Coryton Line

Coryton Line
The terminus of the Coryton Line at Coryton railway station
Overview
Owner	Transport for Wales [1]
Locale	Cardiff
Termini	Cardiff Central railway station Coryton railway station
Stations	8
Service
Type	Urban rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	Transport for Wales Rail
Rolling stock	Class 150 DMUs Class 153 DMUs
Technical
Line length	5  miles 37  chains (8.8 km) [2]
Number of tracks	Single track covering 6 stations
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 hz AC OLE (Discontinuous)
Route map (Click to expand) Show map Legend Cardiff Railway to Trefforest Tongwynlais Tunnel Tongwynlais Coryton Whitchurch Rhiwbina Birchgrove Ty Glas Heath Low Level Rhymney line Crwys Road proposed Merthyr and Rhondda lines Cardiff Queen Street Cardiff Central City Line This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram

The Coryton Line is an urban rail line in Cardiff that starts from the city centre to Heath, Birchgrove, Rhiwbina, Whitchurch and Coryton. It was originally opened as part of the main line of the Cardiff Railway.

The line is operated by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network. TfW replaced the previous franchise, Arriva Trains Wales in October 2018. Rolling stock seen operating the line are normally class 153s, or class 150s.

Services normally continue to Penarth.

Electrification of the Line

On 16 July 2012 plans to electrify the line were announced by the Government as part of a £9.4bn package of investment of the railways in England and Wales. ^[3]

The announcement was made as an extension of the electrification of the South Wales Main Line from Cardiff to Swansea and the electrification of the south Wales Valley Lines at a total cost of £350 million. The investment will require new trains and should result in reduced journey times and cheaper maintenance of the network. Work was expected to start between 2014 and 2019, but was then pushed back to between 2019 and 2024. ^{[4] [5]}

As part of Welsh Government's South Wales Metro this line has been taken over, ^[6] and has been electrified ^[7] in preparation for new Class 756 rolling stock. ^[8]

See also

• List of railway stations in Cardiff

References

1. "Impact of Core Valley Lines divestment on the Wales & Western region" (PDF). orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
2. Yonge, John; Padgett, David (August 2010) [1989]. Bridge, Mike (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 3: Western (5th ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. maps 22 & 28B. ISBN   978-0-9549866-6-7.
3. "£9bn railway investment announced by coalition". BBC News. 16 July 2012.
4. "Rail electrification to Swansea and south Wales valleys welcomed". BBC News. 16 July 2012.
5. "Cardiff And Valleys Station Upgrades". Network Rail. 16 May 2018. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
6. "Impact of Core Valley Lines divestment on the Wales & Western region" (PDF). orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
7. "Transformation of the Coryton and Lower Rhymney lines | Transport for Wales". tfw.wales. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
8. "Transport for Wales: meet the fleet". Railcolornews. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

External links

• Media related to Coryton Line at Wikimedia Commons