Cadoxton railway station
General information | |
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Location | Cadoxton, Vale of Glamorgan Wales |
Coordinates | 51°24′44″N 3°14′55″W / 51.4122°N 3.2487°W |
Grid reference | ST132688 |
Managed by | Transport for Wales |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | CAD |
Classification | DfT category E |
History | |
Opened | 20 December 1888 |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 0.271 million |
2019/20 | 0.256 million |
2020/21 | 75,100 |
2021/22 | 0.205 million |
2022/23 | 0.258 million |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Cadoxton railway station is a
As of October 2018, passenger services are operated by
History
The station here was built and opened by the
The majority of passenger services ran to/from Cardiff (either via the coast and Penarth or directly via Dinas Powys) but the line via the Wenvoe Tunnel was used by trains to and from Porth via Pontypridd Graig from 1896 onwards and the VoG line had a passenger service to/from Bridgend from its opening in 1898 until closure in 1964. Service frequencies were kept relatively low on the Wenvoe line however in order to accommodate the high volumes of freight, with six trains per day each way the standard frequency (except on summer Saturdays) for many years.
Traffic levels declined significantly after World War II, with road competition leading to a significant drop in usage on all of the routes serving the station, especially in the summer months. This led to
Some freight traffic bound for the remaining rail-connected parts of the docks still passes through (such as containers & scrap steel) along with that heading further west (e.g. automotive parts for the Ford factory at Bridgend and bulk coal bound for
Facilities
The station has a small "drop off and pick up only" car park in Station Approach. The current ticket office in the station building is open six days per week. A self-service ticket machine is provided for use outside these times and for collecting pre-paid tickets. Train running information is offered via digital CIS displays and timetable poster boards.[3]
By the summer of 2019, Network Rail was installing a new footbridge with accessible lifts to both platforms and this was nearing completion by October 2019. It was funded through UK Government's ‘Access for All’ programme, with match funding from Welsh Government.[4]
The new footbridge and lifts for both platforms opened in August 2020. The station redevelopment also included a new waiting shelter on platform two, widening the doorways in and out of the ticket office and the installation of tactile paving on the platform edge. A new ramp was also constructed leading out of the ticket office onto platform one.
Services
Monday to Saturday daytimes there is a 15-minute frequency northbound to Cardiff Central and beyond (Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil).[5] Southbound there are 3 trains per hour to Barry Island and an hourly service to Bridgend via Rhoose.
Evenings and Sundays there is a generally a half-hourly service to Cardiff Central. In the evenings there is an hourly service southbound to Barry Island and Bridgend whilst on Sundays, it is half-hourly to Barry Island and every two hours to Bridgend.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Dinas Powys | Transport for Wales Vale Line |
Barry Docks | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Wenvoe Line and station closed |
Barry Railway Porth-Barry |
Barry Docks Line and station open | ||
Terminus | Great Western Railway Taff Vale |
Sully Line and station closed |
References
- ^ "The Barry Railway" www.trackbed.com; Retrieved 2013-09-13
- ^ RCTS Mystery Photos - Cadoxton Junction RCTS website; Retrieved 2013-09-13
- ^ Cadoxton station facilities National Rail Enquiries
- ^ "Network Rail prepares for crucial phase in project to improve access at Cadoxton station". Network Rail Media Centre.
- ^ Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2017
External links
- Train times and station information for Cadoxton railway station from National Rail