Editing Wales & West (section)

==Demise==
In 2000 the [[Strategic Rail Authority]] announced its intention that a single all-Wales franchise should take over the majority of rail services in Wales.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/798989.stm |title=BBC News &#124; WALES &#124; Plan for single Welsh rail franchise |access-date=26 January 2016 |archive-date=31 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831002740/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/798989.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Accordingly, the Wales and West brand was withdrawn in October 2001 and services were redistributed between franchises and rebranded as follows:
* The [[Valley Lines (train operating company)|Valley Lines]] franchisee, Cardiff Railway Company Ltd, took on responsibility for most of Wales & West's services in Wales and changed its principal trading name to [[Wales and Borders|Wales and Borders Trains]].
* Other services primarily focused on south west England remained with Wales and West Passenger Trains Ltd. which changed its trading name to [[Wessex Trains]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.walesandwest.co.uk/ |title=Wales & West - Welcome to our site |access-date=26 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314050333/http://www.walesandwest.co.uk/ |archive-date=14 March 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>