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| Location | Fairwater, Cardiff Wales |
| Coordinates | 51°29′38″N 3°14′02″W / 51.4940°N 3.2339°W |
| Grid reference | ST144779 |
| Managed by | Transport for Wales |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | FRW |
| Classification | DfT category F2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1987 |
| Passengers | |
| 2015/16 |  70,910 |
| 2016/17 | 77,216 |
| 2017/18 | 89,250 |
| 2018/19 |  82,180 |
| 2019/20 | 80,282 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Fairwater railway station is a railway station serving the Fairwater area of Cardiff, Wales. Passenger services are currently operated by Transport for Wales.
The station was opened in 1987 when a passenger service was introduced to the City Line. The line on which it is situated on was originally goods only and was opened by the Taff Vale Railway in 1859 to serve the docks at Penarth.[1]
Services
On Monday to Saturdays, two trains per hour in each direction serve Fairwater. Southbound services run towards Cardiff Central and continue to Coryton; northbound trains run to Radyr. There is no Sunday service.[2] The station is unmanned.
| Preceding station | ){kind=logo} National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Waun-gron Park | Transport for Wales Cardiff City Line | Danescourt | ||
See also
- List of railway stations in Cardiff
- Rail transport in Cardiff
References
- ^ "Cardiff City Line". Wales Rail. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ^ GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 130 (Network Rail)
External links
- Train times and station information for Fairwater railway station from National Rail