Coryton railway station serves Coryton and Pantmawr in

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, Wales. It is the

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of the

Coryton Line The Coryton Line is an Urban rail in the United Kingdom, urban rail line in Cardiff that starts from the Cardiff city centre, city centre to Heath, Cardiff, Heath, Birchgrove, Cardiff, Birchgrove, Rhiwbina, Whitchurch, Cardiff, Whitchurch and C ...

north of Cardiff Central via

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. Passenger services are provided by

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as part of the

Valley Lines Valleys & Cardiff Local Routes (formerly Valley Lines) is the urban and suburban rail network radiating from Cardiff, Wales. It includes lines within the city itself, the Vale of Glamorgan and the South Wales Valleys. The services are curre ...

network.

History

The station was opened by the

Cardiff Railway From 1839, the trustees of the John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute, Marquis of Bute, operated a large dock operation in Cardiff, the "Bute Docks". This was very successful, but was overwhelmed by the huge volume of coal exported through ...

on 1 March 1911 as ''Coryton Halt''; it was renamed ''Coryton Halt (Glam)'' by the

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a History of rail transport in Great Britain, British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, ...

in 1926, and relocated in 1931. The line beyond here closed to all traffic in 1952. It was proposed for closure in the

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of 1963, but survived. The station was renamed ''Coryton'' on 5 May 1969.

Facilities

There is one platform with a single bus-stop style shelter and benches. The station has two entrances, one wheelchair accessible from Park Crescent and one down a flight of steps from the A4054 road bridge over the track. Coryton Station looking Up

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service to

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, calling at Whitchurch,

Rhiwbina Rhiwbina (; , also ''Rhiwbina'') is a suburb and community in the north of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Formerly a small hamlet within the parish of Whitchurch, Rhiwbina was developed throughout the twentieth century, and is now a separate ...

, Birchgrove, Ty Glas, Heath Low Level,

, Cardiff Central, Grangetown, Dingle Road, and

, There is also a nightly service that runs from Coryton-

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is no Sunday service.

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{{Transport in Cardiff Railway stations in Cardiff DfT Category F1 stations Former Cardiff Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1911 Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail

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