Private company

KeolisAmey Wales

Logo: Smörgåsbord Studio (Cardiff), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Welsh train operator (2018–2021)

Keolis Amey Operations (Welsh: Gweithrediadau Keolis Amey), trading as Transport for Wales Rail Services (TfW Rail Services) was a Welsh train operating company owned by KeolisAmey that operated the Wales & Borders franchise between October 2018 and February 2021. The Welsh Government body Transport for Wales awarded the contract for the Wales and Borders franchise to KeolisAmey in 2018 which commenced rail operations on 14 October 2018.2 It is part of Amey Ltd.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

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Hereford - Keolis Amey 175003 Carmarthen service
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Keolis Amey Operations (Welsh: Gweithrediadau Keolis Amey), trading as Transport for Wales Rail Services (TfW Rail Services) was a Welsh train operating company owned by KeolisAmey that operated the Wales & Borders franchise between October 2018 and February 2021. The Welsh Government body Transport for Wales awarded the contract for the Wales and Borders franchise to KeolisAmey in 2018 which commenced rail operations on 14 October 2018.2

Corporate structure

KeolisAmey Wales is part of a group headed by Amey Ltd. 5 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Amey Ltd London, United Kingdom
    • KeolisAmey Wales
    • Keolis Amey Docklands Stake · 30% · Poplar DLR depot, United Kingdom
    • AMEY LG LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
    • KeolisAmey Metrolink Stake · 40% · United Kingdom

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Arriva Trains Wales1
  2. Succeeded by Transport for Wales Rail1

Timeline

  1. 2018Founded Founded1

Sources

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