Detailed timetable
05:00 Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Planned service information
- Power type
- Diesel multiple unit
- Timing load / planned train type
- E
- Maximum speed
- 100 mph
- Train class code
- S
- Reservation code
- S
| Location | Platform | Scheduled | Actual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrival | Departure | Arrival | Departure | Delay | ||
| Birmingham New Street | 8B | 05:00 | 05:04 | +4 min | ||
| Soho South Junction | pass | 05:04 | 05:09 | +5 min | ||
| Galton Junction | pass | 05:06 | 05:11 | +5 min | ||
| Smethwick Junction | pass | 05:06½ | 05:12 | +6 min | ||
| Rowley Regis | pass | 05:10 | 05:15 | +5 min | ||
| Stourbridge Junction | 3 | pass | 05:18 | 05:23 | +5 min | |
| Blakedown | pass | 05:21 | 05:26 | +5 min | ||
| Kidderminster | 2 | pass | 05:23½ | 05:29 | +6 min | |
| Hartlebury | pass | 05:27 | 05:32 | +5 min | ||
| Droitwich Spa | pass | 05:33½ | 05:38 | +5 min | ||
| Droitwich Spa Signal 68 | pass | 05:37 | 05:42 | |||
| Worcester Tunnel Junction | pass | 05:40 | 05:44 | +4 min | ||
| Worcester Shrub Hill | 2 | pass | 05:43½ | 05:45 | +2 min | |
| Worcester Wylds Lane Junction | UM | pass | 05:44½ | 05:46½ | ||
| Norton Junction | pass | 05:48 | 05:49 | +1 min | ||
| Abbotswood Junction | pass | 05:49½ | 05:50 | +1 min | ||
| Ashchurch for Tewkesbury | 2 | pass | 05:57½ | 05:58 | +1 min | |
| Cheltenham Spa | 1 | 06:06 | 06:08 | 06:04 | 06:07 | -1 min |
| Barnwood Junction | pass | 06:14 | 06:13 | -1 min | ||
| Horton Road Junction | pass | 06:15 | 06:15 | On time | ||
| Gloucester | 2 | 06:16 | 06:20 | 06:16 | 06:19 | -1 min |
| Awre | pass | 06:32½ | 06:32 | On time | ||
| Lydney | 06:38 | 06:39 | 06:38 | 06:39 | On time | |
| Chepstow | 06:47 | 06:48 | 06:47 | 06:48 | On time | |
| Caldicot | 06:56 | 06:56 | 06:56 | 06:56 | On time | |
| Severn Tunnel Junction | 1 | 06:58 | 06:59 | 06:58 | 06:59 | On time |
| Llanwern West Junction | pass | 07:05½ | 07:05 | On time | ||
| Maindee East Junction | pass | 07:07½ | 07:07½ | |||
| Maindee West Junction | pass | 07:08 | 07:08 | On time | ||
| Newport (S Wales) | 2 | 07:09 | 07:12 | 07:09 | 07:12 | On time |
| Gaer Junction | pass | 07:14 | 07:14 | |||
| Ebbw Junction | pass | 07:15 | 07:15 | On time | ||
| Marshfield | pass | 07:18½ | 07:19 | +1 min | ||
| Moorland Road Junction | pass | 07:22 | 07:23 | |||
| Long Dyke Junction | pass | 07:22½ | 07:24 | +2 min | ||
| Cardiff Central | 4 | 07:25 | 07:27 | +2 min | ||
Bold times are confirmed TRUST movement reports. Italic times are predictions based on the latest confirmed delay.