vale Manchester Piccadilly • Address major network bottlenecks on the SWML at Ebbw Line Park junction and Cardiff West and upgrade Marches, Ebbw Valley and Maesteg lines. Town (Marches line) Stations: • Interchange at key hubs between express SWML services and our Metros, local commuter rail, new tram-train (incl. Cardiff Crossrail/NW Corridor and Swansea Metro Major/new station service) and bus services right across South Wales from Milford Haven to Severn Tunnel Junction. To Danescourt and Abertillery Radyr (City Line/ Minor/intermediate station Cardiff Circle)

Services: Llanhilleth 1tph service 0.5tph service To Waterhall, Plas Dŵr, J33 P&R and Abergavenny < 0.5tph / irregular service Creigiau (Cardiff Crossrail and NW Corridor) Onward service

Maesteg To Bassaleg, Machen, Timescales: Bedwas & Caerphilly To Ammanford, Llandeilo, Fairwater Llandrindod Wells, Knighton Existing base & committed & Shrewsbury (Heart of Wales line) Short-term aspirations Fishguard Tredegar Park Further proposals (subject to more detailed Harbour To Cardiff Queen Street (Core Valley Ely Mill Lines – Not all services shown) scheme and business case development) Caerleon Newport West For illustrative purposes only. Subject to change.

All future aspirations, proposals, services and stopping patterns are subject to further scheme and business case development.

Not all South Wales Metro services and proposals are shown.

Version 5 – 17.07.2020

Milford Haven

To Worcester & Haverfordwest Birmingham New Street

Pembroke Dock Cheltenham Chepstow Lydney Gloucester St Clears Carmarthen Llanelli Cockett Spa + potential Swansea Landore Neath Pyle Brackla Pencoed Llanharan Pontyclun Miskin/J34 Port Talbot RIVER SEVERN West Wales Parkway Cardiff Llanwern Magor & Severn Tunnel Parkway Bridgend Possibility of re-routing some SWML services via the Vale of Parkway Undy Junction Glamorgan line, increasing frequency of services at Rhoose CIA. Rover Note: New lines, routes and services associated with the Swansea Way Bay urban area Metro proposals are not shown here. Newport To Swindon, Reading Rhoose Cardiff & London Paddington To Taunton & (GWR main line) International Airport Portsmouth Harbour

Bristol Temple Bristol Barry Meads Parkway Tram-train to Cardiff Central Caerphilly-Newport tram-train via Splott-Tremorfa, Ocean service routing over SWML Barry Island Way, Roath Dock, Pierhead and "on-street" via Royal Grangetown Street, Roald Dahl Plas and Gwent Hospital and Kingsway, Loudon Square (Cardiff continuing to Newport Station Crossrail) from Old Green roundabout.

Penarth Cardiff Central