Arriva Trains Wales

An opportunity for the community to share their feedback on the proposed work and to speak to representatives from Network Rail and Arriva Train Wales.

Due to an incident on the 19 December, Arriva Trains Wales will be running an amended timetable for the Swansea to West Wales

Eight young people from Pembrokeshire have helped deliver environmental improvements at Haverfordwest railway station in a partnership project involving Arriva Trains Wales and Pembrokeshire County Council Children’s Services.

An environment improvement project involving nine Year 10 pupils from a Llanelli school, has been officially unveiled by the Mayor of Llanelli, Councillor Linda Stedman.

A commercial operator has come forward to take over the City Rail Link bus service, which ferries passengers between Chester Station and the city centre.

A Private Members Bill is being put before Parliament next Monday by Graham Jones MP, which aims to reform the out-dated Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964.

We've made some changes to the website which has been built with lots of customer feedback to ensure it's user friendly and easier for you to find more of what you want from Arriva Trains Wales. In this guide, we will point out some of the new and improved changes we have added.

Commencing Saturday 29 October 2011 trains will no longer serve Cosford station due to Network Rail platform renewal work.  The work is expected to continue until approximately March 2012.

An international friendly match has been arranged against Norway on Saturday 12th November 2011. The match will be played at the Cardiff City Stadium and kick-off will be at 15:00.

Welsh rail partnerships have scooped five awards at the recent Association of Community Rail Partnerships Awards held in Sheffield.

From Monday 12 September 2011, five additional services will operate to and from Fishguard between Mondays and Saturdays.

Tonypandy station has been given a makeover by children from Trealaw Communities First.

Arriva Trains Wales is pleased to announce that it has re-launched its Club 55 offer.

A landscaping project undertaken by the 1st Kidwelly Scouts at the town’s railway station has been officially unveiled by the Mayor of Kidwelly, Councillor Jeanette Gilasbey.

Following discussions with Cardiff City Football Club, the British Transport Police, South Wales Police and the Welsh Government, there will be no trains calling at or departing from Ninian Park Station for Cardiff City’s home fixtures this season.

Traveline Cymru has launched the latest addition to its range of mobile services, with the introduction of its free iphone app at this year’s Eisteddfod in Wrexham.

A new heritage museum and community facility has been officially opened at Borth railway station on the Cambrian Coast Line.

London 2012 spectators travelling by rail to Olympic and Paralympic sporting venues throughout Britain will benefit from special Games train tickets and extra services, it has been announced today.

Aspiring young footballers from Swansea emulated their promotion-winning heroes yesterday (Wednesday 22 June 2011) as Pentrehafod school were crowned the No Messin’ Railway Safety Cup 2011 champions after a thrilling day of competition.

A new partnership between a popular nature reserve and the region’s public transport company is encouraging visitors to travel by train and enjoy the wildlife of the Conwy estuary, illustrating that Llandudno Junction is the gateway to Snowdonia.

From Thursday 30 June 2011, personal cheques will no longer be accepted as a method of payment for the purchase of rail tickets, season tickets or any other rail products at any of our ticket offices or on board our trains.

A group of 16 cyclists from Cardiff Ajax Cycling club is to ride from Holyhead on Anglesey to Cardiff in one day on the 18th of June.  Known as the Wales "End to End", the route is over 210 miles and crosses plenty of Wales' mountains and hills.

They join the world's leading countries for the 13th World Netball Championships held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium between 3 and 10 July.  The Championships take place every four years.

Hot on the heels of Swansea City’s promotion to the Premier League, young fans from across the city are gearing up for their own shot at glory as the first heat in Network Rail’s No Messin’ Railway Safety Cup gets underway.

The improved Island Platforms at Chester Railway Station and the new Central Pavilion, both part-funded by Cheshire West and Chester Council, will officially open on 3rd June.

Rain, heavy crowds, late starts and an overun would be most transport organisations worst nightmare - except for Arriva who were presented with a CILT Cymru National Transport Award.

