What is Arriva Trains Wales?
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox rail company |name = Arriva Trains Wales |image = Hugh llewelyn 175 003 (6453646265).jpg |caption = [[British Rail Class 175|Class 175 ''Coradia 1000'']] at Cardiff Central in 2009 |franchise = [[Wales & Borders franchise|Wales & Borders]]<br />7 December 2003 –<br />13 October 2018 |logo_filename = Arriva Trains Wales logo.svg |logo_size = 275px |regions = Wales |abbr = AW |secregions = [[North West England|North West]]<br />[[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]]<br />[[South West England|South West]] |fleet=125 units<br />3 locomotive hauled sets |stationsop=247<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/OurCompany/ |title = Our Company |publisher = Arriva Trains Wales |access-date = 28 April 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170202150351/https://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/OurCompany/ |archive-date = 2 February 2017 |url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}</ref> |parent_company = [[Arriva UK Trains]] |website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20181013031113/https://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/ www.arrivatrains.co.uk] |predecessor = [[Wales and Borders]] |successor = [[KeolisAmey Wales]]}} '''Arriva Trains Wales''' ({{lang-cy|'''Trenau Arriva Cymru'''}}) was a [[List of companies operating trains in the United Kingdom|train operating company]], owned by [[Arriva]], that operated passenger services in [[Wales]] and the [[Welsh Marches]]. Its busiest stations were {{Stnlnk|Cardiff Central}}, {{Stnlnk|Cardiff Queen Street}} and {{Stnlnk|Newport}}. Other stations on their main line included: {{Stnlnk|Shrewsbury}}, {{Stnlnk|Crewe}}, {{Stnlnk|Chester}} and {{Stnlnk|Wrexham General}}. == Description == The company operates the Wales and Border [[Rail franchising in Great Britain|railway franchise]] from the [[Wales and Borders|company of the same name]] in December 2003. They have made direct services between [[North Wales|North]] and [[South Wales]], and the reintroduction of