Grangetown railway station

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Coordinates: 51°28′03″N 3°11′23″W / 51.4675, -3.1897

Grangetown
Location
Place	Grangetown
Local authority	Cardiff
Operations
Station code	GTN
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.601 million
2005/06 *	0.326 million
History
1882 1904	Opened Rebuilt
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Grangetown from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Grangetown railway station is a railway station serving the Grangetown district of Cardiff in South 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 Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.

This station was first opened by the Taff Vale Railway in 1882 and rebuilt with an island platform in 1904^[1].

[edit] Services

There is a very frequent daily service northbound to Cardiff Central and Cardiff Queen Street. With most services going onwards usually to Bargoed, Treherbert, Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil.

Southbound there are regular services Monday to Saturday to Penarth, Barry Island and Bridgend. Sundays half-hourly to Barry Island and two-hourly to Penarth and Bridgend respectively.

[edit] References

1. ^ Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 3. Silver Link.  ISBN 978-1-85794-251-4

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Grangetown railway station from National Rail

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