Lisvane and Thornhill railway station

Lisvane and Thornhill
Welsh: Llys-faen a Draenen Pen-y-Graig
Location
Place	Lisvane
Local authority	Cardiff
Operations
Station code	LVT
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	119,302
2005/06 *	116,956
2006/07 *	129,755
2007/08 *	151,662
2008/09 *	158,718
National Rail - UK railway stations
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lisvane and Thornhill from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

See also: Rail transport in Cardiff

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. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.

The current 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.

Journey times are approximately:

• 10 minutes to Cardiff Queen Street
• 15 minutes to Cardiff Central
• 33 minutes to Penarth
• 4 minutes to Caerphilly
• 17 minutes to Ystrad Mynach
• 28 minutes to Bargoed
• 46 minutes to Rhymney

Services are operated by Class 142 'Pacer' units, Class 143 'Pacer' units and Class 150 'Sprinter' units.

The station is the replacement to the Cefn Onn Halt railway station, which was closed in 1986.

See also

• List of railway stations in Cardiff

External links

• Train times and station information for Lisvane and Thornhill railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Llanishen		Arriva Trains Wales Rhymney Line		Caerphilly