Cardiff City Line
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Multiple issues Template:Infobox rail line The Cardiff City Line is a suburban rail line in Cardiff that runs between Template:Rws and Template:Rws via Template:Rws.
History
The line was opened by the Taff Vale Railway in 1859, as part of its route from Template:Stnlnk to the docks at Penarth.[1] Subsequent construction by the TVR added links to Template:Rws and to the Template:Rws Extension Railway by 1878. Originally the line was freight-only, but over the years saw regular use for empty passenger trains thanks to its links with the depot at Cardiff Canton TMD and also for football specials to Ninian Park stadium and periodic engineering diversions.[2]
The first regular passenger service was introduced to the line on 5 October 1987, when three new stations were opened at Template:Rws, Template:Rws and Template:Rws, and regular service was introduced to the previously existing Template:Rws station. The new service was introduced by British Rail in co-operation with the Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan County Councils.[3]
Services
There are currently trains every half hour which drop to every hour in the evenings on Mondays-Saturdays. These services are now loop services from June 2024 with Merthyr to Aberdare trains travelling via Llandaf and Cardiff Queen St then after Cardiff Central travel via Ninian Park to Radyr and onto Aberdare. June 2024 also saw the introduction of an hourly Sunday service with Aberdare services starting at Cardiff Central.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Pre June 2024 city line services ran from Radyr to Coryton but these have been replaced by a Coryton to Penarth service.
Transport for Wales currently operates the line as part of the former Valley Lines network. TfW succeeded the previous franchisee Arriva Trains Wales in October 2018. Some freight services also use the line.
The line is also used as a diversionary route for trains serving Template:Rws, Template:Rws and Template:Rws when the line between Template:Rws and Radyr is closed for engineering work. In the past there were shuttle trains on the line to serve Template:Rws and beyond with one stop at Template:Rws.
Trains
TfW operates the line with diesel multiple units of Sprinter classes 150 and 153.
Electrification
On 16 July 2012 the Department for Transport announced plans to electrify the line. This will require new electric multiple unit trains and should reduce journey times, operating costs and maintenance costs. Work was expected to start between 2014 and 2019, but was pushed back to between 2019 and 2024.[4]
The announcement was made as an extension of the electrification of the South Wales Main Line from Template:Rws to Template:Rws and the electrification of the south Wales Valley Lines at a total cost of £350 million.[5] This in turn is part of a £9.4 billion investment in railways in England and Wales.[6]
However, these plans have since been replaced by Welsh Government's South Wales Metro. This line has been partially taken over,[7] and is now being electrified.[8]
See also
References
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- ↑ Grace's Guide – Penarth Dock & Harbour Railway www.gracesguide.co.uk; Retrieved 12 September 2013
- ↑ Wales Rail – Cardiff City Line www.walesrail.co.uk; Retrieved 12 September 2013
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