Danescourt railway station

Danescourt railway station is a railway station serving the Danescourt suburb of Cardiff, Wales.

Danescourt
The station in 2024 during modernisation
General information
Location	Danescourt, Cardiff Wales
Coordinates	51°30′02″N 3°14′02″W
Grid reference	ST144786
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DCT
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1987
Passengers
2018/19	0.111 million
2019/20	0.108 million
2020/21	7,402
2021/22	31,796
2022/23	39,874
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

The station is situated on the Cardiff City Line 3 miles (5 km) north of Cardiff Central. The City Line was freight only from its opening (in 1859) until 1987, when British Rail introduced a passenger service between Cardiff Central and Radyr.^[1] Some non-stop passenger trains pass through in both directions.

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.

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service is:

• Two 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.^[2]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Fairwater		Transport for Wales Cardiff City Line		Radyr

See also

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

References

1. Wales Rail – Cardiff City Line www.walesrail.co.uk; Retrieved 12 September 2013
2. GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 130 (Network Rail)

External links

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