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Train services resume as Severn Tunnel is reopened after six weeks of disruption

Normal service have resumed after the Severn Tunnel was closed for six weeks for Network Rail electrification works.

The closure of the 130-year-old tunnel has allowed engineers to install over eight miles of electrical equipment to power a new fleet of electric trains.

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Y Cymro train unveiled to mark the end of the Severn Tunnel closure

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Great Western Railway unveiled this newly-named train to celebrate the reopening of the Severn Tunnel after six weeks of work.

The 0728 service from Swansea will be named Y Cymro – The Welshman, along with three other named week day services between London Paddington and South Wales: The Red Dragon; St David and The Capitals United.

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