Coryton railway station (Cardiff)
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| Location | |
| Place | Coryton |
| Local authority | Cardiff |
| Coordinates | 51°31′13″N 3°13′55″W / 51.5204°N 3.2319°WCoordinates: 51°31′13″N 3°13′55″W / 51.5204°N 3.2319°W |
| Operations | |
| Station code | COY |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 0.252 million |
| 2005/06 * |  0.254 million |
| 2006/07 * | 0.254 million |
| 2007/08 * | 0.266 million |
| 2008/09 * | 0.277 million |
| 2009/10 * | 0.280 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Cardiff Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Cardiff Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 1 March 1911 | Opened as Coryton Halt |
| 1926 | Renamed Coryton Halt (Glam) |
| 1931 | Relocated |
| 5 May 1969 | Renamed Coryton |
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| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Coryton from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. | |
Coryton railway station is a railway station serving the Coryton and Pantmawr area of Cardiff. It is the terminus of the Coryton Line 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Cardiff Central in which the line originates from Cardiff Queen Street.
Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.
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[edit] History
A station was first opened here by the Cardiff Railway on 1 March 1911 and was originally named Coryton Halt; it was renamed Coryton Halt (Glam) by the Great Western Railway in 1926,[1] and relocated in 1931. It was proposed for closure in the Beeching Report of 1963, but survived. The line beyond here closed in 1952. The station was given its present name of Coryton on 5 May 1969.[1]
[edit] Services
Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service along the City Line to Radyr, calling at Whitchurch, Rhiwbina, Birchgrove, Ty Glas, Heath Low Level, Cardiff Queen Street, Cardiff Central, Ninian Park, Waun-Gron Park, Fairwater, Danescourt and Radyr.
Evenings there is an hourly service.
Journey times to Queen Street is fifteen minutes, Central is nineteen minutes and Radyr is thirty-nine minutes. Connections can be made at Queen Street for other valley lines services and connections can be made at Central for mainline destinations across the rest of the country.
There is no Sunday service from Coryton.
Train services are mainly operated by Class 142 and Class 143 Pacer units and sometimes Class 150 Sprinter units.
Saturdays often sees the use of one-carriage Class 153 Super Sprinter units, as services are less busy and two-car units can be freed onto busier services.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 69. ISBN 1 85260 508 1. R508.
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Coryton railway station (Cardiff) from National Rail
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| Whitchurch | Arriva Trains Wales Coryton - Cardiff Queen Street - Radyr |
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