Place Whitchurch, Cardiff Station code WHT DfT category F2 Opened 1911 | Grid reference ST153809 Managed by Arriva Trains Wales 2011/12 6,850 Number of platforms 1 Original company Cardiff Railway | |
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Address Cardiff CF14 1BL, United Kingdom Similar Birchgrove railway station, Ty Glas railway station, Danescourt railway station, Penrhiwceiber railway station, Cwmbach railway station | ||
Whitchurch railway station is a railway station serving Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales. It is located on the Coryton Line 4.5 miles (7.2 km) north of Cardiff Central and is situated beneath the A470 road.
Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.
It was opened by the Cardiff Railway in 1911. Until the 1960s Whitchurch station had 2 platforms (up and down lines) plus a goods platform, a goods shed and yard, booking office, footbridge, and a staff of at least 2 including George the porter. There was also a signal box at the eastern end of the platform
Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service to southbound Cardiff Central and onwards to Radyr on the City Line and to Coryton northbound. Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction but there is no Sunday service.