Cardiff Queen Street railway station

Coordinates: 51°28′55″N 3°10′13″W / 51.4819°N 3.1703°W / 51.4819; -3.1703

Cardiff Queen Street
Caerdydd Heol y Frenhines
Cardiff Queen Street station looking south
Location
Place	Cardiff
Local authority	Cardiff
Operations
Station code	CDQ
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Platforms in use	3
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	2.073 million
2005/06 *	2.126 million
2006/07 *	2.232 million
2007/08 *	2.486 million
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cardiff Queen Street from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Cardiff Queen Street railway station (Welsh: Caerdydd Heol y Frenhines) is Wales' second busiest railway station in Cardiff, Wales. It is one of 20 stations in the city and two in the city centre, the other being Cardiff Central .

It is the main hub of the Valley Lines network - a railway system serving Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan, Bridgend and the South Wales Valleys - and has the solitary connection to Cardiff Bay. The station is located at the eastern end of the city centre, near the Capitol Centre, and sees heavy volumes of commuter rail traffic during the rush hour.

The station has three utilised platforms at a level raised above the surrounding roads. Platform 1 is used for services to Aberdare, Merthyr Tydfil, Treherbert, Rhymney and Bargoed as well as Coryton in the east of Cardiff. Platform 2 is used for services towards Cardiff Central and beyond towards Penarth, Radyr via City Line, Barry Island and Bridgend via Rhoose Cardiff International Airport. Platform 3 is now only used for services to the Bay and is usually operated by Arriva Trains Wales's single Class 121 'Bubble' Car unit 121032. The fourth platform, currently not in use, may be reopened in the future to reduce the bottleneck in Valley Line services at Cardiff Central and Queen Street.^[1]

The old station car park is now dedicated for private use by residents of a nearby modern development of apartments known as "The Aspect". The station is staffed at most times, with ticket purchase facilities, a newsagent in the forecourt and a café on platforms 1 and 2, where toilets are also found.

Services

Looking south from the northern end

The typical Monday - Saturday service per hour (as of 2009) is as follows:

Northbound (towards Coryton and the Valleys):

• 6 trains per hour (tph) to Pontypridd via Cathays and Radyr, of which
  • 2 tph continue to Aberdare
  • 2 tph continue to Merthyr Tydfil
  • 2 tph continue to Treherbert
• 4 tph to Ystrad Mynach, of which
  • 3 tph continue to Bargoed
  • 1 tph continues to Rhymney
• 2 tph to Coryton

Southbound (towards Cardiff Central, Cardiff Bay, The Vale and to Radyr via the City Line):

• 4 tph to Penarth
• 4 tph to Barry, of which
  • 3 tph continue to Barry Island
  • 1 tph continues to Bridgend via Rhoose Cardiff International Airport
• 2 tph to Radyr via the City Line
• 5 tph to Cardiff Bay

A small number of additional services will terminate at Cardiff Central, giving a total of twelve trains per hour to and from Cardiff Central, as well as five trains per hour to and from Cardiff Bay.^[2]

History

A station known as "Crockherbtown" on this site was built in 1840 by the Taff Vale Railway, whose headquarters were also located here. It was rebuilt and given its present name in 1887. Other major rebuildings took place in 1907 and by British Rail in 1973^[3]. In 2005, the station was fitted with new ticket gates, operational when the station is manned, which allow easier access in both directions. In 2006 plasma TV screens replaced the old information display monitors.

References

1. ^ "Network Rail South Wales Vallys Business Plan 2007" (PDF). http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/BusinessPlan2007/PDF/Route%2015%20South%20Wales%20Valleys.pdf. Retrieved 2008-01-09. 
2. ^ Arriva Trains Wales timetable May 2009 - December 2009
3. ^ Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 1. Silver Link.  ISBN 978-1-85794-249-1

See also

• List of railway stations in Wales
• Transport in Wales
• Commuter rail in the United Kingdom

External links

• Media related to Cardiff Queen Street railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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