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Cardiff Central Train Station

Cardiff Central railway station, operated by Arriva Trains Wales, serves the city of Cardiff in South Wales and lies on the South Wales Main Line which is a branch of the Great Western Main Line but diverges from it at Royal Wootton Bassett, near Swindon. The station has a staffed ticket office although passengers should note that it is not open in the late evening. Passengers are able to collect tickets purchased in advance (for example, on the internet) from one of the automatic ticket machines located in the station.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, a First Class Lounge, pay phones, cafe, shops, toilets and baby changing facilities. For passengers travelling into Cardiff the station is ideally located close to the Millennium Stadium which is in the city centre.

The station has seven platforms and between them offer passenger services to destinations including Ebbw Vale Parkway, Nottingham, Birmingham New Street, Derby, Cheltenham Spa, Swansea, London Paddington, Bristol Parkway, Manchester Piccadilly, Bristol Temple Meads and many other destinations in Wales. All services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales, CrossCountry and First Great Western.

Parking is available at the station for 248 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

Swindon Train Station

Located in Wiltshire, Swindon railway station offers passengers services to destinations including London Paddington, Didcot Parkway, Bristol Parkway, Bristol Temple Meads, Cardiff Central, Cheltenham Spa, Gloucester, Swansea and Chippenham.

Swindon railway station is operated by First Great Western and is located where the former Great Western Railway line to Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa, the Great Western Main Line to Bristol Temple Meads and the South Wales Main Line route to Bristol Parkway and South Wales diverge. Passenger services calling at the station are also operated by First Great Western.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, pay phones, public wifi, refreshments, shops, toilets and baby changing facilities. The station has a staffed ticket office although passengers should note that it is not open in the late evening. Passengers are able to collect tickets purchased in advance (for example, on the internet) from one of the automatic ticket machines located in the station. Parking is available at the station for 578 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day. The station is a few hundred yards from the town's bus station and the town centre.