Cardiff City Line

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City Line

(from east to west)

Cardiff Central
for Coryton Line
for Maesteg Line
for Merthyr Line
for South Wales Main Line
for Rhondda Line
for Rhymney Line
for Vale of Glamorgan Line
Ninian Park (closed Sundays)
Waun-Gron Park (closed Sundays)
Fairwater (closed Sundays)
Danescourt (closed Sundays)
Radyr
for Merthyr Line
for Rhondda Line

The City Line is a railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Radyr via the western suburbs of Cardiff. Regular passenger services on this route started in 1987. Passenger trains run from Monday to Saturday - there are no trains on Sundays. The line is also used as a diversionary route for trains to Merthyr, Aberdare and Treherbet when the line between Cardiff Queen Street and Radyr is closed for engineering work. Past workings over the line saw shuttle services over the line to Pontypridd and beyond with one stop at Ninian Park.

The places served by the line are listed below.

Since December 2005 most trains on this route go a loop course round to Coryton and back again to Radyr.

The line is currently operated by Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) as part of the former Valley Lines network. ATW replaced the previous franchise Wales & Borders Trains in December 2003.

edit Railway lines in Wales:
Main lines:	Gloucester-Newport Line North Wales Coast Line Shrewsbury-Chester Line South Wales Main Line Welsh Marches Line


Valley lines:		Butetown Branch	City Line	Coryton Line	Ebbw Valley Line	Maesteg Line
Valley lines:		Merthyr Line	Rhondda Line	Rhymney Line	Vale of Glamorgan Line


Rural lines:	Borderlands Line Cambrian Line Conwy Valley Line Heart of Wales Line West Wales Line