Lisvane and Thornhill railway station

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General information
Other names	Welsh: Llys-faen a Draenen Pen-y-Graig
Location	Cardiff
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LVT
History
Opened	1986

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

The current daytime 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. The frequency drops to half-hourly in the evening and to two-hourly on Sundays.

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 for 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