Editing Valleys & Cardiff Local Routes (section)

===Routes===
Generally trains run from one line to another, joining at Cardiff Central eliminating the need for changing trains there. However they may not run for the whole length of the line.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/WorkArea/showcontent.aspx?id=5952|title=Search & Buy Train Tickets with Arriva Trains Wales for travel in Wales and UK}}</ref>

Before the June 2024 train timetable changes, Services had run between:
*Bridgend/Barry Island and Merthyr Tydfil/Aberdare – incorporating the Vale of Glamorgan and Merthyr/Aberdare Lines
*Penarth and Rhymney/Bargoed – incorporating the Vale of Glamorgan and Rhymney Lines
*Radyr and Coryton – incorporating the City and Coryton Lines
*Cardiff Central and Treherbert – incorporating the Rhondda Line only
*Cardiff Queen Street and Cardiff Bay – incorporating the Butetown Branch Line only

After the June 2024 train timetable changes, Services now run between:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=South Wales Metro June 2024 timetable change {{!}} Transport for Wales |url=https://tfw.wales/projects/metro/south-wales-metro/june-2024 |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=tfw.wales |language=en}}</ref>
*Bridgend/Barry Island and Rhymney/Bargoed – incorporating the Vale of Glamorgan and Rhymney Lines
*Penarth and Coryton/Caerphilly – incorporating the Vale of Glamorgan and Rhymney/Coryton Lines
*Cardiff Central and Merthyr Tydfil/Aberdare  – incorporating the City and Merthyr/Aberdare Lines (trains from Aberdare to Cardiff now travel after Radyr via the City Line, and after Cardiff Central then go on to Cardiff Queen St and proceed to Merthyr Tydfil; trains from Merthyr Tydfil continue on to Aberdare after Cardiff Central)<ref name=":0"/>
*Cardiff Central and Treherbert – incorporating the Rhondda Line only
*Cardiff Queen Street/Pontypridd and Cardiff Bay – incorporating the Butetown Branch Line only