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Lisvane Lisvane ( cy, Llys-faen) is an affluent community in the north of Cardiff, the capital of Wales, located north of the city centre. Lisvane is generally considered to be one of the wealthiest residential areas of Wales, with an average house ...

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

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Transport for Wales Transport for Wales (TfW; cy, Trafnidiaeth Cymru; cy, TrC, label=none) is a not-for-profit company owned by the Welsh Government and managed at arms length by its appointed board. TfW oversees the Transport for Wales Group (TfW Group) consi ...

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, mapframe=yes , mapframe-zoom = 13 Lisvane and Thornhill railway station ( cy, Llys-faen a Draenen Pen-y-Graig) is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

serving the

and Thornhill areas of north

, Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network. The station is the replacement for the Cefn Onn Halt railway station, which was closed in 1986.

Services

The current daytime service pattern is four trains an hour to , , , and , and the opposite direction towards , , and . Three trains terminate at , one train per hour continues to . The frequency drops to half-hourly in the evening and to two-hourly on Sundays. Journey times are approximately: * 10 minutes to * 15 minutes to * 33 minutes to * 4 minutes to * 17 minutes to * 28 minutes to * 46 minutes to Services are operated by Class 150 'Sprinter' units.

History

The station was officially opened on 4 November 1985 by the Chairman of

South Glamorgan County Council South Glamorgan County Council ( cy, Cyngor Sir De Morgannwg) was the local government authority that administered the county of South Glamorgan, Wales from its creation in 1974 until its abolition in 1996. History Local government in England and ...

, County Councillor Kenneth Hutchings. It was constructed at a cost of £182,000, jointly financed by South Glamorgan County Council and British Rail, with the help of a grant from the

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. The station, which is situated on the northern outskirts of Cardiff, from Queen Street, was hoped to generate at least 900 passenger journeys per day, both inbound and outbound. An 80-space County Council park-and-ride car park was constructed alongside the station.

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Railway stations in Cardiff DfT Category F2 stations Railway stations opened by British Rail Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1985 Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail {{Wales-railstation-stub

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