Place Ninian Park Station code NNP DfT category F2 Opened 1939 | Grid reference ST166759 Managed by Arriva Trains Wales 2011/12 69,938 Number of platforms 2 | |
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Address Cardiff CF11 8HP, United Kingdom Similar Cathays railway station, Cardiff Bay railway station, Cardiff Queen Street rail, Waun‑gron Park railway st, Techniquest | ||
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Ninian Park railway station serves the Leckwith and South Canton areas of Cardiff, just outside Cardiff city centre.
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The station opened in 1939 on football match days only for special trains. It appeared on Ordnance Survey maps from at least as early as 1946 until the early 1980s as a white circle, denoting that it was closed to regular passenger services. Ninian Park is the white circle west of the city centre:
The station, is 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Cardiff Central. It was fully opened to regular passenger service in 1987 when the City Line reopened to passenger services . As the station was built for main line special trains it has the longest platforms on the line, accommodating up to nine coaches, rather than two coaches as at the other three stations opened at the same time. The station is near the former Cardiff City F.C. stadium and is next to the South Wales Main Line, but trains on this route do not stop. Cardiff Canton Traction Maintenance Depot is adjacent to the station.
Stadium
Cardiff City Stadium is within five minutes' walk of the station, over the road from the station's namesake Ninian Park Stadium. However, trains do not run to the station within three hours of a match due to fears that platforms cannot safely accommodate large numbers of passengers attending.
Services
Trains run every half-hour in each direction Mondays - Saturday daytimes, eastbound to Coryton via Cardiff Central and westbound to Radyr (where connections are available for stations further north). This drops to hourly during the evenings. There is no Sunday service.
From December 2015 a limited number of mainline trains (Maesteg Line and West Wales Line services) call at Ninian Park, rejoining the mainline at Leckwith Junction to the west of the station. This route is also occasionally used as a diversionary route for GWR services. Additionally, Vale of Glamorgan Line trains terminate here when Cardiff Central is unavailable due to engineering works.