Penarth Railway Station

Penarth railway station is the railway station serving the town of Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It is the terminus of Network Rail's Penarth branch running from Cogan Junction to Penarth station, 1mile 12chains from the junction and 2mi south of station. NB: Contrary to certain railway orientated sources, the official Network Rail Vale of Glamorgan Line does not run from Cardiff Central to Barry or Penarth. It starts at Junction and runs to via Llantwit Major, the line from Cardiff West Junction to Barry Island being the Barry branch. The officially named 'Penarth branch' ran from Cogan Junction to Biglis Junction, a rail mileage of 5miles 65chains and was officially closed beyond Penarth after the last passenger train ran on Saturday 4 May 1968. Station historyHeydayPenarth Station was built for the Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Junction Railway, and opened in 1878 as part of that company's new line to Lavernock. This was a continuation of the Taff Vale Railway's Penarth Extension Railway, which had been completed in February 1878 and gave the town its first rail link to Cardiff. The Taff Vale took over the CP& BJR in 1889 and had the line completed from Lavernock to Biglis Junction on the Barry Railway in 1890. The extension attracted holiday and weekend traffic from Penarth to the beach at Lavernock or Barry Island Pleasure Park for the day, with steam trains running every 30 minutes from 7. 15 am until 11. 45 pm in both directions. There was also a sizeable amount of commuter traffic from the station eastwards into Cardiff. As first constructed the station had two side platforms & tracks, a signal box and a goods yard at the Lavernock end of the station.

Penarth railway station is the railway station serving the town of Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It is the terminus of Network Rail's Penarth branch running from Cogan Junction to Penarth station, 1mile 12chains from the junction and 2mi south of station. NB: Contrary to certain railway orientated sources, the official Network Rail Vale of Glamorgan Line does not run from Cardiff Central to Barry or Penarth. It starts at Junction and runs to via Llantwit Major, the line from Cardiff West Junction to Barry Island being the Barry branch. The officially named 'Penarth branch' ran from Cogan Junction to Biglis Junction, a rail mileage of 5miles 65chains and was officially closed beyond Penarth after the last passenger train ran on Saturday 4 May 1968. Station historyHeydayPenarth Station was built for the Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Junction Railway, and opened in 1878 as part of that company's new line to Lavernock. This was a continuation of the Taff Vale Railway's Penarth Extension Railway, which had been completed in February 1878 and gave the town its first rail link to Cardiff. The Taff Vale took over the CP& BJR in 1889 and had the line completed from Lavernock to Biglis Junction on the Barry Railway in 1890. The extension attracted holiday and weekend traffic from Penarth to the beach at Lavernock or Barry Island Pleasure Park for the day, with steam trains running every 30 minutes from 7. 15 am until 11. 45 pm in both directions. There was also a sizeable amount of commuter traffic from the station eastwards into Cardiff. As first constructed the station had two side platforms & tracks, a signal box and a goods yard at the Lavernock end of the station.