"fiction. It is mentioned in several Sherlock Holmes novels. In ""The Hound of the Baskervilles"", Watson and his companions Dr. Mortimer and Sir Henry Baskerville leave for Dartmoor from Paddington, while in ""The Boscombe Valley Mystery"", Holmes and Watson leave the station for a train to Boscombe Valley near Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. The mystery novel ""4.50 From Paddington"" (1957) by Agatha Christie begins with a murder witnessed by a passenger on a train from Paddington. One of The Railway Series books, ""The Eight Famous Engines"", contains a story about Gordon, Duck and a foreign engine debating which station London is. Duck"
"city centre. These are the main rail lines that serve Cardiff. Most of the lines are Cardiff commuter lines that form the city's urban rail network. The South Wales Main Line is a branch of the Great Western Main Line from . It diverges from the main line near Swindon, first passing through Bristol Parkway and continuing through the Severn Tunnel to Cardiff Central via Newport. The line continues from the city towards West Wales. The line between London and Cardiff is being electrified. The Butetown Line is a short line running from Cardiff Queen Street to Cardiff Bay. Rail"
"Cathays railway station Cathays railway station is a station on the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda lines in the Cathays district of Cardiff, Wales. It is north of . The station is next to Cardiff University Students' Union and across the road from many Cardiff University buildings, as well as a short walk from the Welsh Government and other Civic buildings in Cathays Park. The footbridge over the railway is much used as a shortcut between Park Place and Senghenydd Road. When Cathays opened in 1983 it reversed a trend to close stations. It was opened by British Rail and South"
"South Wales Main Line The South Wales Main Line (), originally known as the London, Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway or simply as the Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway, is a branch of the Great Western Main Line in Great Britain. It diverges from the core London-Bristol line at Royal Wootton Bassett near Swindon, first calling at Bristol Parkway, after which the line continues through the Severn Tunnel into South Wales. Great Western Railway operates High Speed Trains between London and South Wales and services between Cardiff and South West England. CrossCountry provides services from Cardiff to Nottingham"
"is the major British rail route running from South West England or Cardiff via Bristol, Birmingham, Derby and Sheffield to North-East England and Scotland. It includes some of the longest inter-city rail journeys in the UK, e.g. Penzance to Aberdeen) It remains a major freight route, although now largely usurped by the M5, M6 and M1 motorways. The route shares parts of the Great Western Main Line, Midland Main Line, Sheffield to Hull Line, the East Coast Main Line and the core Cardiff-Bristol-Birmingham-Derby route. In November 2018 tracks were doubled back to the original four tracks from Bristol Temple Meads"
"Cardiff Central on alternate hours. Two services operate to & from Manchester Piccadilly on weekdays only. Most Sunday services run to/from Crewe. Virgin Trains operate services to London Euston via the West Coast Main Line, with six departures and five arrivals from London Euston on weekdays, with a sixth arrival from Birmingham New Street, four services to and from London Euston on Saturdays and four departures and three arrivals from Euston on Sundays, with the fourth arrival originating at Crewe. Holyhead station adjoins the Holyhead Ferry Port, with sailings to both Dublin and, until September 2014, to Dún Laoghaire. It"
"from the south. During Monday-Saturday daytimes, there are usually six trains an hour from to and thence to one of , or (half-hourly to each). There are six trains an hour to with some trains continuing beyond Cardiff to (3 per hour) and via Barry (hourly). Connections for the City line can be made at Radyr, for & Coryton at Queen Street and at Central for . The first City Line service of the day starts back from Taffs Well at 0653 to Coryton (with a 0704 departure from Radyr). There is no service in the opposite direction. A reduced"
"of which two continue to , two continue to and one continues to . Llandaf railway station 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, only ten years after the first stations for locomotive-drawn trains had been opened on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. 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"
"to (3 per hour) or via the Vale of Glamorgan Line (hourly). There are bus services from outside the station, including the northbound Capital City Green service. Cathays railway station Cathays railway station is a station on the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda lines in the Cathays district of Cardiff, Wales. It is north of . The station is next to Cardiff University Students' Union and across the road from many Cardiff University buildings, as well as a short walk from the Welsh Government and other Civic buildings in Cathays Park. The footbridge over the railway is much used as a"
