Not to be confused with Minion Park Railway Station which is where the devil's minions board…read moretrains. One mile to the west of Cardiff Central Station, you will find this windswept Suburban Station which is basically where are all the Cardiff fans used to get on and off the train, back when they played here. There is much less traffic than there was in the old days, but the new Cardiff City Stadium is only 5 minutes walk away so this is still the station for the team for sure. They were a Premier League team recently (but not right now, thanks Ole Gunnar for that), so it's not as vital as it was then.

This is another one of those slightly windswept and barren local stations around the Cardiff area…read more There is a raised network of rails, so these stations really are open to the elements all throughout the year. But there really is very little reason to ever get on or off at this station unless you're going to a football match in Cardiff City Stadium. If this is the case, then you'll be battling a thousand other fans of football to squeeze onto the platform and, eventually, into the carriages. This area of Cardiff really is only a 10-15 minute walk away from the city centre, so I recommend avoiding this station unless you really don't feel you can walk.

I used this station twice...once for my arrival and once for departure…read more It's clean and easy to navigate. The staff are helpful and friendly, and there are plenty of facilities including shops, cafés, and waiting areas. Trains run regularly to lots of destinations, and information boards are clear and up to date. It's a busy station, but everything runs smoothly. Great little station.

The rail is an easy way to travel between Cardiff and London. With a train run by Great Wester…read moreRailway almost every half hour, it is convenient for travellers. The platforms can get really crowded, and there are benches available. There are plenty of staff available to assist to help with the confusion of whether your train will be at the "a" or "b" part of the platform, or will take up the entirety.

Taffs Well station lies between Radyr and Treforest Estate on the Valley's Line. Should you find…read moreyourself waiting idly for a train then at least you have a scenic view of the Garth Mountain. There's parking so good for park and ride into Cardiff centre (they've recently built another little car park across the road). You can access the station either from the car park on the east side or from Taffs Well village on the west by walking up the alleyway by John Mills the newsagents. There's a ticket man or lady there from about 7.30 to 9.30 weekday mornings, or you can buy a ticket on the train, mostly. Sometimes you end up in the unpaid fares queue at Cardiff Central if the conductor never turns up. There's live departure and arrival boards at the station or on the website.

This place has been on my radyr for a long time, and I'm finally doing a review of it…read more This is a suburban station located in Cardiff. It has very regular trains that go to Cardiff Central and stop at Ninian Park on the way. It's on the murder lion. I meant line. And I didn't mean murder. But never mind. It serves the suburbs of Cardiff, and it's at the bottom of a hill. It's a cute standard little station that helps the people in this neighbourhood get around to the other parts of Cardiff and Wales. I've been to almost every station in Wales (the significant ones anyway), and it's one of the better ones.

Lydney station serves the small industrial town of Lydney, on the eastern edge of the Forest of…read moreDean. Although it is not anything to look at now, it has a long history. The first railway in the area was built very early a tramroad for carrying coal opened from the Forest to Lydney Docks, passing close by the station, in 1813. The main Cardiff- Gloucester line was built in 1851, and a station provided at the present location (then some miles from the town). In 1869 the tramroad was converted to a traditional railway, and a station provided adjacent to the main line station both became known as Lydney Junction. A new line from this junction was built in 1879 across the River Severn to Sharpness on an impressive viaduct of 21 spans. Alas, this closed in 1960 when a ship collided with the bridge and demolished two of the spans, and the whole bridge was dismantled between 1967 and 1970. To-day, Lydney station is a fairly basic unstaffed halt, with small waiting shelters, electronic departure boards, a large car-park and that's about it. There's not even a footbridge you cross by the level crossing next to the station, and there are (steep) ramps up to the platforms. It's served by the infrequent (hourly or less) service from Cheltenham to Cardiff, most of which are now extended west to Maesteg. The main of interest to-day is that it is adjacent (5-10 minutes' walk) from the preserved Dean Forest Railway station at Lydney Junction, and provides for rail interchange between the two. The DFR's station is also pretty basic, but does have a ticket office and toilets, as well as extensive sidings with all sorts of locomotives (mostly diesel) awaiting restoration. Details at: http://www.deanforestrailway.co.uk

Some states of the US don't have any docks. But Cali is quite the opposite. In other words... CA…read moredox? Ton! This is a tiny little windswept station with some blue station houses, located close to Barry and about seven miles from the center of Cardiff heading into the valleys. It's out in the Vale of Glamorgan, and it's pretty helpful for people that live near here to get in and out of Cardiff. It doesn't have a permanent car park, so you can't really leave your car here, which is kind of annoying, and why I'd avoid using it really. I like the way the Towers look on the bridge, which gives it a unique look and differentiates it from all the other stations. The ticket office bizarrely closes at 9:45 in the morning and 12 in the afternoon on weekends. That makes it a little difficult but I guess it works for locals. I added a star for the two towers so to speak. Not that I'm a Tolkein fan.

