General information | |
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Location | Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan Wales |
Coordinates | 51°26′24″N3°10′48″W / 51.4400°N 3.1801°W |
Grid reference | ST180718 |
Managed by | Transport for Wales |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Station code | DGL |
Classification | DfT category F2 |
History | |
Original company | Taff Vale Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
1 March 1904 | opened |
1967 | Down platform closed |
1984 | buildings on remaining platform replaced |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.145 million |
2019/20 | 0.151 million |
2020/21 | 20,174 |
2021/22 | 83,682 |
2022/23 | 0.117 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Dingle Road railway station is a railway station in the town of Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan,South Wales. It is on the Penarth branch of the Vale of Glamorgan Line 3 miles (5 km) south of Cardiff Central on the way to Penarth.
All passenger trains serving this station are operated by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.
The Taff Vale Railway opened the station in 1904. [1] It had two platforms until 1967,when British Rail closed the Down platform and reduced the line from double to single track.
Monday to Saturday daytimes there are four trains per hour to Cardiff Central and beyond to (Bargoed and hourly through to Rhymney) northbound and Penarth southbound. On Monday to Saturday evenings there are two trains per hour. On Sundays there is only one train every two hours (to Penarth &Cardiff Central only) and no late evening service. [2]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Grangetown | Transport for Wales Vale of Glamorgan Line | Penarth |
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