South Wales Main Line

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main line railway railway line

The South Wales Main Line is a major railway route in Wales that connects London and the west of England with key South Wales cities such as Cardiff and Swansea.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Great Western Main Line route between London and South Wales	1
London Paddington–Cardiff Central	1
London–South Wales transport corridor	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	main line railway ⓘ railway line ⓘ
connects	Cardiff ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London Swansea ⓘ west of England ⓘ
connectsTo	Great Western Main Line ⓘ Valley Lines ⓘ West Wales Line ⓘ
connectsUrbanArea	Cardiff ⓘ surface form: Cardiff urban area Newport urban area ⓘ Swansea ⓘ surface form: Swansea urban area
country	United Kingdom ⓘ Wales ⓘ
electrification	25 kV AC overhead line ⓘ
electrificationStatus	partially electrified ⓘ
electrifiedSection	South Wales Main Line self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: London Paddington–Cardiff Central
hasServiceType	inter-city rail ⓘ regional rail ⓘ
historicalOperator	Great Western Railway ⓘ surface form: Great Western Railway (historic company)
languageOfSignage	English ⓘ Welsh ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ South Wales ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Europe/London ⓘ
majorStation	Bridgend railway station ⓘ Cardiff Central railway station ⓘ Neath railway station ⓘ Newport railway station ⓘ Port Talbot Parkway railway station ⓘ Swansea railway station ⓘ
operator	Great Western Railway ⓘ
owner	Network Rail ⓘ
partOf	Great Western Main Line ⓘ surface form: Great Western Main Line network
passesThrough	Bridgend ⓘ Cardiff ⓘ Neath ⓘ Newport ⓘ Port Talbot ⓘ
railwaySystem	National Rail ⓘ
regionServed	South Wales ⓘ
terminus	London Paddington ⓘ surface form: London Paddington railway station Swansea railway station ⓘ
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
usedFor	freight rail transport ⓘ passenger rail transport ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Wales Line → connectsWith → South Wales Main Line ⓘ

South Wales Main Line → electrifiedSection → South Wales Main Line self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: London Paddington–Cardiff Central

South Wales (region of Wales) → hasTransportInfrastructure → South Wales Main Line ⓘ

subject surface form: South Wales

M4 motorway → isPartOfCorridor → South Wales Main Line ⓘ

this entity surface form: London–South Wales transport corridor

Swansea railway station → lineTerminusOf → South Wales Main Line ⓘ

Bridgend railway station → locatedOnLine → South Wales Main Line ⓘ

Cardiff Central → locatedOnLine → South Wales Main Line ⓘ

Transport for Wales Rail → operatesOnLine → South Wales Main Line ⓘ

Cardiff Central railway station → partOf → South Wales Main Line ⓘ

Neath railway station → partOf → South Wales Main Line ⓘ

Severn Tunnel → partOf → South Wales Main Line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Western Main Line route between London and South Wales

Bridgend → railLine → South Wales Main Line ⓘ

Newport railway station → railNetwork → South Wales Main Line ⓘ

Severn Tunnel → railwayLine → South Wales Main Line ⓘ

Cardiff Central railway station → route → South Wales Main Line ⓘ

Great Western Railway → route → South Wales Main Line ⓘ

Neath → servedBy → South Wales Main Line ⓘ

Caldicot → servedByRailLine → South Wales Main Line ⓘ