Transport for Wales / Trafnidiaeth Cymru

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Transport for Wales
Trafnidiaeth Cymru
Class 175 train approaching Cardiff Central.jpg
Basic information
company Keolis Amey Operations / Gweithrediadau Keolis Amey Ltd
Seat Keolis (UK) Limited
Evergreen Building North
160 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DX
Concession
and duration		 Wales and Borders
October 14th 2018 -
October 15th 2033
Parent company Keolis , Amey
Employee 2,204
statistics
fleet 128
Train stations 247
Main region Wales
Secondary regions West Midlands
North West England
website
tfwrail.wales (English)
trctrenau.cymru (Welsh)

The British railway company English Transport for Wales , Welsh Trafnidiaeth Cymru , also TfW Rail or TrC Trenau for short , has been operating the Wales & Borders franchise, i.e. most trains in Wales , as well as some routes in neighboring English regions , since October 14, 2018 . Transport for Wales / Trafnidiaeth Cymru uses the brand of the Welsh government organization of the same name, but is a private consortium of Keolis and Amey (official name of the company: Keolis Amey Operations / Gweithrediadau Keolis Amey Ltd ).

history

In contrast to the Arriva Trains Wales franchise, the new franchise was not awarded by the British government, but by the Welsh government.

In October 2016, the Welsh government announced that Abellio , Arriva , a consortium of Keolis and Amey , and MTR Corporation had been shortlisted for the franchise.

A year later, in October 2017, Arriva withdrew from the competition for the franchise, followed in February 2018 by Abellio after its partner Carillion filed for bankruptcy. On May 23, 2018, the Welsh government finally awarded the franchise to KeolisAmey.

Rolling stock

Transport for Wales / Trafnidiaeth Cymru took over the fleet of Arriva Trains Wales, consisting of diesel multiple units of the series 142 , 143 , 150 , 153 , 158 and 175 as well as Mark 3 passenger cars.

Current fleet

model series image Type Maximum speed Number of cars number stretch Construction year
mph km / h
Locomotive fleet
67 Alstom General Motors Class 67 No 67003 (7786994576) .jpg Diesel locomotive 125 200 - 3 Premier Service : Holyhead – Cardiff Central
  • Holyhead (Llandudno) –Manchester Piccadilly
 1999-00
Mark 3 BR Mk.IIIa RFM No.M10249 (6801455869) .jpg Passenger cars 12 1975-88
Arriva Trains Wales DVT at Cardiff Central by Jeremy Segrott.jpg Control car 3 1988
Diesel railcars
142 Pacer Class142 Danescourt Up3.jpg Diesel railcars 75 121 2 15th Valley Lines & Cardiff suburban railways 1985-87
143 Pacer Abertawe - Arriva 143616.JPG Diesel railcars 75 121 2 15th Valley Lines & Cardiff suburban railways 1985-86
150/2 Sprinter Arriva Trains Wales Class 150, 150250, Hope railway station (geograph 4032749) .jpg Diesel railcars 75 121 2 36
  • Cardiff suburban railways
  • Heart of Wales / West Wales lines
  • Regional trains between South and West Wales, North West and South West England
 1986-87
153 Super Sprinter Abertawe - Arriva 153303.JPG Diesel railcars 75 121 1 8th
  • Cardiff suburban railways
  • Heart of Wales / West Wales lines
  • Regional trains between South and West Wales, North West and South West England
 1987-88
158/0 Express Sprinter TfW class 158 Tywyn.jpg Diesel railcars 90 140 2 24
  • Birmingham International – Aberystwyth
  • Regional trains between South and North Wales, North West and South West England
 1990-91
175/0 & 175/1 Coradia Arriva Trains Wales Class 175, 175109, Shotton Low Level railway station (geograph 3800345) .jpg Diesel railcars 100 161 2 11 Regional trains between North West England, North and South Wales 1999-01
3 16

Future fleet

The entire current fleet of Transport for Wales / Trafnidiaeth Cymru is to be replaced by 2023 (with the exception of the 67 series locomotives), half of these new trains are to be built in Llanwern at CAF .

