Cardiff Queen Street railway station

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Coordinates: 51°28′55″N 3°10′13″W / 51.4819, -3.1703

Cardiff Queen Street
Caerdydd Heol y Frenhines
Looking south from the northern end
Location
Place	Cardiff
Local authority	Cardiff
Operations
Station code	CDQ
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Platforms in use	3
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	2.073 million
2005/06 *	2.126 million
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cardiff Queen Street from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Cardiff Queen Street railway station (Welsh: Caerdydd Heol y Frenhines) is Wales' second busiest railway station in Cardiff, Wales.

It is the main hub of the Valley Lines network - a suburban railway system serving Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan, Bridgend and the South Wales Valleys. The solitary connection to Cardiff Bay is seen as part of the reason for this. The station is conveniently located at the eastern end of the city centre, near the Capitol Centre, and sees heavy volumes of commuter rail traffic during the rush hour.

The station has three utilised platforms at a level raised above the surrounding roads. Platform 1 serves trains to North Cardiff and the Valleys, while Platform 2 accommodates services to West Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan, Cardiff International Airport and Bridgend all via Cardiff Central. Platforms 1 and 2 are on a central island, with platform 3 being used mainly for services to Cardiff Bay, and City Line services to Pontypridd via Radyr. The fourth platform, currently not in use, may be reopened in the future to reduce the bottleneck in Valley Line services at Cardiff Central and Queen Street.^[1]

The old station car park is now dedicated for private use by residents of a nearby modern development of apartments known as "The Aspect". The station is staffed at most times, with ticket purchase facilities, a newsagent in the forecourt and a café on platforms 1 and 2, where toilets are also found.

[edit] History

A station known as "Crockherbtown" on this site was built in 1840 by the Taff Vale Railway, whose headquarters were also located here. It was rebuilt and given its present name in 1887. Other major rebuildings took place in 1907 and by British Rail in 1973^[2]. In 2005, the station was fitted with new ticket gates, operational when the station is manned, which allow easier access in both directions. In 2006 plasma TV screens replaced the old information display monitors.

[edit] References

1. ^ Network Rail South Wales Vallys Business Plan 2007. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
2. ^ Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 1. Silver Link.  ISBN 978-1-85794-249-1

[edit] See Also

• List of railway stations in Wales

[edit] External links

See also: Transport in Wales

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