Editing Wales and Borders (section)

==Services==
Wales and Borders operated passenger services in Wales and the West Country as seen in their route map, retaining the [[Alphaline]] branding on longer services.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesandborderstrains.co.uk/uploads/documents/106.pdf|title=Wales and Borders Trains |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030614202259/http://www.walesandborderstrains.co.uk/uploads/documents/106.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 June 2003|date=14 June 2003}}</ref> It also operated services to [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool Lime Street]], [[Manchester Piccadilly station|Manchester Piccadilly]], [[Birmingham International railway station|Birmingham International]], [[Penzance railway station|Penzance]] and [[London Waterloo railway station|London Waterloo]].

On 14 October 2001, the services from [[Birmingham New Street railway station|Birmingham New Street]] to [[Chester railway station|Chester]], [[Cambrian Line|Aberystwyth, and Pwllheli]] operated by [[Central Trains]] were transferred.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011021194557/http://www.walesandborderstrains.co.uk/ Wales & Borders Trains – more than just a new name for Wales & West in Wales] Wales & Borders introduction</ref>

On 28 September 2003, the services from Birmingham New Street, [[Crewe railway station|Crewe]] and Manchester Piccadilly to [[Llandudno railway station|Llandudno]] and [[Holyhead railway station|Holyhead]] as well as those between [[Borderlands Line|Bidston and Wrexham Central]] and [[Conwy Valley Line|Llandudno and Blaenau Ffestiniog]] operated by [[First North Western]] were also transferred.<ref>[https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmwelaf/458/45807.htm The Wales and Borders Franchise] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806181949/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmwelaf/458/45807.htm |date=6 August 2017 }} House of Commons Select Committee on Welsh Affairs Third Report 17 March 2004</ref>