Route | South Wales Main Line (SWML) |
Section | Gloucester Yard Jn to Johnston |
Maps | SWM2 Interactive • Local: Gloucester , ELR change SAW-SSS , Chepstow , Severn Tunnel , Newport , Newport (West) , Cardiff (East) , Heath , Cardiff , Pontyclun , Bridgend , ELR change OVE-POR , Margham , Port Talbot , Briton Ferry , Neath , Llansamlet , Swansea , Llanelli , Kidwelly , Carmarthen , Whitland , Clarbeston Road , Milford Haven |
Details | Track Curvature • Elevation Profile |
Extent | 113M 0078y to 280M 1549y • 167.836 miles • 270.106 km |
Measured | 270.052 km (-54m, relative to reported extent) ℹ️ |
Grouping | SWM1 , SWM2 |
Neighbours | BAG2 , BAL , BAN1 , BAN2 , BGL1 , BRY , BSW , BUT , CAM , CAN , CCC , CCD , CEJ , CHL , CLL , CNW , CRL , CWT , ELY , EUB , EUJ , GAE , GNY2 , HNL1 , KID1 , KID2 , LLA , LLY , MAI , MCS , MIL , MLS , MRJ , NAB , NLL , NLP , NWL , NWN , OVE , PEM , RAD , ROA , ROC , SAW , SBK1 , SBK2 , SDI1 , SDI2 , SWA , SWL , VOG , VON , WYE |
NR Region | 🟧 Wales & Western |
LOR | 🟠 GW700 Gloucester Barnwood Jn to Severn Tunnel Jn 🟠 GW900 Pilning to Fishguard Harbour 🟠 GW960 Clarbeston Road to Milford Haven |
TRACKmaps | 🟠 Western & Wales |
Urban Areas | Gloucester, Newport, Cardiff, Swansea, Llanelli, Carmarthen |
Administrative Areas and Nearest Places
From To Country Administrative Area 113 143 England Gloucestershire 143 151 ●● Wales Monmouthshire 151 ●● 164 ● Wales Newport 164 ● 174 ●● Wales Cardiff 174 ●● 179 ● Wales Vale of Glamorgan 179 ● 185 Wales Rhondda, Cynon, Taff 185 196 ●●● Wales Bridgend 196 ●●● 210 ●● Wales Neath Port Talbot 210 ●● 221 ●●● Wales Swansea 221 ●●● 264 ●● Wales Carmarthenshire 264 ●● 280 ●●● Wales Pembrokeshire From To Nearest Place District / County Proximity 113 114 Barton Gloucestershire - Gloucester Near → Distant 114 114 ● Gloucester Gloucestershire - Gloucester Distant 114 ● 114 ● Kingsholm Gloucestershire - Gloucester Distant 114 ● 114 ●● Gloucester Gloucestershire - Gloucester Distant 114 ●● 114 ●●● The Island Gloucestershire - Gloucester Near → Distant 114 ●●● 115 ● Pool Meadow Gloucestershire - Gloucester Near 115 ● 116 ●● Over Gloucestershire - Tewkesbury Near → Remote 116 ●● 117 ● Highnam Gloucestershire - Tewkesbury Remote 117 ● 118 ●●● Minsterworth Gloucestershire - Tewkesbury Distant → Remote 118 ●●● 119 ●●● Oakle Street Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Near → Remote 119 ●●● 120 ●● Lower Ley Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Remote 120 ●● 121 Upper Ley Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Remote 121 122 ● Northwood Green Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Near → Remote 122 ● 123 ● Westbury-on-Severn Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Near → Remote 123 ● 124 ●● Broadoak Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Adjacent → Remote 124 ●● 125 ●●● Newnham Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Near → Remote 125 ●●● 127 Bullo Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Near → Remote 127 128 ● Awre Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Remote 128 ● 130 Gatcombe Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Adjacent → Remote 130 130 Etloe Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Near → Distant 130 131 ●● Purton Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Adjacent → Remote 131 ●● 132 ●●● Naas Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Near → Remote 132 ●●● 133 ●● Tutnalls Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Distant → Remote 133 ●● 134 ●●● Aylburton Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Remote 134 ●●● 135 ● Alvington Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Remote 135 ● 137 Plusterrwine Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Distant → Remote 137 137 High Woolaston Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Remote 137 138 ● Stroat Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Distant → Remote 138 ● 139 Wibdon Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Distant → Remote 139 139 ●●● Tidenham Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Remote 139 ●●● 140 ●● Old Bishton Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Distant → Remote 140 ●● 141 Tutshill Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Distant 141 141 ● Chepstow Monmouthshire Near → Distant 141 ● 141 ●●● Hardwick Monmouthshire Near → Distant 141 ●●● 142 ●● Bulwark Monmouthshire Near → Remote 142 ●● 143 ● Beachley Gloucestershire - Forest of Dean Remote 143 ● 143 ●●● Bulwark Monmouthshire Remote 143 ●●● 144 ●● Mathern Monmouthshire Remote 144 ●● 146 Black Rock Monmouthshire Adjacent → Remote 146 147 Portskewett Monmouthshire Near → Remote 147 148 Caldicot Monmouthshire Distant → Remote 148 149 Rogiet Monmouthshire Near → Remote 149 149 ●●● Llanfihangel near Rogiet Monmouthshire Near → Remote 149 ●●● 150 ●●● Undy Monmouthshire Adjacent → Remote 150 ●●● 150 ●●● Whitewall Common Monmouthshire Near 150 ●●● 151 ●● Magor Monmouthshire Near → Distant 151 ●● 152 ●● Llandevenny Monmouthshire Adjacent → Remote 152 ●● 154 Bishton Newport Near → Remote 154 155 ●● Llanwern Newport Distant → Remote 155 ●● 155 ●● Ringland Newport Remote 155 ●● 155 ●●● Lawrence Hill Newport Remote 155 ●●● 156 ● Alway Newport Distant → Remote 156 ● 156 ●● Liswerry Newport Near → Distant 156 ●● 157 Somerton Newport Near → Distant 157 157 ●● Maindee Newport Near → Distant 157 ●● 158 Barnardtown Newport Near 158 158 East Usk Newport Near 158 158 ● Marshes Newport Near 158 ● 158 ●●● Gold Tops Newport Adjacent → Near 158 ●●● 159 Clytha Park Newport Near 159 159 St Woolos Newport Near 159 159 ●● Stow Park Newport Near → Distant 159 ●● 159 ●● Stelvio Newport Distant 159 ●● 159 ●● Gaer Newport Distant 159 ●● 160 ●● Level of Mendalgief Newport Distant → Remote 160 ●● 160 ●● Maes-glas Newport Remote 160 ●● 161 ●● Duffryn Newport Remote 161 ●● 162 ● Celtic Lakes Newport Remote 162 ● 163 Coedkernew Newport Remote 163 164 ●● Marshfield Newport Distant → Remote 164 ●● 165 Pengam Newport Remote 165 165 ●● St Mellons Cardiff Remote 165 ●● 166 Trowbridge Cardiff Remote 166 166 ● Newton Cardiff Remote 166 ● 167 ●● Pwll-Mawr Cardiff Near → Remote 167 ●● 168 ● Pengam Cardiff Near → Remote 168 ● 168 ●● Tremorfa Cardiff Distant 168 ●● 169 ● Splott