Arriva Trains Wales News

Due to engineering work and normal limited services for this forthcoming Sunday (5th May 2013), those wishing to travel by train to attend the Cardiff City FC Championship Winners celebration parade are advised to go to www.nationalrail.co.uk to check changes to train services.

With two Welsh Football clubs in the Conference Premier Play Off Final, anticipation is high for May the 5th with the potential for another team from Wales to achieve promotion this season.

The following significant changes will take place from 19 May 2013.

As organisers for this year’s RAF Cosford 75th Anniversary Air Show build a full head of steam with arranging a growing list of exciting displays and attractions, plans are unveiled that will allow visitors the chance to travel to the Shropshire base with Arriva Trains Wales whilst combining their ticket cost with their rail ticket.

A new safety campaign has been launched by Arriva Trains Wales to help reduce the number of accidents involving young children at stations and on-board trains.

Arriva Trains Wales is advising passengers that there will be changes to services on 24th March until 7th April 2013 due to Network Rail major improvement works taking place between Swansea and Llanelli. This program of works will improve the track allowing Arriva Trains Wales to further enhance services.

On Sunday 24th March, up to 300 Wrexham fans will get the chance to travel directly to Wembley Stadium for the FA Carlsberg Trophy Final, on a special train provided by Arriva Trains Wales.

Arriva Trains Wales working with the Welsh Government are responding to passenger demand on the Ebbw Vale line by doubling the number of carriages on the busiest commuter trains at no additional cost to the tax payer

Arriva Trains Wales is providing its passengers 17,000 extra seats during the Christmas period this year. 

A new café has re-opened on Cardiff Queen Street railway station in time for the busy Christmas period.

Fishguard & Goodwick station has been adopted by a Pembrokeshire community group, which provides a range of activities for young people in the Fishguard area.

The station was officially adopted by the Fishguard based ‘POINT’ organisation as part of Arriva Trains Wales’ ‘Adopt a Station’ scheme, which aims to help develop links with local communities living near unstaffed railway stations.  

125,000 extra seats for Commuters on the Arriva Trains Wales Network as part of the September 2012 timetable improvements.

Arriva Trains Wales is pleased to announce that it has re-launched its Arriva Club 55 offer and it is now better than ever.

The Minister with responsibility for Transport, Carl Sargeant, officially opened the new-look Swansea High Street Train Station on Monday (11 June) .

The £7.6m upgraded railway station will deliver improved accessibility passenger facilities - such as digital information boards, new waiting shelters and toilets – in addition to improved safety due to increased CCTV cameras and new open vistas.

Arriva Trains Wales signs up to new license on passenger information during disruption. 

A ground breaking scheme to help blind people find their way around Swansea’s transport services has been launched. Swansea Council has teamed up with, Arriva Trains Wales and the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) to produce special hand-held maps in braille and large print thanks to funding from the Welsh Government.  

More than 330 Easter eggs have been donated to the Children’s Hospital for Wales by kind hearted employees from Arriva Trains Wales.

Significant capacity improvements on some of the most popular routes on the Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) network will be introduced with the timetable change on the 14^th May 2012. This has been made possible through increasingly smart use of the limited number of trains allocated to the Wales and Borders rail franchise. 

British Transport Police (BTP) is 'under starter's orders' once again next week as the Cheltenham Festival, one of the biggest National Hunt racing meetings in the world, returns to the town.

Eight children from the Aberfan & Merthyr Vale Youth Project have visited the Arriva Trains Wales Driver Training Centre in Cardiff. Organised by the British Transport Police and Arriva Trains Wales, the visit was arranged during the school half term to help raise awareness among young people of the dangers of trespass on the railway.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.