"from to via and . The morning service operates to Manchester Piccadilly whilst the evening service returns to Cardiff Central. Other CrossCountry services pass non-stop throughout the day, operating two trains per hour each direction between the South West, Bristol, Manchester and Scotland. The local services described above are formed using , , and diesel multiple-unit trains. The London to Swansea service is operated by Class 800, and CrossCountry services are operated using and ""Voyager"" diesel-electric multiple units. The standard journey time to Bristol Temple Meads is 8 minutes, to Bristol Parkway is 4 minutes, and to Cardiff Central is"
"Cardiff. Over the August Bank Holiday weekend 2016 control of the signals between Westerleigh Junction and Pilning was switched over to the Thames Valley Signalling Centre. These signals now carry the prefix 'BL'. The maximum line speed from London to Coalpit Heath is ; from Coalpit Heath to Newport; from Newport to east of Bridgend; from east of Bridgend to Swansea Loop North junction (with a small section of track through Pyle station); and from Swansea Loop North Junction to Swansea. A diversionary route exists if the Severn Tunnel is closed. This takes trains from Severn Tunnel Junction to Gloucester,"
"There is also a two-hourly service between Cardiff and the North Wales Coast Line to via . These services are all operated by Transport for Wales. The northbound Premier service from Cardiff to Holyhead calls here on Monday to Fridays but the southbound service does not call here. Two trains per day in the early morning on weekdays to London Paddington, via Hereford and the Cotswold Line, commenced operation in December 2007. However, they were short lived, being withdrawn in December 2008; they were deemed pointless as changing at Newport was quicker. These services were operated by First Great Western."
"Europe. Great Western Railway operate services from Cardiff Central, Newport and Swansea to London Paddington with Class 800s. Most services in South Wales are operated by Transport for Wales Rail on the South Wales Main Line and associated branches such as the Valley Lines. Radio stations in the area include: The Welsh national media is based in Cardiff, with the BBC, ITV and S4C all having their main studios and offices in the capital. Cardiff also has its own television station, Capital TV, based in the Link Trade Park in Penarth Road, Cardiff. The channel broadcasts to most of Cardiff"
"usage dropped from 59.7% to 52.3%, while walking was up by 1.4% to 18.3%. For bus usage, the figure had risen by 3% to 15.5% and cycling use increased from 1.6% to 7.4%. Train usage also rose from 3.8% to 4.7% over the same period. The M4 motorway connects Cardiff to towns and other cities in Britain. To the east: Newport, Bristol, Bath, Swindon, Reading and terminating at London. To the west: Bridgend, Swansea, Llanelli and terminating near Carmarthen. It is part of the unsigned European route E30. Cardiff can be accessed directly from junctions 29 – 34 inclusive: The"
"Llandaf railway station 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, only ten years after the first stations for locomotive-drawn trains had been opened on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. 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. In 2015 work started"
"operated by Greater Western Railway (from South Wales) and Virgin Trains West Coast (from North Wales). Great Western Railway also operate services from Cardiff to Portsmouth via Bristol, Bath and Southampton, and CrossCountry operate services from Cardiff to Nottingham. The bulk of rail transport in Wales today is concentrated in the south, with Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street, Newport, Swansea and Bridgend being the busiest stations. Most passengers travel on east-west routes. In 2005/06, there were approximately 20.1 million rail passenger journeys beginning or ending in Wales, including 13 million starting and ending in Wales. Cardiff was the destination for"
"by the route are listed below: Principal through passenger services are London Euston to Holyhead, Bangor, Chester and Wrexham General operated by Virgin Trains (West Coast) and Crewe to Holyhead, Cardiff to Holyhead and Manchester to Llandudno currently operated by Transport for Wales Rail (who replaced Arriva Trains Wales). A revised timetable has operated since December 2005 incorporating a new service to and from Cardiff Central every two hours. The line still provides the UK railway part of the through passenger service to Dublin using fast car ferries from Holyhead to Dublin Port. The Welsh Government would like the line"
