This article is about the Welsh government-owned current train operating company. For the parent government-owned regulating body, see Transport for Wales. For the former operator, which also operated as "Transport for Wales", see KeolisAmey Wales.
Transport for Wales Rail
Transport for Wales / TfW Rail
Trafnidiaeth Cymru / TrC Trenau
A Class 197 and Class 231 at Cardiff Central in July 2023
Overview
Franchise(s)
Wales & Borders
Main region(s)
Wales
Other region(s)
North West England
West Midlands
Gloucestershire
Stations operated
248
Parent company
Transport for Wales (for Welsh Government)
Headquarters
Pontypridd[1]
Reporting mark
AW[nb 1]
Dates of operation
7 February 2021 (2021-02-07)–
Predecessor
KeolisAmey Wales
Other
Website
tfw.wales
Route map
Transport for Wales Rail Limited, branded as Transport for Wales and TfW Rail (Welsh: Trafnidiaeth Cymru and TrC Trenau), is a Welsh publicly owned train operating company, a subsidiary of Transport for Wales (TfW), a Welsh Government-owned company. It commenced operations of the day to day services of the Wales & Borders franchise on 7 February 2021, as an operator of last resort, succeeding KeolisAmey Wales.
Transport for Wales Rail manages 248 National Rail stations,[2][3] including all 223 in Wales,[4] and operates all passenger mainline services wholly within Wales, services along the England–Wales border, and some into England.
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