Editing Wales (section)

===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>