Birchgrove railway station
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General information | |||||
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Location | Birchgrove, Cardiff Wales | ||||
Coordinates | 51°31′17″N 3°12′10″W / 51.5213°N 3.2027°W | ||||
Grid reference | ST166809 | ||||
Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | BCG | ||||
Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
History | |||||
Original company | Great Western Railway | ||||
Key dates | |||||
10 June 1929 | Opened as Birchgrove Halt[1] | ||||
5 May 1969 | Renamed Birchgrove[1] | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 54,528 | ||||
2020/21 | 5,104 | ||||
2021/22 | 17,072 | ||||
2022/23 | 33,378 | ||||
2023/24 | 49,066 | ||||
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Birchgrove railway station is a railway station serving Birchgrove, Cardiff, Wales. It is located on the Coryton Line 3.75 miles (6.04 km) north of Cardiff Central, with the station situated beneath the A469.
Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.
It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1929.[citation needed]
Services
[edit]Monday to Saturday, there is a half-hourly service southbound to Cardiff Central and onwards to Penarth and to Coryton northbound. There is no Sunday service.[2]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Ty Glas | Transport for Wales Coryton Line |
Rhiwbina |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 34.
- ^ "Timetables". Transport for Wales. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
Sources
[edit]- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Birchgrove railway station.
- Train times and station information for Birchgrove railway station from National Rail