Llandaf railway station is in

Llandaff North Llandaff North ( cy, Ystum Taf), is a district, community and coterminous electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. Description It is located in the north of Cardiff and can be considered a two-part ward, each containin ...

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. It serves the areas of Llandaff North and Whitchurch.

History

The

Taff Vale Railway The Taff Vale Railway (TVR) was a standard gauge railway in South Wales, built by the Taff Vale Railway Company to serve the iron and coal industries around Merthyr Tydfil and to connect them with docks in Cardiff. It was opened in st ...

opened the station in 1840, only ten years after the first stations for locomotive-drawn trains had been opened on the

Liverpool and Manchester Railway The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) was the first inter-city railway in the world. It opened on 15 September 1830 between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool and Manchester in England. It was also the first railway to rely exclusively ...

. Originally named ''Llandaff'', the station had been renamed ''Llandaff for Whitchurch'' by 1910, and on 12 May 1980 it was again renamed ''Llandaf''. In 2015 work started on replacing the old footbridge with one that offers step-free access to all platforms. This was funded by Network Rail and the Department of Transport Access for all Scheme. A new ticket office opened in November 2017 to replace the old station building (on platform 2) which is open six days a week. Further improvements planned in connection with the proposed

South Wales Metro The South Wales Metro () is an integrated heavy rail, light rail and bus-based public transport services and systems network in South East Wales around the hub of . The first phase was approved for development in October 2013. Works are current ...

network included new waiting shelters, improved bike storage, refurbishment of the existing car park, extra lighting and CCTV.

Services

The station has a frequent Monday to Saturday service, and a more limited Sunday service, throughout the year. Under the timetable reforms of Arriva Trains Wales in 2006, the station benefited from the introduction of a Monday to Saturday service with six trains per hour in each direction. Southbound, these all run to , of which three per hour continue to and one continues to via . Northbound, all run to of which two continue to , two continue to and one continues to . The station is popular with commuters between Llandaf and Cathays, Cardiff Queen Street and Cardiff Central. Trains are often especially crowded in rush hours.

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{{Transport in Cardiff Railway stations in Cardiff DfT Category E stations Former Taff Vale Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1840 Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail Llandaff

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