Grangetown railway station

Grangetown railway station is a railway station serving the Grangetown district of Cardiff, Wales. It is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line 1 mile (1.5 km) south west of Cardiff Central towards Bridgend via Barry, Penarth and Barry Island.

For the former station near Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, see Grangetown railway station (England).

Grangetown
Location
PlaceGrangetown
Local authorityCardiff
Coordinates51°28′03″N 3°11′23″W
Grid referenceST174749
Operations
Station codeGTN
Managed byTransport for Wales
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.183 million
2015/16 0.196 million
2016/17 0.207 million
2017/18 0.197 million
2018/19 0.207 million
– Interchange  6,428
History
29 May 1882Opened
1904Rebuilt
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Grangetown from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Passenger services are operated by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network. The station is reached by steps, so access is not suitable for wheelchair users and would be difficult for people with prams/pushchairs.

History
Grangetown railway station
Platforms 1 and 2 (2008)
Wall art from the street level up to the platforms (2009)

This station was first opened by the Taff Vale Railway in 1882 and rebuilt with an island platform in 1904,[1] though the railway serving it (what is now the City Line) was originally opened in 1859[2] to serve the nearby Penarth harbour and dock (even though the dock itself was not commissioned until 1865). The extension onwards to Cogan & Penarth was completed in 1878 and the Barry Railway route to Barry a decade later.

The original 1859 freight-only docks branch (latterly known as the Ferry Road branch) left the later route towards Cogan Junction at the station - latterly accessed by means of a ground frame and connected to the 'down' line towards Barry, it remained in regular use until the mid 1980s to serve several oil depots and a scrapyard but has since been closed & lifted.

Services

Grangetown has a very frequent service. The service pattern is as follows:[3]

Mondays to Saturdays:

The frequency drops somewhat in the evening, with hourly services to Merthyr, Aberdare and Rhymney and some services on the Bargoed line terminating at either Ystrad Mynach or Caerphilly. A few services also run to Treherbert.

On Sundays, the service pattern decreases to:

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Cardiff Central   Transport for Wales
Rhymney Line
   Dingle Road
  Transport for Wales
Vale Line
   Cogan
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See also

References
  1. Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 3. Silver Link. ISBN 978-1-85794-251-4.
  2. "The Taff Vale Railway by D.S.M Barrie" www.trackbed.com; Retrieved 2013-09-13
  3. Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2017

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