Wales and UK train timetables
Check our train timetables before you travel to avoid any surprises.
We’ll sometimes need to introduce new or temporary timetables when essential works are planned, or if any problems occur on the network. Please check before you travel for any changes to train times and connections with other train operators’ services.
You can stay up to date using our rail app, which provides live train times and keeps you informed for your latest journey.
Timetable change from Sunday 17 May 2026
From Sunday 17 May, our timetables will be changing. Please check your journey for changes to times, platform or any connections into services operating by other train companies.
Here’s a summary of the most significant changes
North Wales coast and borders
- Trains from Manchester Airport to Llandudno will now serve Holyhead instead, improving links to Northwest England and enhancing ferry connections to Ireland from Manchester.
- The separate Wrexham - Chester and Chester - Crewe hourly services are being combined into one through service.
- The Liverpool - Chester service will be extended to Llandudno, offering new direct travel opportunities.
- The Birmingham - North Wales service (including from Birmingham International Airport) - currently every two hours - will operate to and from Llandudno Junction, not Holyhead.
- A new service pattern will improve commuting options to Holyhead and Bangor, supporting local employment and economic growth.
- Valley station will become a compulsory call on all relevant services, helping to give customers greater confidence in travelling from this stop.
West Wales
There'll also be extra trains on busy, holiday routes such as between Carmarthen and Tenby until September, and extra trains on Sundays in August and September.
Customers are strongly advised to check their journey before travelling, as calling patterns are also changing and trains may stop at different stations than before.
For full details and to plan your journey, please check before you travel by visiting tfw.wales and enter journey details for a date from 17 May.
Timetable booklets 2025/2026
If you would like to create a specific downloadable timetable for your journey please use the tool on National Rail Enquiries.
May 2026
Holyhead - Llandudno - Chester - Manchester
December 2025
Swansea - Shrewsbury | Heart of Wales line
Cardiff - Manchester / Chester / Llandudno Junction / Holyhead
Cardiff Central - Cheltenham Spa
West Wales - Swansea and Cardiff
Holyhead - Llandudno - Chester - Manchester
Llandudno - Blaenau Ffestiniog
Rhymney Valley - Caerphilly - Cardiff Central
Treherbert / Aberdare / Merthyr Tydfil - Cardiff Central
Cardiff to Penarth, Barry Island and the Vale of Glamorgan
Metro timetable changes
Timetables can also change due to metro transformation works across our network. Please visit our metro transformation work page for more information.
Refunds for timetable changes
If you’ve already purchased tickets for services affected by changes you’ll be able to use your tickets on alternative TfW rail services. Alternatively, you’ll be able to request a refund by visiting our refunds page.
Stay completely up to date with train time changes, alterations and cancellations using our journey planner.
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