General information | |
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Location | Lisvane, Cardiff Wales |
Coordinates | 51°32′40″N3°11′08″W / 51.5444°N 3.1856°W |
Grid reference | ST178834 |
Managed by | Transport for Wales |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | LVT |
Classification | DfT category F2 |
History | |
Opened | 1985 |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.212 million |
2019/20 | 0.209 million |
2020/21 | 19,928 |
2021/22 | 91,386 |
2022/23 | 0.143 million |
Location | |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Lisvane and Thornhill railway station (Welsh :Llys-faen a Draenen Pen-y-Graig) is a railway station serving the Lisvane and Thornhill areas of north Cardiff,Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.
This station replaced Cefn Onn Halt railway station,which was closed in 1986.
The current daytime service pattern is four trains an hour to Cardiff Queen Street,Cardiff Central,Grangetown,Dingle Road and Penarth,and the opposite direction towards Caerphilly,Ystrad Mynach,Bargoed and Rhymney. Three trains terminate at Bargoed,one train per hour continues to Rhymney. [1] The frequency drops to half-hourly in the evening and to two-hourly on Sundays.
Journey times are approximately:
Services are operated by Class 150 and Class 231 trains.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Llanishen | Transport for Wales Rhymney Line | Caerphilly |
The station was officially opened on 4 November 1985 by the Chairman of South Glamorgan County Council,County Councillor Kenneth Hutchings. [2] It was constructed at a cost of £182,000,jointly financed by South Glamorgan County Council and British Rail,with the help of a grant from the European Regional Development Fund. [2] The station,which is situated on the northern outskirts of Cardiff,4.5 miles (7.2 km) from Queen Street,was hoped to generate at least 900 passenger journeys per day,both inbound and outbound. [2] An 80-space County Council park-and-ride car park was constructed alongside the station. [2]
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