Waun-gron Park railway station

Waun-gron Park railway station serves the Fairwater area of Cardiff, Wales. Passenger services are currently operated by Transport for Wales.

Waun-gron Park

Welsh: Parc Waun-gron
LocationFairwater, Cardiff
Wales
Coordinates51°29′18″N 3°13′47″W
Grid referenceST147772
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeWNG
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened1987
Passengers
2015/16 78,000
2016/17 88,652
2017/18 96,760
2018/19 95,164
2019/20 93,924
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station was opened in 1987 when a passenger service was introduced to the City Line, though the line itself opened in 1859 and was originally goods only. The station has an unusual staggered platform arrangement, one platform straddles the bridge over the roadway.[1]

Waun-gron Park is the nearest station to the large suburb of Ely which is 10 minutes' walk from the station along Western Avenue and over Ely Bridge.

Services

The Monday to Friday off-peak service is two trains per hour each way. Eastbound to Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street, and then Coryton, and westbound to Radyr.[2]

Journey times from Waun-gron Park are eight minutes to Cardiff Central, 11 minutes to Radyr and 28 minutes to Coryton.

There is no Sunday service, although some trains running to destinations such as Merthyr Tydfil, Aberdare and Treherbert from Cardiff Central sometimes pass Waun-gron Park on the City Line when the usual line for these services through Cardiff Queen Street is closed for engineering work.


Preceding station National Rail Following station
Ninian Park   Transport for Wales
Cardiff City Line
   Fairwater

See also

References
  1. Wales Rail – Cardiff City Line www.walesrail.co.uk; Retrieved 12 September 2013
  2. GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 130 (Network Rail)
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