Whitchurch railway station (Wales)

Whitchurch railway station is a railway station serving Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales. It is located on the Coryton Line 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north of Cardiff Central and is situated beneath the A470 road.

See also: Rail transport in Cardiff

Whitchurch (Cardiff)
Welsh: Yr Eglwys Newydd
View east, towards Cardiff
Location
PlaceWhitchurch, Cardiff
Local authorityCardiff
Coordinates51.5208°N 3.2222°W / 51.5208; -3.2222
Grid referenceST153809
Operations
Station codeWHT
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 16,202
2015/16 20,340
2016/17 23,102
2017/18 25,406
2018/19 33,700
History
Original companyCardiff Railway
Pre-groupingCardiff Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
1 March 1911Opened as Whitchurch
1 July 1924Renamed Whitchurch (Glam)
5 May 1975Renamed Whitchurch (South Glam)
?Renamed Whitchurch (Cardiff)
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whitchurch (Cardiff) 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.

History

It was opened by the Cardiff Railway in 1911. Until the 1960s Whitchurch station had 2 platforms (up and down lines) plus a goods platform, a goods shed and yard, booking office, footbridge, and a staff of at least 2 including George the porter. There was also a signal box at the eastern end of the platform [1]

Service

Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service to southbound Cardiff Central and onwards to Radyr on the City Line and to Coryton northbound. Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction but there is no Sunday service.[2]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Rhiwbina   Transport for Wales
Coryton - Cardiff Queen Street - Radyr
   Coryton
  • Station entrance from A470, 2013
  • Steps to station from A470, 2013
  • The station looking towards Coryton, 2013
  • The station looking towards Cardiff, 2013
  • Looking down the line to Coryton from the station, 2013
  • The station from the A470 roadbridge, 2013

See also

References
  1. Whitchurch Station
  2. Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2016


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