Not to be confused with Strangetown Railway Station…read more.. This is a suburban Cardiff railway station that is wide open and not protected from the elements, and in Wales you really need protection and I don't mean condoms, but that too. It's only a mile from Cardiff Central in the Grangetown part of Cardiff. It's on the line that heads for Barry and Bridgend and so on. You can only get down here using this line, and you can only get down to the platform using steps, so it is definitely not disabled-friendly. It's from the 1800 and isn't one of the better stations around. It's pretty desolate out here but it's good for people that live around here, despite it being in the shadow of a huge factory. I've only been here once but it was fairly recent and it sticks in the memory.

I never really understood Grangetown Railway Station. Its location can probably only be explained…read moreaway by the fact that it was there long before Ikea, because it's such a long way away from where you'd like it to be. It's so frustrating sitting on the train as it just goes straight past all those useful shops and plunges down into the deep dark heart of retail that is Penarth Road. Unless you want a car that is, then it's kind of useful. Grangetown Railway Station is elevated to join up with the track that cut across roads on railway bridges which scream 'It's Brains You Want!' This means that it's open to the Welsh elements, as there is no significant shelter for poor little wet train passengers. In short, Grangetown is a stop only advisable to use if you live in the immediate area. This is not a 'let's get off here, dear, and take a little look around' stop.

As the name implies, this serves the well-known Somerset holiday resort of Weston-super-Mare…read more The station itself is on a loop off the main Bristol-Taunton-Exeter main line, thanks to the backward nature of its residents in the 1840s, who resisted proposals for the route of the original main line to run closer to the town. Instead, on 14 June 1841, Weston was connected to the main line by a branch, just over a mile long, and worked initially by horse-drawn carriages. Horse traction remained until 1851, by which time the town had begun to regret being on the end of a branch. This was rectified in 1884 with the construction of the present loop and a handsome station built in the local stone, with large glass canopies over two through platforms and a bay platform. A separate station for summer excursion trains was built just to the north, but closed in 1964. The loop line was singled in 1972, which has since become something of a bottleneck. The station now has a regular service of trains from Weston to Bristol Parkway and from Taunton to Cardiff, providing a half-hourly service to Bristol and an hourly service south to Taunton. This is supplemented by a handful of trains to and from London, and a small number of Cross-Country trains from Plymouth or Paignton to Newcastle. Cross-Country would like to operate more services to Weston, but the timetable is constrained by the single track. The station buffet has been turned into a pub, named 'Off the Rails', known for its changing selection of real ales and cider, and it also does food. There are entrances both to the station approach and the platform, so it's easy to pop in for a pint while you are waiting! The station has level access throughout, a taxi rank, cycle storage and a large car park. Regular buses call here for other parts of the town and surrounding villages: details on http://www.travelinesw.com .

The staff are always helpful, which is painfully necessary when you have a pushchair, need to cross…read morethe bridge to the second platform and there are stairs and no lift. The station is clean and has a decent sized waiting room. Both platforms are covered so no waiting in the rain.

A small station with a fast main line service to London and the west of England. It has trains to…read moreWeymouth and Bristol so is an interchange. There is a ticket office and excellent toutist information is displayed in the waiting room.There is a coffee kiosk and taxis ard available here. It serves a wide area of south Somerset and there is a car park.

Sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees. But at least you can see the Trefforest, the…read morerailway station that is. This is a little station in a little village which is 18 miles to the northwest of the city center of Cardiff. It's close to the campus of University of South Wales, so it is very much a student station, and is little and useful and definitely efficient. They adapted the spelling to change it to the Welsh spelling in 1980, which makes total sense and I agree with it. It has bilingual signage which is pretty awesome. All in all, it's a good one, I've been to about 100 stations across Wales in recent years and this is one of the better ones.

Not a huge fan of this train station to be honest. It does the job and isn't downright horrible,…read morebut without a doubt dated and in need of a good scrub. ~ Location: Treforest in general is a really beautiful and scenic location with plenty of lovely greenery, which the train station is surrounded by. Unfortunately, there's not much nearby besides the university and a few local pubs. ~ Atmosphere: Where Trefforest Railway Station falls short, for me. Like I mentioned, it's very dated. The station itself is extremely tiny with a small ticketing office and that's pretty much it. It's very dirty as well seeing as how it's constantly filled with university students coming and going, but very little maintenance to keep up with cleanliness or appearances. There are 2 platforms at this station, with a walkway going over the tracks to connect the 2. ~ Customer Service: Because there's about 1 staff member at this station (at the ticketing booth), if the booth is closed I really hope you know how to manage which train to catch. Personally though, I've never actually gone to the ticketing booth to comment on the helpfulness of the staff. ~ Service Frequency: From what I can tell, trains coming to and from Trefforest Railway Station isn't too rare. However, one thing that I dislike are that the trains on this route are always the crappy, tiny old ones. I guess you have to use dated trains to match the dated railway station. Also, the tracks are a bit too close for comfort as with every passing train, it's absolutely terrifying loud (more than normal on most routes) and you feel like you've just been barely grazed. When a freight train came around, I'm ashamed to say that I jumped a bit. --- Overall, Trefforest Railway Station definitely does its job in providing service to and from Trefforest. There's enough trains coming through that you shouldn't have to wait too long before your next one but it's really truly in dire need of some TLC.