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The train is en-route from Daventry to the Wentloog freight terminal http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/370674 on the outskirts of Cardiff. It is operated by Stobart Rail and Direct Rail Services. The land on the far side of the track is being prepared for a housing development. This area was once a mass of railway sidings. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1135819 for an earlier view of this site.

Viewed from the edge of a new railway bridge. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3736275 To the right of the bank, fence and vegetation, a railway spur from the edge of Mendalgief Road heads SW towards the South Wales main line at Alexandra Dock Junction.

This area is used for the recycling of railway ballast. The main South Wales railway line is in the foreground.

Ex-Great Western Hall class locomotive 4965 Rood Ashton Hall hauls the Red Dragon excursion return leg from Cardiff to Tyseley, Birmingham. See Image for the outward journey.

For those who are not railway employees, or without a pass, many railway views can only be taken from trains, or from far away, as here. This is a view from Cardiff Road across the trackbed of a disused industrial railway line towards the South Wales main line adjacent to Alexandra Dock Junction. Old maps show this area full of railway lines and sidings, most now gone.

The electrification of the South Wales Mainline from London to Cardiff has been delayed and is now scheduled to be completed sometime in 2019. Gantries for the overhead cables have been erected but the cabling has yet to be completed. The houses in the background are part of a recent development on what was once railway sidings. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1135819 for a photo of this location in 2008 and https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3032227 for a photo in 2012.

A London bound First Great Western train approaches the site of the old railway bridge that was removed over Christmas 2014. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4293432 for a picture taken at the start of the work.

This was once the junction of Cae Brynton Road with Cardiff Road. It was closed off over 40 years ago, but it is only in the past few years that this has been recognised by some automated route generation systems. The land in the distance is Monmouthshire Bank Sidings, railway land that is now earmarked for residential development.

The final stretch of the electrification of the South Wales Mainline from London to Cardiff is now expected to be completed sometime in 2019. A 700-strong team will be working on the railway between the Severn Tunnel and Cardiff at night and over the Easter weekend 2019. These road-rail vehicles, which are used in installing the overheard line equipment, are parked here when trains are running.

A side view of the bridge as the reconstruction works commence. The bridge consists of two distinct parts that were constructed about 60 years apart. The reason for this is given in the description for a picture of the portals of the tunnels that pass under the hills in the background http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1441421 .