77 new diesel railcars of the type CAF Civity are to be built, five class 153 railcars from Great Western Railway and 12 Turbostars from Greater Anglia are to be built .

In addition, 35 Stadler Flirts were ordered, 24 in a three-system version and eleven diesel-electric ones. These are supported by 36 Stadler Citylink tram trains.

12 Mark 4 passenger cars are to be taken over from London North Eastern Railway after a modernization , five class 230 railcars (conversions from the London Underground D78 floor ) from Vivarail will then be added to the fleet .

model series image Type Maximum speed Number of cars number stretch Construction year Installation
mph km / h
Locomotive fleet
Mark 4 Rake of VTEC Mark 4 London Kings Cross 1.jpg Passenger cars 140 225 - 12 Trains between North and South Wales 1989-92 2019
Diesel railcars
153 Super Sprinter Abertawe - Arriva 153303.JPG Diesel railcars 75 121 1 5 Rural routes in West Wales 1987-88 2019
170/2 Turbostar 170273 Greater Anglia.JPG Diesel railcars 100 161 2 4th 1999-02 2019
3 8th
k. A. Civity Diesel railcars k. A. k. A. 2 51
  • Cambrian Line (from 2022)
  • Regional trains between North, South and West Wales and England (from 2023)
 k. A. 2021-23
3 26th
Diesel-electric railcars
230 D-Train D-Train-203001-Approach-Honeybourne-P1410129.jpg DEMU 60 97 3 5 Conwy Valley Line , Borderlands line , Chester-Crewe k. A. 2019
k. A. FLIRT DEMU k. A. k. A. 4th 11 Trains in South East Wales k. A. 2022
Dual-system railcars
769 Flex 319447 Bedford.jpg BMU k. A. k. A. 4th 5 Still unknown k. A. (1987-1988)
Three-system railcar
k. A. FLIRT TMU k. A. k. A. 3 7th Trains between Rhymney / Coryton and Penarth / Barry Island / Bridgend via Glamorgan Valley k. A. 2023
4th 17th
Tram trains
k. A. Citylink Tram train k. A. k. A. 3 36 Trains to Treherbert, Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil k. A. 2022-23

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rail operator shortlist revealed. Welsh Government / Llywodraeth Cymru, October 12, 2016, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  2. ^ Keith Barrow: Arriva pulls out of Wales & Borders franchise contest. International Railway Journal, October 30, 2017, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Arriva Trains Wales drops out of Welsh rail franchise bid. BBC , October 30, 2017, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Abellio ends rail bid after Carillion collapse. BBC , February 23, 2018, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  5. ^ Abellio pulls out of Wales & Borders bidding. Railway Gazette , February 23, 2018, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  6. ^ Wales' rail and Metro franchise to be run by KeolisAmey. BBC , May 23, 2018, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  7. ^ Sion Barry: How Wales' railways will be transformed with new stations, trains and jobs through investment worth billions. Reach, June 4, 2018, accessed September 30, 2018 .
  8. ↑ a b c d e f AMs WB Overview Presentation vJP AM. (PDF) (No longer available online.) KeolisAmey Wales, formerly in the original ; accessed on June 5, 2018 (English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.keolisamey.cymru  
  9. ↑ a b What’s Happening in North Wales. Transport for Wales / Trafnidiaeth Cymru (Organization of the Welsh Government), accessed June 4, 2018 .
  10. ↑ a b Service Improvements. (PDF) Transport for Wales, accessed June 4, 2018 .
  11. ^ A b What this means for Mid and South West Wales. Transport for Wales / Trafnidiaeth Cymru (Organization of the Welsh Government), accessed 30 September 2018 .
  12. ^ KeolisAmey reveal new-look Wales trains and services. BBC , June 4, 2018, accessed June 4, 2018 .
  13. ^ Vivarail announce new order for Wales and Borders. Vivarail, June 7, 2018, accessed October 2, 2018 .
  14. ↑ a b What's Happening In South East Wales. Transport for Wales / Trafnidiaeth Cymru (Organization of the Welsh Government), accessed 30 September 2018 .