Coryton Line

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Coryton Line
(from south to north)

Cardiff Central
for Cardiff City Line
for Maesteg Line
for Merthyr Line
for South Wales Main Line
for Rhondda Line
for Rhymney Line
for Vale of Glamorgan Line
Cardiff Queen Street
for Butetown Branch
for Merthyr Line
for Rhondda Line
for Rhymney Line
Heath Low Level (closed Sundays)
Ty Glas (closed Sundays)
Birchgrove (closed Sundays)
Rhiwbina (closed Sundays)
Whitchurch (Glamorgan) (closed Sundays)
Coryton (closed Sundays)

The Coryton Line is a railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Heath, Birchgrove, Rhiwbina, Whitchurch and Coryton.

The line is currently operated by Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) as part of the Valley Lines network. ATW replaced the previous franchise, Wales & Borders Trains in December 2003. Rolling stock seen operating the line are normally class 143 or 142s. However due to the occasional shortages of rolling stock it has been known to see class 150s or even 158s opperating services.

It is part of a longer line opened 1911 by the Cardiff Railway as its own link into the coalfield around Pontypridd, duplicating the existing Taff Vale Railway. Some stories in popular circulation about short station distances on this rail service are quite untrue.

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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 
          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 
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