Lisvane and Thornhill railway station
Coordinates: 51°32′40″N 3°11′08″W / 51.5444°N 3.1856°W
Lisvane and Thornhill  | |
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| Welsh: Llys-faen a Draenen Pen-y-Graig | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Lisvane |
| Local authority | Cardiff |
| Grid reference | ST178834 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | LVT |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 0.119 million |
| 2005/06 |
 0.116 million |
| 2006/07 |
 0.129 million |
| 2007/08 |
0.151 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.158 million |
| 2009/10 |
0.161 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.166 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.163 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.170 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.176 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.188 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1986 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Lisvane and Thornhill from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
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.
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:
- 10 minutes to Cardiff Queen Street
- 15 minutes to Cardiff Central
- 33 minutes to Penarth
- 4 minutes to Caerphilly
- 17 minutes to Ystrad Mynach
- 28 minutes to Bargoed
- 46 minutes to Rhymney
Services are operated by Class 142 'Pacer' units, Class 143 'Pacer' units and Class 150 'Sprinter' units.
The station is the replacement to the Cefn Onn Halt railway station, which was closed in 1986.
See also
References
- ↑ Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2016
External links
- Train times and station information for Lisvane and Thornhill railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Llanishen | Arriva Trains Wales Rhymney Line |
Caerphilly | ||
