Waun-gron Park railway station
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Waun-gron Park  |
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| Welsh: Parc Waun-gron | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Fairwater |
| Local authority | Cardiff |
| Grid reference | ST147772 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | WNG |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |  42,916 |
| 2011/12 | 47,490 |
| 2012/13 | 51,170 |
| 2013/14 | 55.492 |
| 2014/15 | 71,056 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1987 |
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| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Waun-gron Park from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal |
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Waun-gron Park railway station serves the Fairwater area of Cardiff, Wales. The station was built when the City Line 2.4 miles (4 km) west of Cardiff Central reopened to passenger services in 1987. Passenger services are currently operated by Arriva Trains Wales.
Waun-gron Park is the nearest station to the large suburb of Ely which is 10 minutes' walk from the station along Western Avenue and over Ely Bridge.
Services
The Monday to Friday off-peak service is two trains per hour each way. Eastbound to Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street, and then Coryton, and westbound to Radyr.
Journey times from Waun-gron Park are eight minutes to Cardiff Central, 11 minutes to Radyr and 28 minutes to Coryton.
There is no Sunday service, although some trains running to destinations such as Merthyr Tydfil, Aberdare and Treherbert from Cardiff Central sometimes pass Waun-gron Park on the City Line when the usual line for these services through Cardiff Queen Street is closed for engineering work.
Freight trains also regularly pass, on all days.
See also
External links
- Train times and station information for Waun-gron Park railway station from National Rail
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| Ninian Park | Arriva Trains Wales Coryton - Cardiff Queen Street - Radyr |
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