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Birchgrove railway station

Birchgrove

Welsh: Llwynbedw
National Rail
Birchgrove station (geograph 6041194).jpg
LocationBirchgrove, Cardiff
Wales
Coordinates51°31′17″N 3°12′10″W / 51.5213°N 3.2027°W
Grid referenceST166809
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeBCG
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Original companyGreat Western Railway
Key dates
10 June 1929Opened as Birchgrove Halt[1]
5 May 1969Renamed Birchgrove[1]
Passengers
2015/16Increase 51,688
2016/17Increase 56,326
2017/18Decrease 54,570
2018/19Increase 55,822
2019/20Decrease 54,528
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Birchgrove railway station is a railway station serving Birchgrove, Cardiff, Wales. It is located on the Coryton Line 3.75 miles (6.04 km) north of Cardiff Central, with the station situated beneath the A469.

Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.

It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1929.

Services

Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a half-hourly service to Cardiff Central southbound (and onwards to Radyr via the City Line) and to Coryton northbound. In the evenings the frequency drops to hourly, whilst there is no Sunday service.[2]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Ty Glas Transport for Wales
Coryton - Cardiff Queen Street - Radyr
Rhiwbina

See also

  • List of railway stations in Cardiff

References

  1. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 34.
  2. ^ Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.

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