Classic route
Welsh Marches Line
Cardiff → Manchester · Wales · England
- Distance
- 290 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 3 h 10 min
- Top speed
- 145 km/h
- Operator
- Transport for Wales
- Train
- TfW Class 197
- Countries
- Wales, England
- In service since
- 1853
Page last updated 2026-07-19 · figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
The great spine outside England’s trunk lines: Cardiff to Manchester up the castle-studded Welsh border through Abergavenny, Ludlow and Shrewsbury.
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