Place Coryton Station code COY DfT category F1 Opened 1911 | Grid reference ST146808 Managed by Arriva Trains Wales 2011/12 0.279 million Number of platforms 1 Original company Cardiff Railway | |
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Address Cardiff CF14 7AQ, United Kingdom Similar Rhymney railway station, Danescourt railway station, Radyr railway station, Treherbert railway station, Pontlottyn railway station | ||
Coryton railway station serves Coryton and Pantmawr in Cardiff, Wales. It is the terminus of the Coryton Line 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Cardiff Central via Cardiff Queen Street.
Contents
Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.
History & Facilities
The station was opened by the Cardiff Railway on 1 March 1911 as Coryton Halt; it was renamed Coryton Halt (Glam) by the Great Western Railway in 1926, and relocated in 1931. It was proposed for closure in the Beeching Report of 1963, but survived. The line beyond here closed to all traffic in 1952. The station was renamed Coryton on 5 May 1969. There is one platform with a single bus-stop style shelter and benches. The station has two entrances, one wheelchair accessible from Park Crescent and one down a flight of steps from the A4054 road bridge over the track.
Services
Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service along the City Line to Radyr, calling at Whitchurch, Rhiwbina, Birchgrove, Ty Glas, Heath Low Level, Cardiff Queen Street, Cardiff Central, Ninian Park, Waun-Gron Park, Fairwater, Danescourt and Radyr. Evenings there is an hourly service and there is no Sunday service.
Journey time to Queen Street is 15 minutes, Central 19 minutes and Radyr 39 minutes. Connections can be made at Queen Street for other Valley Lines services and at Central for main-line destinations across the country.
Services are mainly operated by Class 142 and Class 143 Pacer units and sometimes Class 150 Sprinter units. Saturdays often see single-carriage Class 153 Super Sprinter units, as services are less busy and two-car units can be freed for busier services.