Coordinates: 51°28′02″N 3°09′59″W / 51.4671°N 3.1665°W
| Cardiff Bay | |
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| Bae Caerdydd | |
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| Cardiff Bay railway station | |
| Location | |
| Place | Cardiff Bay |
| Local authority | Cardiff |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CDB |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Platforms in use | 1 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 0.246 million |
| 2005/06 * | 0.274 million |
| 2006/07 * | 0.404 million |
| 2007/08 * | 0.519 million |
| History | |
| 1840 | Built |
| 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 passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cardiff Bay from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
Cardiff Bay railway station (Welsh: Bae Caerdydd), formerly Cardiff Bute Road, is a station serving the Cardiff Bay and Butetown areas of Cardiff. It is the southern terminus of the Butetown Branch Line 1 mile (1.5 km) south of Cardiff Queen Street.
Only one platform is now in use, with the station building itself effectively abandoned. The station building lies on Bute Street, although the rest of the station remains visible from the nearby Lloyd George Avenue. For various reasons, including it being the origin of the first steam-powered passenger train service in Wales, the station is a Grade II* listed building.
The station is within walking distance of the National Assembly for Wales and the Wales Millennium Centre
Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales.
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History
The station was built as "Cardiff Docks" in 1840 by the Taff Vale Railway (engineer: Isambard Kingdom Brunel). It was renamed "Bute Road" by the Great Western Railway in 1924 and given its present name in 1994. The building was restored in the 1980s and served for a time as a railway museum under the auspices of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales and the Butetown Historical Railway Society (which in 1997 relocated its activities to the Vale of Glamorgan Railway)[1].
Service
There is a shuttle service between Cardiff Queen Street and Cardiff Bay every 12 minutes Monday to Saturdays (between 0630 and 2330) and every 12 minutes on Sundays (between 1100 and 1630). It is currently operated by a Class 121 "bubble car", built in 1960, although other stock occasionally deputises.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Terminus | Arriva Trains Wales |
Cardiff Queen Street | ||
References
- ^ Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 1. Silver Link. ISBN 978-1-85794-249-1
External links
- Train times and station information for Cardiff Bay railway station from National Rail
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