Whitchurch railway station (Wales)

Whitchurch railway station is a railway station serving Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales. It is located on the Coryton Line north of Cardiff Central and is situated beneath the A470 road.
Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.

History

It was opened by the Cardiff Railway in 1911. Until the 1960s Whitchurch station had 2 platforms plus a goods platform, a goods shed and yard, booking office, footbridge, and a staff of at least 2 including George the porter. There was also a signal box at the eastern end of the platform
In March 2025, the BBC included the station in a list of "Britain's 10 worst performing stations by percentage of cancelled trains".

Service

Monday to Saturday, there is a half-hourly service southbound to Cardiff Central and onwards to Penarth and to Coryton northbound with a service running in the nights Coryton-Bridgend via Vale Of Glamorgan. A Sunday service was introduced for the first time in December 2025.