Heart of Wales line

Heart of Wales line
The Heart of Wales line south of Sugar Loaf
Overview
Other name(s)	Heart of Wales Railway Rheilffordd Calon Cymru
Native name	Llinell Calon Cymru (Welsh)
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	South West Wales Mid Wales Shropshire
Termini	Craven Arms Llanelli
Stations	29
Service
Type	Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	Transport for Wales Rail
Rolling stock	Class 150 DMU, Class 153 DMU
History
Opened	1868
Technical
Line length	Craven Arms – Llanelli 90 mi (144.84 km) Shrewsbury – Swansea 121 mi (194.73 km)
Number of tracks	Mainly single track
Character	Rural
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Operating speed	60 mph (97 km/h) (max)
Route map

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Legend
Welsh Marches line to Shrewsbury Craven Arms Craven Arms Junction Welsh Marches line to Hereford Broome Hopton Heath Bucknell Knighton England Wales Knucklas Knucklas Viaduct Llangynllo Llanbister Road Dolau Pen-y-Bont Llandrindod Mid-Wales Railway to Brecon Mount Street Builth Road Mid-Wales Railway to Llanidloes Cilmeri Garth Llangammarch Llanwrtyd Sugar Loaf Cynghordy Viaduct Cynghordy Llandovery Llanwrda Llangadog Llandeilo Llanelly Railway to Carmarthen Ffairfach Llandybie Ammanford Llanelly Railway to Tairgwaith Colliery Pantyffynnon Pontarddulais River Loughor Hendy Junction Swansea District line to Briton Ferry Morlais Junction Llangennech Bynea West Wales lines to Carmarthen Llanelli West Wales lines to Swansea

The Heart of Wales line (Welsh: Llinell Calon Cymru)^[1] is a railway line running from Craven Arms in Shropshire to Llanelli in southwest Wales. It serves a number of rural centres, including the nineteenth-century spa towns Llandrindod Wells, Llangammarch Wells and Llanwrtyd Wells. At Builth Road, two miles (3.3 km) from the town of Builth Wells, the line crosses the former route of the earlier Mid Wales Railway, which closed in 1962.