Coryton railway station

This article is about the current station in Wales. For other uses, seeCoryton railway station (disambiguation).

Coryton
General information
Location	Coryton,Cardiff Wales
Coordinates	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 categoryF1
History
Original company	Cardiff Railway
Pre-grouping	Cardiff Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
Key dates
1 March 1911	Opened asCoryton Halt
1926	RenamedCoryton Halt (Glam)
1931	Relocated
5 May 1969	RenamedCoryton
Passengers
2018/19	0.191 million
2019/20	0.172 million
2020/21	13,220
2021/22	35,126
2022/23	53,884
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Coryton railway stationservesCorytonand Pantmawr inCardiff,Wales. It is theterminusof theCoryton Line5 miles (8.0 km) north ofCardiff CentralviaCardiff Queen Street.

Passenger services are provided byTransport for Walesas part of theValley Linesnetwork.

History

The station was opened by theCardiff Railwayon 1 March 1911 asCoryton Halt;it was renamedCoryton Halt (Glam)by theGreat Western Railwayin 1926,and relocated in 1931. The line beyond here closed to all traffic in 1952. It was proposed for closure in theBeeching Reportof 1963, but survived. The station was renamedCorytonon 5 May 1969.

Facilities

There is one platform with a single bus-stop style shelter andbenches.The station has two entrances, one wheelchair accessible from Park Crescent and one down a flight of steps from theA4054road bridge over the track.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service along theCity LinetoRadyr,calling atWhitchurch,Rhiwbina,Birchgrove,Ty Glas,Heath Low Level,Cardiff Queen Street,Cardiff Central,Ninian Park,Waun-Gron Park,Fairwater,DanescourtandRadyr.Evenings there is an hourly service and there is no Sunday service.

Journey time toQueen Streetis 15 minutes,Central19 minutes andRadyr39 minutes. Connections can be made atQueen Streetfor other Valley Lines services and atCentralfor main-line destinations across the country.

Services are mainly operated byClass 150Sprinterunits. Saturdays often see single-carriageClass 153Super Sprinterunits, 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 Line		Terminus

See also

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

External links

• Train timesandstation informationfor Coryton railway station fromNational Rail