Classic route
South Wales Main Line
London → Swansea · United Kingdom
- Distance
- 306 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 45 min
- Top speed
- 200 km/h
- Operator
- Great Western Railway
- Train
- Class 800 IET
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- In service since
- 1850
GWR’s flagship South Wales express; Hitachi bi-modes drop off the 25 kV wires west of Cardiff and switch to diesel for the last dash to Swansea.
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