Llandaf railway station

Llandaf
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Location
Place	Llandaff North
Local authority	Cardiff
Grid reference	ST147795
Operations
Station code	LLN
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2009/10	0.409 million
2010/11	0.405 million
2011/12	0.398 million
2012/13	0.418 million
2013/14	0.441 million
2014/15	0.448 million
History
9 October 1840 (1840-10-09)	Opened as Llandaff
by 1910	Renamed Llandaff for Whitchurch
12 May 1980	Renamed Llandaf
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Llandaf from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Llandaf railway station is in Llandaff North, Cardiff, Wales. It serves the areas of Llandaff North and Whitchurch.

The Taff Vale Railway opened the station in 1840. Originally named Llandaff, the station had been renamed Llandaff for Whitchurch by 1910, and on 12 May 1980 it was again renamed Llandaf.

The station is popular with commuters between Llandaf and Cathays, Cardiff Queen Street and Cardiff Central. Trains are often especially crowded in rush hours.

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.

From about 07:00 to 19:00 on Monday to Saturdays the following service pattern applies:-

Southbound, toward Cardiff

xx04 Treherbert – Pontypridd – Llandaf – Cardiff Central
xx10 Aberdare – Pontypridd – Llandaf – Cardiff Central – Barry Island
xx26 Merthyr Tydfil – Pontypridd – Llandaf – Cardiff Central – Rhoose Cardiff International Airport – Bridgend
xx34 Treherbert – Pontypridd – Llandaf – Cardiff Central
xx40 Aberdare – Pontypridd – Llandaf – Cardiff Central – Barry Island
xx56 Pontypridd – Llandaf – Cardiff Central – Barry Island

Northbound, toward the Valleys

xx07 Barry Island – Cardiff Central – Llandaf – Pontypridd
xx17 Cardiff Central – Llandaf – Pontypridd – Treherbert
xx22 Barry Island – Cardiff Central – Llandaf – Pontypridd – Aberdare
xx37 Barry Island – Cardiff Central – Llandaf – Pontypridd – Merthyr Tydfil
xx47 Cardiff Central – Llandaf – Pontypridd – Treherbert
xx52 Bridgend – Rhoose Cardiff International Airport – Cardiff Central – Llandaf – Pontypridd – Aberdare

See also

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

External links

• Train times and station information for Llandaf railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Cathays		Arriva Trains Wales Merthyr Line		Radyr
		Arriva Trains Wales Rhondda Line