Lisvane and Thornhill railway station

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.

"Lisvane and Thornhill" redirects here. For the Cardiff electoral ward, see Cardiff Council.

Lisvane and Thornhill Welsh: Llys-faen a Draenen Pen-y-Graig
General information
Location	Lisvane, Cardiff Wales
Coordinates	51°32′40″N 3°11′08″W
Grid reference	ST178834
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LVT
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1985
Passengers
2018/19	0.212 million
2019/20	0.209 million
2020/21	19,928
2021/22	91,386
2022/23	0.143 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

This station replaced Cefn Onn Halt railway station, which was closed in 1986.

Services

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 150 and Class 231 trains.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Llanishen		Transport for Wales Rhymney Line		Caerphilly

History

The station was officially opened on 4 November 1985 by the Chairman of South Glamorgan County Council, County Councillor Kenneth Hutchings.^[2] It was constructed at a cost of £182,000, jointly financed by South Glamorgan County Council and British Rail, with the help of a grant from the European Regional Development Fund.^[2] The station, which is situated on the northern outskirts of Cardiff, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) from Queen Street, was hoped to generate at least 900 passenger journeys per day, both inbound and outbound.^[2] An 80-space County Council park-and-ride car park was constructed alongside the station.^[2]

See also

• List of railway stations in Cardiff
• Rail transport in Cardiff

References

1. Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2016
2. Abbott, James, ed. (January 1986). "New station for Cardiff Valley Lines". Modern Railways. 43 (448): 10.

External links

Media related to Lisvane and Thornhill railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times and station information for Lisvane and Thornhill railway station from National Rail