Whitchurch railway station (Wales)

Whitchurch (Cardiff) National Rail
Welsh: Yr Eglwys Newydd
View west, towards Coryton
Location
Place Whitchurch, Cardiff
Local authority Cardiff
Coordinates 51°31′15″N 3°13′20″W / 51.5208°N 3.2222°W / 51.5208; -3.2222Coordinates: 51°31′15″N 3°13′20″W / 51.5208°N 3.2222°W / 51.5208; -3.2222
Grid reference ST153809
Operations
Station code WHT
Managed by Transport for 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 Increase 8,118
2013/14 Increase 11,374
2014/15 Increase 16,202
2015/16 Increase 20,340
2016/17 Increase 23,102
History
Original company Cardiff Railway
Pre-grouping Cardiff Railway
Post-grouping Great Western Railway
1 March 1911 Opened as Whitchurch
1 July 1924 Renamed Whitchurch (Glam)
5 May 1975 Renamed 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.
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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.

Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.

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]

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]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Whitchurch Station
  2. ↑ Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2016
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Rhiwbina   Transport for Wales Rail
Coryton - Cardiff Queen Street - Radyr
   Coryton


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