Arriving into platform 1 of Newport station in south Wales is an Arriva Trains Wales shuttle service between here and Cardiff Central. One of two services operating to cover extra demand due to Rugby Union's <i>Heineken Cup</i> final between Munster and Biarritz at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, this train consists of three coaches in unbranded Virgin Trains red and black livery, and two in Arriva Trains Wales turquoise livery. The coaches are top and tailed by Class 47 deisel locomotives 48715 <i>Great Western</i> in British Railways two-tone green livery (seen here at the western end with its pre-TOPS number, D1748, visible beneath the cab window) and 47839 in an unbranded dark blue livery.
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Photo by <a href="mailto:cmckenna@sucs.org?subject=rail-photo at railfaneurope.net">Chris McKenna</a> 20/05/2006.<br>
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