Grangetown
General information
Location	Grangetown,Cardiff Wales
Coordinates	51°28′03″N3°11′23″W / 51.4675°N 3.1897°W /51.4675; -3.1897
Grid reference	ST174749
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	GTN
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
29 May 1882	Opened
1904	Rebuilt
Passengers
2019/20	0.187 million
Interchange	6,232
2020/21	68,802
Interchange	1,111
2021/22	0.172 million
Interchange	3,406
2022/23	0.202 million
Interchange	5,057
2023/24	0.252 million
Interchange	14,630
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Grangetown railway station is arailway station serving theGrangetown district ofCardiff, Wales. It is located on theVale of Glamorgan Line 1 mile (1.5 km) south west ofCardiff Central towardsBridgend viaBarry,Penarth andBarry Island.

Passenger services are operated byTransport for Wales as part of theValley Lines network. The station is reached by steps, so access is not suitable for wheelchair users and would be difficult for people with prams/pushchairs.

Grangetown railway station

Platforms 1 and 2 (2008)

Wall art from the street level up to the platforms (2009)

This station was first opened by theTaff Vale Railway in 1882 and rebuilt with anisland platform in 1904,^{[1][page needed]} though the railway serving it (what is now theCity Line) was originally opened in 1859^[2] to serve the nearbyPenarth harbour and dock (even though the dock itself was not commissioned until 1865). The extension onwards toCogan &Penarth was completed in 1878 and theBarry Railway route toBarry a decade later.

The original 1859 freight-only docks branch (latterly known as the Ferry Road branch) left the later route towards Cogan Junction at the station – latterly accessed by means of a ground frame and connected to the 'down' line towards Barry, it remained in regular use until the mid-1980s to serve several oil depots and a scrapyard but has since been closed & lifted.

Grangetown has a very frequent service. The service pattern is as follows:^[3]

Mondays to Saturdays:

• 8tph toCardiff Central andQueen Street, of which:
  • 2tph continue toCoryton
  • 2tph continue toCaerphilly
  • 4tph continue toBargoed, of which 2tph continues toRhymney
• 4tph toPenarth
• 3tph toBarry Island
• 1tph toBridgend

The frequency drops somewhat in the evening, with half hourly services to Rhymney and the final Rhymney Line service from Barry Island terminates atYstrad Mynach.

On Sundays, the service pattern decreases to:

• 1tp2h toCardiff Central
  • 1tp continues toCardiff Queen Street
  • 1tp continues toCaerphilly
  • 1tp continues toRhymney
• 2tph toBarry Island
• 1tph toPenarth
• 1tp2h toBridgend

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Cardiff Central		Transport for Wales Vale Line		Dingle Road
Cardiff Central		Transport for Wales Vale Line		Cogan

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

Media related toGrangetown (Cardiff) railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times andstation information for Grangetown railway station fromNational Rail

• Railway stations in Cardiff
• DfT Category F2 stations
• Former Taff Vale Railway stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1882
• Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail
• Grangetown, Cardiff

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