Rail line electrified to Cardiff [PA]
Date: 02/03/2011
The Great Western line between Wales and England will be electrified, it has been announced.
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PA
Appeal over rail electrification
BBC
The assembly government is to urge the Department for Transport to reconsider its decision not to extend electric rail to Swansea.
Bristol Evening Post
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An InterCity 125 HST arriving at Cardiff Central in 1990 on a service from Paddington.
Location: Cardiff Central
Company: South Wales Railway
/08/1990 John McIntyre
Location: Cardiff Central
Company: South Wales Railway
/08/1990 John McIntyre
5064 Bishop's Castle calls at Newport High Street on 27 June 1959.
Location: Newport High Street
Company: South Wales Railway
27/06/1959 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)
Location: Newport High Street
Company: South Wales Railway
27/06/1959 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)
Looking back towards the station concourse from the footbridge at Paddington in July 2005.
Location: Paddington
Company: Great Western Railway
20/07/2005 John Furnevel
Location: Paddington
Company: Great Western Railway
20/07/2005 John Furnevel
