Ninian Park railway station

Ninian Park
Welsh: Parc Ninian
Location
Place	Ninian Park
Local authority	Cardiff
Operations
Station code	NNP
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 *	14,872
2005/06 *	18,254
2006/07 *	27,758
2007/08 *	35,371
2008/09 *	50,468
2009/10 *	56,732
History
Opened 1987 (1987)
National Rail - UK railway stations
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 Ninian Park from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

See also: Rail transport in Cardiff

Ninian Park railway station serves the Leckwith and South Canton areas of Cardiff, which lies just outside Cardiff city centre.

The station, which is situated 1.6 km (0.99 mi) west of Cardiff Central, was opened when the City Line reopened to passenger services in 1987, using platforms previously used only for special trains run in connection with football matches. For this reason it has the longest platforms on the line, accommodating up to nine coaches, rather than two coaches as at the other three stations opened at the same time. The station appeared on Ordnance Survey maps from at least as early as 1946 until the early 1980s as a white circle, denoting that it was closed to regular passenger services. See the map below: Ninian Park is the white circle west of the city centre:

The station is located near the former Cardiff City F.C. stadium and is adjacent to the South Wales Main Line, but trains on this route do not stop. The Cardiff Canton depot is also situated next to the station.

Stadium

Cardiff City's Cardiff City Stadium is less than 5 minutes' walk down the road, across the road from the station's namesake Ninian Park stadium. However, trains do not run to the station within three hours of a match due to fears that platforms cannot safely accommodate large numbers of passengers attending.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of railway stations in Cardiff

External links

• Train times and station information for Ninian Park railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Cardiff Central		Arriva Trains Wales Coryton - Cardiff Queen Street - Radyr		Waun-Gron Park