Fairwater railway station

Fairwater railway station is a railway station serving the Fairwater area of Cardiff, Wales. Passenger services are currently operated by Transport for Wales.

Fairwater
Welsh: Y Tyllgoed
Location
Place	Fairwater
Local authority	Cardiff
Coordinates	51°29′38″N 3°14′02″W
Grid reference	ST144779
Operations
Station code	FRW
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	67,250
2015/16	70,910
2016/17	77,216
2017/18	89,250
2018/19	82,180
History
Key dates	Opened 1987 (1987)
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Fairwater from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The station was opened in 1987 when a passenger service was introduced to the City Line. The line on which it is situated on was originally goods only and was opened by the Taff Vale Railway in 1859 to serve the docks at Penarth.[1]

Services

On Monday to Saturdays, two trains per hour in each direction serve Fairwater. Southbound services run towards Cardiff Central and continue to Coryton; northbound trains run to Radyr. There is no Sunday service.[2] The station is unmanned.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Waun-gron Park		Transport for Wales Cardiff City Line		Danescourt

See also

• List of railway stations in Cardiff
• Rail transport in Cardiff

References

1. "Cardiff City Line". Wales Rail. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
2. GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 130 (Network Rail)

External links

• Train times and station information for Fairwater railway station from National Rail