Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station

Not to be confused with Roose railway station.

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General information
Other names	Welsh: Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd Y Rhws
Location	Vale of Glamorgan
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	RIA
Key dates
1 December 1897	Opened
15 June 1964	Closed
12 June 2005	Reopened

See also: Transport in Wales

Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Rhoose and Cardiff Airport in southeast Wales. A dedicated shuttle bus connects this station with the airport terminal building.

The station is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line 11+1⁄2 miles (18.5 km) west of Cardiff Central towards Bridgend via Barry and before Llantwit Major. This station opened on 12 June 2005. Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network, an urban rail network serving Cardiff and the surrounding area.

A long title

Following its recent re-opening with a new name (the station was known as "Rhoose" before it closed in 1964), this station now holds the distinction of having the longest name for a station as recognised by National Rail in the UK, in both English (33 letters, excluding spaces) and Welsh (Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd Y Rhws – 28 letters, as dd, ng and rh are single letters in Welsh). There are two examples of longer names in Welsh, but both were deliberately given new contrived names to take the record for the longest name. (Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is known officially as either Llanfairpwll or Llanfairpwllgwyngyll – the longer name is not shown on National Rail information documents – and Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion was fabricated to improve upon the length of the former.)

Services

From Monday to Saturday, there is an hourly service westbound to Bridgend and an hourly service eastbound to Cardiff Central and onwards to Cardiff Queen Street, Pontypridd and Aberdare. On Sundays there is a two-hourly service in each direction, with eastbound trains terminating at Cardiff Central.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Barry		Arriva Trains Wales Vale Line		Llantwit Major
	Historical railways
Barry Line and station open		Barry Railway Vale of Glamorgan Railway		Aberthaw Line open; station closed

External links

• Train times and station information for Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station from National Rail
• Rail Link returns after 40 years - BBC News 10 June 2005