The scenic West Wales Lines from Swansea to Fishguard! (TRIP REPORT)

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Hello! In this video, I am at Swansea and travelling to Fishguard Harbour on-board Transport for Wales' Class 153 "Super Sprinter" railcar! It's a magnificent journey along the coast, it's not something to miss if you are in South Wales.
A few side notes concerning this video: I didn't actually film this with the device I expected to film with, that's why the video and sound quality may not be the best at times. Also, I didn't review the toilets, but I did use them and they worked perfectly fine and were clean. Finally, all Transport for Wales trains are equipped with wifi which works fine!
Please like the video if you enjoyed and take time to comment - I read all the comments and use them to improve!
Enjoy! :D
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Date of travel: April 2021
Company: Transport for Wales Rail
Start: Swansea
End: Fishguard Harbour
Journey time: 1hr 31mn
Class of travel: Standard Class
Coach: N/A
Seat: N/A
Price: £49.99 (58,13 € / $ 69.38) (Explore Wales Pass)

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27 июл 2024

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@chemistmanuk 3 года назад

I used to travel direct from Paddington through Fishguard to Ireland in the middle 1950's onwards before RoRo ferries operated the crossing. I remember that every car has to be put into a cradle and lifted by crane into the hold of the ships (St. David and St. Andrew if I remember). Always caught the evening train from Paddington so never saw Fishguard during the daytime - I didn't know that the port was literally cut out of the cliff face. Similarly in Rosslare - you could cross the platform from boat to train. Not as easy nowdays.

@westy6214 3 года назад

Fantastic second video! The scenery truly is great, a route I should try out in the near future.

@trainlagged 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed! I highly recommend, the route is beautiful!

@jacobporrett 3 года назад

Excellent video Ben. The scenery is beautiful.

@trainlagged 3 года назад

Agreed! I highly recommend. Glad you enjoyed!

@SionsTrainVideos 3 года назад

Did you see me in 7.41 of the video

@thomasdack5535 Год назад

Swansea to carmarthen on a 175 is an excellent experience

@trainlagged Год назад

Absolutely, one of the UK's best trains.

@robertbenest1458 3 года назад

great video always use this line when i go from Winchester to Wexford.... One of my favourite journeys

@trainlagged 3 года назад

I can see why, it's absolutely stunning

@Taek2017 3 года назад

Great channel I love train ones and this One has a great future

@trainlagged 3 года назад

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed :)

@idatipping2428 3 года назад

Awesome views👏👏, who cares about the noise... Thank you so much for taking me on this journey

@trainlagged 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed!☺️

@pamfulcher6037 3 года назад

Just subscribed and have to say I really enjoyed it , the scenery was super and your words were very informative . Thanks mate from this ex Brit now living in Canada 🇨🇦

@trainlagged 3 года назад

Awesome, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed!

@Pulsarnix 3 года назад

Always good to see a 153, I used to get them quite a lot on my local line, but EMR only have 6 of them now

@trainlagged 3 года назад

They won't have them for much longer now I assume

@aidenbrewster4209 3 года назад

Ash that train is so cute and smol but powerful and beautiful

@trainlagged 3 года назад

Looks good in my opinion! The refurbishment is great and makes it look way younger than it is.😀

@NonstopEurotrip 3 года назад

A another good video on your up and coming channel mate! May I suggest a bit more about the train and it's 'features' 😁🇨🇭

@trainlagged 3 года назад

Thanks for the feedback mate 👌 and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

@jamiejones4419 3 года назад

Very good video mate. Haven’t tried the line myself but I’m looking to explore in the near future as I am a regular rail user myself.

@trainlagged 3 года назад

It's well worth it!

@jamiejones4419 3 года назад

@@trainlagged well you’ve persuaded me now to give it a go😂 Thanks mate. And again I’ll say that the video I watched was brill. Some very good scenery too.

@SionsTrainVideos 3 года назад

it is a lovely line i was on it few weeks ago, lol i see me filming your train at 7.41, i subscribed,

@trainlagged 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed my friend!

@SionsTrainVideos 3 года назад

@@trainlagged did you see me? Thanks if you subscribe

@trainlagged 3 года назад

@@SionsTrainVideos yes I saw you filming at 7:41! :)

@SionsTrainVideos 3 года назад

@@trainlagged ah cool I found that funny seeing myself

@justrains4657 3 года назад

Nice video. About the fact that the 153s are not the quietest, I've seen EMUs that sound really noisy. the 317 is quite noisy. Hope to see more content soon!

@trainlagged 3 года назад

Older units are generally louder. Compared to modern EMUs, 317s are quite loud! Stay tuned :)

@justrains4657 3 года назад

@@trainlagged Ah ok👍🏻

@simonc7947 3 года назад

Good video, Benjamin. It certainly looks like that lines worth travelling on sometime. The token at 14:18 is a safety mechanism for single lines. All single track railways use them, regardless of how quiet or busy they are.

@trainlagged 3 года назад

Ah, I didn't know that! Thanks for the info👍

@Rhydgaled 3 года назад

Err... Lots of single track railways uses them (the line to Pembroke Dock uses them for example, as does the Heart Of Wales), but I'm fairly sure the Milford Haven line doesn't (it will have some other safetey system, Track Circuit Block I think but could be wrong).

@markellis6413 3 года назад

Good video. Nice to see the trains connect with the ferry times again. Stena changed their ferry times a few years ago that prevented this for a while. Suggestion was that they were focusing more on freight than foot passengers..

@trainlagged 3 года назад

Oh, alright, I thought that had always been the case. Anyhow, it is the case now with the times very well aligned. I assume they're also aligned the other way around too, so that passengers who disembark have enough time to board the train.

@markellis6413 3 года назад

@@trainlagged Rosslare Europort on the other side used to have direct trains to Waterford, Limerick, Cork & Dublin. Only the Dublin line is left. The station is also no longer in the port downgraded to a single platform just outside, unfortunately...

@Rhydgaled 3 года назад

@@trainlagged They have been aligned with the ferries for many, many years. In May 2017 the ferry times were changed yes but the train times were quickly adjusted to match. One odd result though was that the train in the middle of the night (about 1am) stayed in the timetable until COVID hit even though the ferry it used to connect with had been moved to a slightly more sociable hour.

@OwainsTrains 3 года назад

The Fishguard line used to have 3 more intermediate stations: Wolfs Castle Holt, Letterston Junction and Mathry Road but were closed and demolished thanks to Beaching. Fishguard and Goodwick used to have a 2nd platform, signal box, engine shed and small goods yard which closed in the 60s, the location of it is now where the industrial estate is. Fishguard Harbour used to have 5 platforms, more ferry services and a goods area accessible via the breakwater, not sure when the platforms got closed and demolished although the goods work continued until privatisation of Sealink, when the port was taken over by Stena, the goods traffic ceased and the number of routes was cut down to one. Hope you learned something about the communities much loved little line

@trainlagged 3 года назад

How sad to see what this line has become today... Thanks for the info!

@OwainsTrains 3 года назад

@@trainlagged no problem

@AndrewG1989 3 года назад

Perhaps Transport for Wales should retain the Class 175 Alstom Coradia DMUs to be used on the West Wales Line as its to be replaced by the Class 197 CAF Civity.

@trainlagged 3 года назад

Currently, they are used on the WWL on Milford Haven services. The Fishguard service is a bit of a wildcard for TfW since any train from their fleet can operate the service.

@AndrewG1989 3 года назад

@@trainlagged True.