Cardiff Central railway station

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Cardiff Central National Rail
The station seen from the east
Location
PlaceCardiff
Local authorityCardiff
Operations
Station codeCDF
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms in use8
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
History
Key datesOpened 19 June 1850 (19 June 1850)
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Cardiff Central railway station is a main train station in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. It is on the South Wales Main Line.

It is the 11th busiest station in the United Kingdom, except for stations in London.[1]

The station is managed by Transport for Wales. Arriva run services along with First Great Western and CrossCountry.

The station has a first class area, the only one in Wales.[2]

It opened as Cardiff, then Cardiff General in July 1924 and Cardiff Central in May 1973 to now.[3][4]

References[change | change source]

  1. Usage report Archived 2012-08-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 July 2012
  2. First Great Western Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 July 2012
  3. Butt, R.J.V. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 53.
  4. Cardiff Timeline Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 July 2012