Whitchurch Railway Station, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Whitchurch railway station is a railway station serving Whitchurch, Cardiff. It is located on the City Line 7 km (4½ miles) north of Cardiff Central and is situated beneath the A470 road.

Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.

It was opened by the Cardiff Railway in 1911. Until the 1960s Whitchurch station had 2 platforms (up and down lines) plus a goods platform, a goods shed and yard, booking office, footbridge, and a staff of at least 2 including George the porter. There was also a signal box at the eastern end of the platform.

Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service to southbound Cardiff Central and onwards to Radyr on the City Line and to Coryton northbound. Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction but there is no Sunday service.

Waun-Gron Park Railway Station, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Waun-Gron Park railway station is a railway station serving the Fairwater area of Cardiff. The station was built when the City Line 4 km (2½ miles) west of Cardiff Central reopened to passenger services in 1987.

Passenger services are currently operated by Arriva Trains Wales.

It takes 8 minutes to reach Cardiff Central, 11 minutes to reach Radyr and 28 minutes to reach 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.

Freight trains also regularly pass, on all days.

Ty Glas Railway Station, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Ty Glas railway station is a railway stations serving business and industrial sites in Llanishen and Heath, Cardiff. It is located on the City Line 6 km (3½ miles) north of Cardiff Central. Ty Glas is a quarter of a mile from the next station along at Birchgrove.

The Coryton branch Line is a single-track, though unlike other stations on the branch, Ty Glas has entrances at both the north and south of the station; access from the south requires passengers to cross the track to reach the platform sited on the north side of the track.

Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.

Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is an half-hourly service to southbound Cardiff Central and onwards to Radyr on the City Line and to Coryton northbound. Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction but there is no Sunday service.

Rhiwbina Railway Station, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Rhiwbina railway station is a railway station serving Rhiwbina, Cardiff. It is located on the City Line 7 km (4¼ miles) north of Cardiff Central.

Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.

It was opened by the Cardiff Railway in 1911.

Monday to Saturday daytimes, there is a half-hourly service to southbound Cardiff Central and onwards to Radyr on the City Line and to Coryton northbound. Evenings there is an hourly service in each direction but there is no Sunday service.

Radyr Railway Station, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Radyr railway station is a railway station serving the Radyr area of Cardiff. It is located at the foot of the hill at the eastern edge of the village, alongside the River Taff and adjacent to the Taff Trail.

Radyr was originally a major railway junction and sidings for freight trains used in the industries located in the Glamorgan valleys. It was first opened by the Taff Vale Railway in 1863. In recent years it has been redesigned into a commuter station and the old sidings used for parking and housing developments.

Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales. Prior to 1998, the station consisted of one up platform and one down platform. The introduction of an hourly service running via the newly opened City Line in 1987 caused a major bottleneck, as the terminating trains coming off the line blocked the down platform, and delays along the line to the valleys were inevitable. However, in 1998, major renovations took place at the station, resulting in the two freight lines being replaced by a third platform, eliminating the problem of congestion. Also, a new ticket office was built and modern shelters replaced the old waiting area. These renovations coincided with the upgrades along the Taff Main Line, where the most of the track was replaced between Cardiff and Pontypridd, and the old fashioned semaphore signals were replaced with modern, colour light signals.

Today, the station has three platforms. Platform 1 is used for trains heading towards Cardiff Central on the Rhondda and Merthyr lines. Platforms 2 and 3 are used both for trains heading away from Cardiff and as a terminus for the City line. The majority of the trains stopping at Radyr run on the Merthyr and Rhondda lines.

The car park is located on the opposite side of the rails to platform 3. The station is not accessible to the disabled as a bridge is required to access all three platforms. Platform 1 is also accessible from a road that passes under the rails close to the car park entrance, up a flight of stairs and past the old waiting shelter. However, the proximity of the car park and ticket office to the aerial bridge has left this route largely disused.

The ticket office is manned during peak morning hours. Travel time into Cardiff Central is 15 minutes on all lines, with trains on the Rhondda and Merthyr lines running approximately every 15 minutes.

In July 2007, members of the Radyr Comprehensive Green Flag Committee formally adopted the station and now frequently check that the station is clean and that all amenities are working. This link ties in with a community response to ensure that railway crime (such as train robbery) is stamped out.