Editing Wales (section)

== Transport ==
{{Main|Transport in Wales}}

===Main roads===
*The [[M4 motorway]] running from West London to South Wales links [[Newport, Wales|Newport]], [[Cardiff]] and [[Swansea]]. Responsibility for the section of the motorway within Wales, from the [[Second Severn Crossing]] to [[Pont Abraham]] services, sits with the Welsh Government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Responsibilities of the Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales |url=https://gov.wales/ken-skates-ms#section-15156 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721124617/https://gov.wales/ken-skates-ms#section-15156 |archive-date=21 July 2020 |access-date=21 July 2020 |publisher=Welsh Government}}</ref>
*The [[A55 road|A55 expressway]] has a similar role along the North Wales coast, connecting [[Holyhead]] and [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]] with Wrexham and Flintshire. It also links to northwest England, principally [[Chester]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=One of the most important roads in Wales |url=https://www.roads.org.uk/motorway/a55 |access-date=21 July 2020 |publisher=Roads.org.uk}}</ref>
*The main north-south Wales link is the [[A470 road|A470]], which runs from Cardiff to [[Llandudno]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Owen |first=Cathy |date=6 June 2014 |title=The A470 is Britain's favourite road |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/a470-britains-favourite-road-yes-7228725 |publisher=Wales Online}}</ref>

===Rail===
[[File:Rail network of Wales 2021.svg|thumb|Rail network of Wales, 2021|226x226px]] [[Rail transport in Wales]] includes the [[Wales & Borders franchise]], which is overseen by the Welsh Government with most passenger services operated by [[Transport for Wales Rail]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 February 2017 |title=Transport for Wales – Design of Wales and Borders Rail Service Including Metro |url=https://gov.wales/sites/default/files/consultations/2018-01/170228-tw-consultation-document-en.pdf |access-date=16 July 2020 |publisher=Welsh Government}}</ref> The Cardiff region has its own [[Valley Lines|urban rail network]]. [[Beeching cuts]] in the 1960s mean that most of the remaining network is geared toward east–west travel connecting with the [[Irish Sea]] ports for ferries to Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ferry connections |url=https://tfwrail.wales/ferry-connections |access-date=21 July 2020 |publisher=Transport for Wales}}</ref> Services between north and south Wales operate through the English cities of [[Chester]] and [[Hereford]] and towns of [[Shrewsbury]], [[Gobowen railway station|Gobowen for Oswestry]] and along the [[Welsh Marches Line]], with trains on the [[Heart of Wales Line]] from [[Swansea railway station|Swansea]] to [[Llandovery railway station|Llandovery]], [[Llandrindod Wells railway station|Llandrindod]] and [[Knighton railway station|Knighton]], connecting with the [[Welsh Marches line]] at [[Craven Arms railway station|Craven Arms]]. Trains in Wales are mainly diesel-powered but the [[South Wales Main Line]] branch of the [[Great Western Main Line]] used by services from [[Paddington railway station|London Paddington]] to Cardiff has [[21st-century modernisation of the Great Western main line|undergone electrification]], although the programme experienced significant delays and cost overruns.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barry |first=Sion |date=19 March 2020 |title=Final bill for electrifying the Great Western Mainline from South Wales to London £2bn over original budget |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/final-bill-electrifying-great-western-17948591 |access-date=21 July 2020 |publisher=Business Live}}; {{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/cardiffonline/cardiff-news/2011/01/25/business-leaders-back-electric-railway-demand-91466-28047043/ |title=Business leaders back electric railway demand| publisher=WalesOnline.co.uk. |date= 25 January 2011| access-date=7 June 2012}}; {{cite web|url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/pi/rail-electrification.pdf|publisher=Department for Transport|title=Britain's Transport Infrastructure, Rail Electrification|access-date=7 June 2012|year=2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100408232230/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/rail/pi/rail-electrification.pdf|archive-date=8 April 2010}}{{page needed|date=May 2020}}</ref> Many of the Valley Lines are also undergoing electrification, under the [[South Wales Metro]] project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tfw.wales/projects/metro/south-wales-metro|title=TfW South Wales Metro|access-date=4 May 2025}}</ref> A [[Proposed Wales North-South railway|North-South railway]] has been suggested to better link North and South Wales.<ref>{{cite web |last=Crump |first=Eryl |date=21 March 2020 |title=Campaigners want these two railway lines reopened to link North and South Wales |url=https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/campaigners-want-reopen-two-gwynedd-17948401 |access-date=31 October 2022 |website=North Wales Live }}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web |date=21 July 2022 |title=Plan to outline rail link between the south of Wales and Aberystwyth by 2027 |url=https://nation.cymru/news/north-south-wales-rail-link/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |website=Nation.Cymru }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=18 September 2021 |title=New Welsh Government rail map raises campaigners' hope for a north-south railway |url=https://nation.cymru/news/new-welsh-government-rail-map-raises-campaigners-hope-for-a-north-south-railway/ |access-date=31 October 2022 |website=Nation.Cymru }}</ref>

===Air and ferries===
[[Cardiff Airport]] is the international airport of Wales. Providing links to European, African and Asian destinations,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/egypt-portugal-canary-islands-turkey-spain-and-more-are-among-the-new-destinations-added-by-tui-for-summer-2026-at-cardiff-airport/|title=TUI adds more flights for 2026|access-date=4 May 2025}}</ref> it is about {{convert|12|mi}} southwest of [[Cardiff city centre]], in the Vale of Glamorgan. Intra-Wales flights used to run between Anglesey (Valley) and Cardiff, and were operated since 2017 by [[Eastern Airways]];<ref>{{cite news |last=Harding |first=Nick |date=11 March 2017 |title=Eastern Airways take over Cardiff to Anglesey route |work=UK Aviation News |url=https://ukaviation.news/eastern-airways-take-cardiff-anglesey-route/ |access-date=16 July 2020}}</ref> as of 2022, those flights are no longer available. Other internal flights operate to northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cardiff Airport-Destinations |url=https://www.cardiff-airport.com/destinations/ |access-date=21 July 2020 |publisher=Cardiff Airport – maes awyr caerdydd}}</ref> Wales has four commercial ferry ports. Regular ferry services to Ireland operate from [[Holyhead]], [[Pembroke Dock]] and [[Fishguard]]. The Swansea to [[Cork (city)|Cork]] service was cancelled in 2006, reinstated in March 2010, and withdrawn again in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 March 2010 |title=Revived Swansea-Cork ferry service sets sail |work=[[BBC News]] website |publisher=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/8561187.stm |access-date=19 June 2010}}; {{cite news|title=Swansea-Cork ferry: Fastnet Line to close service with loss of 78 jobs|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-16854680|access-date=15 April 2012 |date=2 February 2012 |publisher=BBC |work=[[BBC News]] website}}</ref>