Lisvane and Thornhill railway station

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.

Lisvane and Thornhill

Welsh: Llys-faen a Draenen Pen-y-Graig
General information
LocationLisvane, Cardiff
Wales
Coordinates51°32′40″N 3°11′08″W
Grid referenceST178834
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeLVT
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened1986
Passengers
2016/17 0.210 million
2017/18 0.216 million
2018/19 0.212 million
2019/20 0.209 million
2020/21 19,928
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

Services

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.[1] The frequency drops to half-hourly in the evening and to two-hourly on Sundays.

Journey times are approximately:

Services are operated by Class 150 'Sprinter' units.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Llanishen   Transport for Wales
Rhymney Line
   Caerphilly

See also

References
  1. Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2016

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