Birchgrove railway station

Birchgrove railway station is a railway station serving Birchgrove, Cardiff, Wales. It is located on the Coryton Line 3.75 miles (6.04 km) north of Cardiff Central, with the station situated beneath the A469.

See also: Rail transport in Cardiff

Birchgrove
Welsh: Llwynbedw
Location
PlaceBirchgrove
Local authorityCardiff
Coordinates51.5213°N 3.2027°W / 51.5213; -3.2027
Grid referenceST166809
Operations
Station codeBCG
Managed byTransport for Wales
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 45,586
2015/16 51,688
2016/17 56,326
2017/18 54,570
2018/19 55,822
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
10 June 1929Opened as Birchgrove Halt[1]
5 May 1969Renamed Birchgrove[1]
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Birchgrove from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.

It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1929.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service to Cardiff Central southbound (and onwards to Radyr via the City Line) and to Coryton northbound. In the evenings the frequency drops to hourly, whilst there is no Sunday service.[2]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Ty Glas   Transport for Wales
Coryton - Cardiff Queen Street - Radyr
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See also

References
  1. Butt 1995, p. 34.
  2. Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
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