Coryton railway station

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Coryton
Location	Coryton, Cardiff Wales
Coordinates	51°31′13″N 3°13′55″W / 51.5204°N 3.2319°W / 51.5204; -3.2319Coordinates: 51°31′13″N 3°13′55″W / 51.5204°N 3.2319°W / 51.5204; -3.2319
Grid reference	ST146808
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	COY
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Original company	Cardiff Railway
Pre-grouping	Cardiff Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 March 1911	Opened as Coryton Halt
1926	Renamed Coryton Halt (Glam)
1931	Relocated
5 May 1969	Renamed Coryton
Passengers
2016/17	0.225 million
2017/18	0.195 million
2018/19	0.191 million
2019/20	0.172 million
2020/21	13,220
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Coryton railway station serves Coryton and Pantmawr in Cardiff, Wales. It is the terminus of the Coryton Line 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Cardiff Central via Cardiff Queen Street.

Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.

History[]

The station was opened by the Cardiff Railway on 1 March 1911 as Coryton Halt; it was renamed Coryton Halt (Glam) by the Great Western Railway in 1926,^[1] and relocated in 1931. The line beyond here closed to all traffic in 1952. It was proposed for closure in the Beeching Report of 1963, but survived. The station was renamed Coryton on 5 May 1969.^[1]

Facilities[]

There is one platform with a single bus-stop style shelter and benches. The station has two entrances, one wheelchair accessible from Park Crescent and one down a flight of steps from the A4054 road bridge over the track.

Services[]

Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service along the City Line to Radyr, calling at Whitchurch, Rhiwbina, Birchgrove, Ty Glas, Heath Low Level, Cardiff Queen Street, Cardiff Central, Ninian Park, Waun-Gron Park, Fairwater, Danescourt and Radyr. Evenings there is an hourly service and there is no Sunday service.^[2]

Journey time to Queen Street is 15 minutes, Central 19 minutes and Radyr 39 minutes. Connections can be made at Queen Street for other Valley Lines services and at Central for main-line destinations across the country.

Services are mainly operated by Class 150 Sprinter units. Saturdays often see single-carriage Class 153 Super Sprinter units, as services are less busy and two-car units can be freed for busier services.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Whitchurch		Transport for Wales Coryton - Cardiff Queen Street - Radyr		Terminus

See also[]

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

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coryton railway station.

• Train times and station information for Coryton railway station from National Rail