Whitchurch railway station, Cardiff

Whitchurch
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	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	6,166
2005/06	4,452
2006/07	5,886
2007/08	5,910
2008/09	5,298
2009/10	6,426
2010/11	5,170
2011/12	6,850
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
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Whitchurch from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

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.

Gallery [edit]

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  Station entrance from A4070, 2013

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  Steps to station from A4070, 2013

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  The station looking towards Coryton, 2013

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  The station looking towards Cardiff, 2013

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  Looking down the line to Coryton from the station, 2013

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  The station from the A4070 roadbridge, 2013

See also [edit]

• List of railway stations in Cardiff

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Train times and station information for Whitchurch railway station, Cardiff from National Rail

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

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