Talk:Cardiff Central railway station

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A fact from this article was used in the "Did you know" section of Portal:Trains on March 14, 2006.

Does it really only have 7 platforms? I thought it was more like 10. Deb 17:32, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)

What about platform zero? Warofdreams 12:34, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Tis mentioned in the article. You may have noticed the article also mentions the current lack of a platform 5. Chris 15:03, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

• Current name is ambiguous. If you were neither local, nor a UK railfan, nor talking about the UK rail system, nor travelling on Cardiff buses, would you know what the article was about by name only? Is it a bar? Is it the centre of the city?
• Current name is inconsistent with other rail stations and rail/bus interchange points.

Chris 01:44, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

* Not really... Grand Central has always been Grand Central. Personal experience, I never mistaken such a name for a region. Now, if it was Central Cardiff (Station), then I would've suggested a name change. As it is, I am somewhat opposed to the change of name. Penwhale 05:23, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• • But this isn't a station well-known throughout the world as Grand Central. In fact, for many years (as the article says) it was previously called Cardiff General. Chris 15:03, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • I've always known it as Grand Central station, tbh. violet/riga (t) 18:56, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Support the change for clarity - we could do with a general policy for station names. As the links from the major UK stations template shows, there is no standard at present. Warofdreams 12:34, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
  • Maybe a Rename to Cardiff Central (Station)? Penwhale 13:26, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
    • Most of those on the template show either "station" or "railway station" on the end, and not "(Station)". Adding yet another version only adds to the confusion. I believe the standard for now seems to be that stations which are only served by one mode of transport are named in line with that mode, e.g. "railway station", "tube station", "DLR station", etc., and those which are served by multiple modes (e.g. a rail and bus station) are simply "station". Chris 14:58, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
      • What is the offcial name on the railroad system maps for this station? Penwhale
        • British system maps never add 'station' to station names. Most stations just bear the names of the towns they're in and the 'Station' is assumed and only added when disambiguation is necessary. Support move to Cardiff Central Station (with capitalised Station, since it's part of a proper name) for clarity. -- Necrothesp 17:57, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Cardiff Central railway station is the most consistent form. Creating other varients is going to cause more confusion. Timrollpickering 18:37, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
• Looking at Category:British railway stations there isn't much consistency, though the most common are "station" and "railway station". I'd support either, though wonder about the proper name argument (Birmingham New Street Station, for example). violet/riga (t) 18:56, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

As said earlier, I'm sure there was some kind of project a while ago, which mentioned that "station" would be used for interchanges, and "railway station" for stations with only a rail link. Cardiff Central station as well as the railways has a bus station, rather like Euston and Victoria in London, so to label it as being only a railway station would be factually incorrect. Chris 19:12, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Agreed with that. Support. violet/riga (t) 19:34, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Ok, then, changing to Support. Penwhale 19:40, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

• Support. Trilobite (Talk) 10:29, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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The article has now been moved from Cardiff Central to Cardiff Central station. violet/riga (t) 22:37, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] changes in which platfom masteg train leaves

The Maesteg trains now leave from platfom 3 or 4 since the new timetable (11 dec 2005). Also the Bridgend (Via Barry) trains leaves from platform 7.