"of Heath, Llanishen and Lisvane before continuing to Caerphilly and places such as Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed and Bargoed. Services on this stretch of line run every 15 minutes. Every hour, trains continue on the rest of the line to Rhymney. Trains often continue through Cardiff onto the Vale of Glamorgan Line to Penarth. The Vale of Glamorgan Line is a line that runs from Cardiff through the largely rural county of the Vale of Glamorgan to Bridgend. The line comprises three branches. Trains call at Grangetown in Cardiff before continuing on the main line to stations in Dinas Powys and"
"to the main entrance. The latter can be used for collecting pre-paid tickets as well as for purchasing tickets prior to travel. Level access is available between the car park and platform. The general service pattern is one train per hour to Cardiff Central via Bridgend, with most trains extended to Cheltenham Spa via Newport, Chepstow, Lydney and Gloucester. Passenger services are operated by Transport for Wales. There are two long-distance daily services to Maesteg. One of these starts at Chester, and the other runs from Holyhead. The first train of the day is a through working to . There"
"and Llantwit Major. Stagecoach South Wales, Edwards Coaches and EST Buses also provide services in the city. Stand B at Central station is used for services to destinations outside Cardiff and the Vale such as TrawsCambria X40 to Aberystwyth, Shuttle 100 to Swansea, Stagecoach services to the Valleys and all National Express services (e.g. Birmingham, London, Leeds). The Megabus service to London, and to Newcastle via Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds stops outside Cardiff Castle on Castle Street. Cardiff Bus uses stands B, C, D, E, F and W at Central station and Wood Street. Other bus stops in the city"
"from Manchester Piccadilly on weekdays, and one on Saturdays to/from Manchester Airport in the current (May 2017-December 2017) timetable. Transport for Wales services towards Cardiff are usually operated by Class 175 diesel multiple unit trains, with the exception of the North-South ""Premier Service"" which is operated by a rake of Mark 3 coaches hauled by a Class 67 diesel locomotive. Services towards Birmingham International are usually operated by Class 158 diesel multiple unit trains, allowing them to be coupled with services off the Cambrian Coast railway line upon arrival at Shrewsbury, to provide additional capacity between Shrewsbury and Birmingham. Another"
"which also operates all train services at these stations, with the exception of Cardiff Central which is also served by CrossCountry and Great Western Railway. The stations form part of Cardiff's commuter rail network, colloquially known as Valley Lines Cardiff Central is one of the United Kingdom's major railway stations, providing connections to Newport, Bristol, Bath, Reading, London, Southampton, Portsmouth, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Birmingham and Nottingham. It is located in the south of the Cardiff city centre Cardiff Queen Street is the hub of the Valley Lines network, with all lines running through the station. It is located in Cardiff's eastern"
"Coryton Line The Coryton Line is a commuter railway line in Cardiff from the city centre to Heath, Birchgrove, Rhiwbina, Whitchurch and Coryton. It was originally opened as part of the main line of the Cardiff Railway. The line is operated by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network. TfW replaced the previous franchise, Arriva Trains Wales in October 2018. 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 operating services. Services normally continue"
"at Llandaf railway station, near Whitchurch. Trains run between the Cardiff Valleys and the Vale of Glamorgan via Cardiff city centre. Whitchurch (Cardiff) railway station is located on the Coryton Line where trains run between Coryton and Radyr via the city centre. Cardiff Bus services 21, 23, 24, 25 and 35 run through parts of Whitchurch to Cardiff city centre. The A470 road runs through the east of Whitchurch towards Merthyr Tydfil and North Wales. Whitchurch, Cardiff Whitchurch (; ""eglwys"" church + ""newydd"" new) is a suburb and community in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It is approximately"
"Cardiff railway station, New South Wales Cardiff railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves the western Newcastle suburb of Cardiff, opening on 14 March 1889, relocating to its present site on 8 June 1902. Despite being one of the busiest stations in the region, the station long had substandard facilities, in particular a lack of disabled access. There had been numerous (often contradictory) proposals to either upgrade Cardiff or relocate the station to the abandoned station at nearby Glendale, following community pressure stretching back to the 1990s. In November 2010, work"
