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Railway station in Cardiff, Wales
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
.
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
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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]
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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
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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:
See also
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References
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External links
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Media related to
Grangetown (Cardiff) railway station
at Wikimedia Commons
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