From 22nd May, Arriva Trains Wales will be introducing their exciting new timetable on routes from West and South Wales through to North Wales and the North of England, offering passengers faster journey times, more frequent services and better connections.

Arriva Trains Wales passengers will see first-hand the result of a multi-million pound upgrade on Friday, 15 April, as Arriva Trains Wales officially puts into service its first fully refurbished Class 158 train at Aberystwyth Station on the 09.30am service to Birmingham International.

A new express train service between north and south Wales will begin in May and will include Wrexham, Deputy First Minister, Ieuan Wyn Jones announced today (Thurs 10th March).

Sixteen year old Hollie Arnold from Llanbradach has won a bronze medal at the 2011 IPC World Championships.  The Championships were held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 21 to 30, 2011.

As part of its ongoing objective to improve facilities, passengers at Bridgend railway station will now benefit from a brand new café which will open to the public on Monday 7th March.

Arriva Trains Wales has won an award for best operational performance at a prestigious ceremony organised by the Institute of Rail Operators and Modern Railways magazine on 22 January 2011.

The Keep Wales Tidy awards for 2010 have been announced at a ceremony in Cardiff Bay.

As part of its efforts to provide step free access for passengers traveling to and from Ebbw Vale, a new state of the art lift has recently been installed at Cardiff Central Station.

Mid Wales Tourism (MWT) have teamed up with the Cambrian Railways Partnership (CRP) to develop and promote a new initiative whereby accredited accommodation providers afford visitors who arrive by train a 10% discount.

Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) has received independent recognition for taking action to significantly reduce its carbon footprint.

Arriva Trains Wales is getting behind Llanbradach athlete Hollie Arnold as she aims for success at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.  

A mural celebrating the special relationship between award winning BBC sitcom ‘Gavin and Stacey’ and Barry has been unveiled at the town’s railway station.

A public art project completed by eight students from Swansea Metropolitan University and on display at the City’s High Street station has been awarded third prize in the 2010 Association of Community Rail Partnership Awards.

Tom Vinney and Jonny Gordon play first team hockey for Cardiff based Whitchurch Hockey Club.  They approached ATW seeking assistance with travel to and from training and home matches at the Welsh Institute of Sport.

Following a search to find the best marketing campaign in Wales, Arriva Trains Wales has been presented with the Excellence in Marketing Award by the South Wales Chamber of Commerce at their prestigious awards ceremony on Friday 24th September.

Wales Netball launch their 2010 national road-show on Saturday 25 September 2010 by announcing an exciting new partnership with Arriva Trains Wales.

Developed in partnership with Penarth based agency Washington Design, Arriva Trains Wales’ “Love The Train” campaign will be up against Donate Wales and Go Compare at the awards, which will be held at Cardiff’s Holland House Hotel.

BDP’s Manchester Studio has been appointed by Arriva Trains Wales to masterplan a number of stations across the UK, one of which will include Swansea.

The contract has been awarded for construction to begin on Swansea High Street station.
Strategic Team Group (STG) has been awarded the contract to carry out part of the work to create a larger concourse and renovate the station front, as well as add a brand new entrance and refurbish the platform canopies.

On Saturday 31st July 2010 a plaque celebrating the 130 years of the Conwy Valley Railway and the achievements of the station adopters groups, “Dolwyddelan in bloom” and “Cylch yr Ifanc” was unveiled at Dolwyddelan Railway Station by Mrs Anna Hughes and Rhodri Glyn from the two groups.

Award-winning choir Only Men Aloud, and the latest Welsh male voice choir to be created - their protégées Only Boys Aloud - boarded a train bound for Ebbw Vale to entertain passengers with an impromptu on-board concert this morning (Monday, July 26).

Machynlleth Bowling Club’s successful ladies and men’s teams have recently been presented with polo shirts provided by the Cambrian Railways Partnership (CRP).

Pupils from Machynlleth Primary School’s Sunshine Room have transformed the booking hall at their local railway station into a gallery with their very own railway related artwork!

A £21m boost to improve train stations across west Wales and the Valleys will today be announced by Deputy First Minister, Ieuan Wyn Jones.