Cardiff Adjacent → Distant 169 ● 169 ●●● Adamsdown Cardiff Near → Distant 169 ●●● 170 Cardiff Cardiff Near → Distant 170 170 ●● Central Cardiff Near → Distant 170 ●● 171 ● Riverside Cardiff Adjacent → Distant 171 ● 171 ●●● Canton Cardiff Near → Distant 171 ●●● 172 ●● Victoria Park Cardiff Near → Remote 172 ●● 172 ●●● Llandaff Cardiff Remote 172 ●●● 173 Fairwater Cardiff Distant → Remote 173 173 ●●● Ely Cardiff Distant → Remote 173 ●●● 174 ●●● St Fagans Cardiff Near → Remote 174 ●●● 175 ● Drope Vale of Glamorgan Distant → Remote 175 ● 176 St George’s Vale of Glamorgan Adjacent → Distant 176 177 ●● Peterston-super-Ely Vale of Glamorgan Adjacent → Remote 177 ●● 178 Pendoylan Vale of Glamorgan Remote 178 179 ●● Clawdd-côch Vale of Glamorgan Remote 179 ●● 181 Miskin Rhondda Cynon Taf Near → Remote 181 182 ●● Pontyclun Rhondda Cynon Taf Adjacent → Remote 182 ●● 184 Llanharan Rhondda Cynon Taf Adjacent → Remote 184 184 ● Dolau Rhondda Cynon Taf Near 184 ● 184 ●● Bryncae Rhondda Cynon Taf Near 184 ●● 185 Brynna Rhondda Cynon Taf Near → Distant 185 185 ●●● Brynnau Gwynion Rhondda Cynon Taf Adjacent → Distant 185 ●●● 186 ● Pen-prysg Bridgend Near → Distant 186 ● 187 ●● Pencoed Bridgend Adjacent → Remote 187 ●● 188 ●●● Coychurch Bridgend Near → Remote 188 ●●● 189 Waterton Bridgend Distant 189 189 ●●● Brackla Bridgend Distant → Remote 189 ●●● 190 ●● Tremains Bridgend Adjacent → Remote 190 ●● 191 Bridgend Bridgend Near → Distant 191 191 Newcastle Bridgend Distant 191 191 ●●● Wild Mill Bridgend Near → Distant 191 ●●● 192 ● Pen-y-fai Bridgend Distant 192 ● 193 ●● Court Colman Bridgend Near → Remote 193 ●● 195 Cefn Cribwr Bridgend Remote 195 195 ●● Kenfig Hill Bridgend Remote 195 ●● 196 ●● Pyle Bridgend Near → Remote 196 ●● 197 ● North Cornelly Bridgend Distant → Remote 197 ● 198 Mawdlam Bridgend Remote 198 199 ● Eglwys Nunydd Neath Port Talbot Remote 199 ● 200 Cwrt-y-defaid Neath Port Talbot Remote 200 201 ●● Margam Neath Port Talbot Near → Remote 201 ●● 202 ● Taibach Neath Port Talbot Near → Remote 202 ● 203 ●● Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot Adjacent → Remote 203 ●● 203 ●● Aberavon Neath Port Talbot Remote 203 ●● 204 ● Sandfields Neath Port Talbot Remote 204 ● 205 ● Baglan Neath Port Talbot Near → Remote 205 ● 206 Briton Ferry Neath Port Talbot Near → Remote 206 206 ● Shelone Neath Port Talbot Near → Distant 206 ● 206 ●● Brynhyfryd Neath Port Talbot Near → Distant 206 ●● 206 ●●● Cwrt Sart Neath Port Talbot Near 206 ●●● 207 ● Penrhiwtyn Neath Port Talbot Near 207 ● 207 ●●● Pencaerau Neath Port Talbot Near → Distant 207 ●●● 208 Mount Pleasant Neath Port Talbot Distant 208 208 ●●● Neath Neath Port Talbot Near → Distant 208 ●●● 208 ●●● Rhydding Neath Port Talbot Distant → Remote 208 ●●● 210 Neath Abbey Neath Port Talbot Adjacent → Remote 210 211 Skewen Neath Port Talbot Near → Remote 211 211 ● Lon-las Swansea Distant → Remote 211 ● 211 ●●● Llwynbrwydrau Swansea Adjacent → Distant 211 ●●● 212 Peniel Green Swansea Adjacent → Near 212 212 ●● Tai’r-ysgol Swansea Adjacent → Near 212 ●● 212 ●●● Pwllygrafel Swansea Near 212 ●●● 213 ● Cae-maes-y-bar Swansea Adjacent → Distant 213 ● 213 ●●● Cwm Swansea Near → Distant 213 ●●● 214 Pentre’r-Gaseg Swansea Distant 214 214 ●● Plas-Marl Swansea Near → Distant 214 ●● 215 Landore Swansea Adjacent → Near 215 215 ● Hafod Swansea Near → Distant 215 ● 215 ●● Cae-Bricks Swansea Near → Distant 215 ●● 215 ●●● Cwmbwrla Swansea Adjacent → Near 215 ●●● 216 Mayhill Swansea Near 216 216 ● Cwmdu Swansea Near → Distant 216 ● 216 ●● Gendros Swansea Distant 216 ●● 217 ● Cockett Swansea Adjacent → Distant 217 ● 218 Fforest-fach Swansea Distant → Remote 218 219 Waunarlwydd Swansea Near → Remote 219 220 ● Gowerton Swansea Adjacent → Remote 220 ● 221 ●●● Loughor Swansea Distant → Remote 221 ●●● 223 Bynea Carmarthenshire Distant → Remote 223 223 ●●● Llwynhendy Carmarthenshire Remote 223 ●●● 224 ●● Morfa Carmarthenshire Near → Remote 224 ●● 225 Ty-isaf Carmarthenshire Adjacent → Near 225 225 ●●● Seaside Carmarthenshire Near → Distant 225 ●●● 226 ● Sandy Carmarthenshire Near → Remote 226 ● 227 ●●● Pwll Carmarthenshire Near → Remote 227 ●●● 228 ●●● Dyfatty Carmarthenshire Adjacent → Remote 228 ●●● 229 ● Burry Port Carmarthenshire Adjacent → Distant 229 ● 230 Furnace Carmarthenshire Near → Distant 230 232 Pembrey Carmarthenshire Near → Remote 232 232 ●●● Llandyry Carmarthenshire Remote 232 ●●● 234 ●●● Kidwelly Carmarthenshire Distant → Remote 234 ●●● 235 ●●● Llansaint Carmarthenshire Remote 235 ●●● 237 ●● St Ishmael Carmarthenshire Adjacent → Remote 237 ●● 238 Broadlay Carmarthenshire Distant → Remote 238 239 ●● Ferryside Carmarthenshire Adjacent → Remote 239 ●● 241 ●● Pant Yr Athro Carmarthenshire Remote 241 ●● 242 Llangain Carmarthenshire Remote 242 244 Croesyceiliog Carmarthenshire Distant → Remote 244 245 Pibwrlŵyd Carmarthenshire Adjacent → Remote 245 245 ● Pen-sarn Carmarthenshire Distant 245 ● 246 Johnstown Carmarthenshire Near → Distant 246 248 Llanllwch Carmarthenshire Near → Remote 248 249 Merthyr Carmarthenshire Remote 249 252 Bancyfelin Carmarthenshire Near → Remote 252 253 ●● St Clears Carmarthenshire Remote 253 ●● 255 Pwll-trap Carmarthenshire Remote 255 257 ●● Pont-y-Fenni Carmarthenshire Near → Remote 257 ●● 260 Whitland Carmarthenshire Near → Remote 260 260 ●● Cwmfelin-boeth Carmarthenshire Remote 260 ●● 261 ●● Rhydywrach Carmarthenshire Remote 261 ●● 263 ● Llanfallteg West Carmarthenshire Adjacent → Remote 263 ● 265 ● Clunderwen Pembrokeshire Adjacent → Remote 265 ● 265 ● Bethesda Pembrokeshire Remote 265 ● 267 ●● Gelli Pembrokeshire Near → Remote 267 ●● 268 Bletherston Pembrokeshire Remote 268 269 ●●● Clarbeston Pembrokeshire Remote 269 ●●● 271 ●●● Clarbeston Road Pembrokeshire Adjacent → Remote 271 ●●● 272 Bethlehem Pembrokeshire Remote 272 273 ●● New Bridge Pembrokeshire Adjacent → Remote 273 ●● 273 ●●● Poyston Cross Pembrokeshire Remote 273 ●●● 275 Crundale Pembrokeshire Remote 275 275 ●●● Prendergast Pembrokeshire Distant → Remote 275 ●●● 276 ●●● The Marsh Pembrokeshire Adjacent → Remote 276 ●●● 278 Merlin’s Bridge Pembrokeshire Near → Remote 278 278 ●●● Skerryford Pembrokeshire Remote 278 ●●● 279 ● Dreenhill Pembrokeshire Remote 279 ● 280 ● Pope Hill Pembrokeshire Remote 280 ● 280 ●●● Johnston Pembrokeshire Adjacent → Remote