Danescourt railway station

Danescourt
Looking towards Radyr.
Location
Place	Danescourt
Local authority	Cardiff
Grid reference	ST144786
Operations
Station code	DCT
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	61,712
2011/12	65,904
2012/13	70,308
2013/14	85,522
2014/15	95,334
History
Key dates	Opened 1987 (1987)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Danescourt from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Danescourt railway station is a railway station serving the Danescourt suburb of Cardiff, Wales.

The station is the first stop after Radyr on the Cardiff City Line 3 miles (5 km) north of Cardiff Central. The City Line was freight only until 1987, when British Rail introduced an hourly passenger service between Cardiff Central and Radyr.

Both of the station's two platforms are accessible for disabled passengers via ramps. The Cardiff Central-bound platform is accessible via a bridge, whilst the Radyr-bound platform is accessible via a residential road (Beale Close) off the main road (Danescourt Way). A footbridge links the two platforms.

Some non-stop passenger trains pass through in both directions.

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service is:

• 2 trains per hour in each direction: Eastbound to Coryton via Cardiff Central and Cardiff Queen Street, and westbound to Radyr, which is the next station along.

Journey times from Danescourt are 12 minutes to Cardiff Central and seven minutes to Radyr. There is no Sunday service.

See also

• List of railway stations in Cardiff
• Rail transport in Cardiff

External links

• Train times and station information for Danescourt railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Fairwater		Arriva Trains Wales Coryton - Cardiff Queen Street - Radyr		Radyr