"as much passenger traffic as any other station in Wales. The Cardiff region has its own urban rail network. Beeching cuts in the 1960s mean that most of the remaining network is geared toward east-west travel connecting with the Irish Sea ports for ferries to Ireland. Services between north and south Wales operate through the English towns of Chester and Shrewsbury along the Welsh Marches Line. All trains in Wales are diesel-powered since no lines have been electrified. However, the South Wales Main Line branch of the Great Western Main Line used by services from London Paddington to Cardiff is"
"west to Pentrebane. They also operate the TrawsCymru T9 Cardiff Airport Express between Cardiff Bay, Cardiff City Centre and Cardiff Airport, as well as Service 304 to Barry and some home-school coaches in the Cardiff area. Edwards Coaches operates the 400 bus service between Beddau and Greyfriars Road bus stop in Cardiff. Megabus is a low-cost no-frills intercity coach network in the United Kingdom operated by Stagecoach that commenced operations in 2003, including non-stop services to London in a journey time of three and a half hours. Other longer routes to London stop in Newport and Bristol. Cardiff is also"
"The line then diverges northwards through Sarn and Tondu. Services run every hour to and from Cardiff, often extending to Cheltenham Spa. The Merthyr Line runs northward out of Cardiff, calling at stations in the suburbs of Cathays, Llandaff and Radyr, where it connects with the City Line. It continues into Rhondda Cynon Taff, through Taffs Well, Treforest and Pontypridd. Frequencies on this stretch of the line are usually every 15 minutes. After calling at Abercynon, the line splits into two branches; one to Merthyr Tydfil via Merthyr Vale and another to Aberdare via Mountain Ash. Frequencies are every 30"
"commissioned on 16 June 1952. The colliery came under threat of closure due to geological exhaustion in 1986 and the spur line was closed in 1990. The line continued an uneventful existence operating passenger trains to Cardiff. It has developed into a useful commuter line into Cardiff from Coryton; in 2018 trains run typically at 30 minute intervals; the journey time from Coryton to Cardiff Queen Street is 14 minutes with five intermediate stops. The Cardiff Railway had 36 steam locomotives, all built by private manufacturers, which were acquired by the GWR on 1 January 1922. For details see Locomotives"
"this route ended on 10 September 1962, whilst that to had been withdrawn a decade earlier (on 31 March 1952). Both lines had closed completely by 1964. The Welsh spelling of ""Trefforest"" was adopted on 12 May 1980. During Monday–Saturday daytimes, there are usually six trains an hour from to destinations including , , and . There are six trains an hour to with some trains continuing beyond Cardiff to via or . A reduced service operates on Sundays (2-hourly to all three northbound destinations, 3 trains every two hours to Cardiff and beyond)). The station is a short walk"
"trains from Paddington to London Heathrow Airport are operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings as the Heathrow Express. Local services on this route were previously jointly operated by GWR and BAA under the Heathrow Connect name. CrossCountry operate trains between Reading and Oxford, using the Great Western main line as far as Didcot and South Western Railway operate a limited number of trains between Bath and Bristol. Great Western Railway also operate a train between London Paddington – Cardiff Central every 30 minutes, with hourly extensions to Swansea. At Swansea/Cardiff there is a connecting Transport for Wales boat train to/from Fishguard"
"Cardiff Queen Street station, and installing a light rail metro system in the city. Rail transport in Cardiff Rail transport in Cardiff has developed to provide connections to many other major cities in the United Kingdom, and to provide an urban rail network for the city and its commuter towns in southeast Wales. Today, there are three train operating companies in Cardiff: Great Western Railway, CrossCountry and Transport for Wales. These services operate on the Valley Lines network - an urban rail network centred on Cardiff that connects it to its commuter towns in South East Wales: All 20 railway"
"announcements, timetable posters and customer help points on each platform. Step-free access is only provided on platform 2, as platform 1 can only be reached via a footbridge with stairs. Currently, trains run on two routes operated by Transport for Wales: - Usually continues to Chester and Holyhead - Usually continues to either Birmingham International or Cardiff Central via (two-hourly to each) A two-hourly service operates on Sundays to Chester and Birmingham International, with limited additional services to Cardiff and Holyhead. Until January 2011 the Wrexham, Shropshire and Marylebone Railway provided regular daily services between Wrexham and London. This service"