Birchgrove railway station

Birchgrove
Welsh: Llwynbedw
Location
Place	Birchgrove
Local authority	Cardiff
Coordinates	51°31′17″N 3°12′10″W / 51.5213°N 3.2027°W / 51.5213; -3.2027Coordinates: 51°31′17″N 3°12′10″W / 51.5213°N 3.2027°W / 51.5213; -3.2027
Grid reference	ST166809
Operations
Station code	BCG
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13	19,214
2013/14	33,974
2014/15	45,586
2015/16	51,688
2016/17	56,326
History
Original company	Great Western Railway
10 June 1929	Opened as Birchgrove Halt[1]
5 May 1969	Renamed 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.
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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.

Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains 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]

See also

• List of railway stations in Cardiff

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ty Glas		Arriva Trains Wales Coryton - Cardiff Queen Street - Radyr		Rhiwbina

References

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.