Marches Line

E27873

Marches Line is a major railway route in the United Kingdom running through the Welsh Marches, connecting South Wales with the English Midlands and Northwest.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Marches Line canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rail transport infrastructure
railway line
alsoServedBy Avanti West Coast
Great Western Railway
West Midlands Railway
alsoUsedFor freight rail transport
connectsRegion English Midlands
North West England
South Wales
country United Kingdom
crossesBorderBetween England and Wales
surface form: Wales and England
electrification unelectrified
gauge standard gauge
historicallyPartOf Great Western Railway
surface form: Great Western Railway network
locatedIn Welsh Marches
operatedBy Transport for Wales Rail
partOfNetwork National Rail
surface form: National Rail network of Great Britain
passesThrough Abergavenny
Chirk
Church Stretton
Gobowen
Hereford
Leominster
Ludlow
Ruabon
Whitchurch
surface form: Whitchurch (Shropshire)

Wrexham General
primaryFunction passenger rail transport
region England
Wales
routeNumber UK railway route
runsBetween Crewe
Newport
Shrewsbury
servesCity Hereford
Newport
servesTown Abergavenny
Leominster
Ludlow
Shrewsbury
Wrexham County Borough
surface form: Wrexham
significance major north–south rail artery in Wales and border counties
terminus Crewe railway station
Newport railway station
trackConfiguration double track
usedByServiceType inter-city services
local stopping services
regional services

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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