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Lisvane and Thornhill railway station

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Place
  
Lisvane

Station code
  
LVT

DfT category
  
F2

Number of platforms
  
2

Grid reference
  
ST178834

Managed by
  
Arriva Trains Wales

2011/12
  
0.163 million

Local authority
  
Cardiff

Lisvane and Thornhill railway station

Address
  
Cardiff CF14 9ES, United Kingdom

Similar
  
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Lisvane and Thornhill railway station (Welsh: Llys-faen a Draenen Pen-y-Graig) is a railway station serving the Lisvane and Thornhill areas of north Cardiff, Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.

The current daytime service pattern is four trains an hour to Cardiff Queen Street, Cardiff Central, Grangetown, Dingle Road and Penarth, and the opposite direction towards Caerphilly, Ystrad Mynach, Bargoed and Rhymney. Three trains terminate at Bargoed, one train per hour continues to Rhymney. The frequency drops to half-hourly in the evening and to two-hourly on Sundays.

Journey times are approximately:

  • 10 minutes to Cardiff Queen Street
  • 15 minutes to Cardiff Central
  • 33 minutes to Penarth
  • 4 minutes to Caerphilly
  • 17 minutes to Ystrad Mynach
  • 28 minutes to Bargoed
  • 46 minutes to Rhymney
  • Services are operated by Class 142 'Pacer' units, Class 143 'Pacer' units and Class 150 'Sprinter' units.

    The station is the replacement to the Cefn Onn Halt railway station, which was closed in 1986.

    References

    Lisvane and Thornhill railway station Wikipedia