Dingle Road railway station explained

Dingle Road
Native Name:Welsh: Heol Dingle
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan
Country:Wales
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Transport for Wales
Platforms:1
Code:DGL
Classification:DfT category F2
Original:Taff Vale Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Years:1 March 1904
Events:opened
Years1:1967
Events1:Down platform closed
Years2:1984
Events2:buildings on remaining platform replaced
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dingle Road railway station is a railway station in the town of Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It is on the Penarth branch of the Vale of Glamorgan Line 3miles south of on the way to .

All passenger trains serving this station are operated by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.

History

The Taff Vale Railway opened the station in 1904.[1] It had two platforms until 1967, when British Rail closed the Down platform and reduced the line from double to single track.

Service

During Monday to Saturday daytimes, there are four trains per hour to . Before timetable changes on the 2nd June, they then travelled beyond to, and hourly through to northbound and southbound.[2] Following these changes, however, trains now run to and, flipping between destinations with each train.[3] On Monday to Saturday evenings, there are two trains per hour.

Before the May 2024 timetable alterations, on Sundays there was only one train every two hours (to & only) and no late evening service. After these changes, services now run once an hour, terminating at, running between 10am and 10pm.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hutton, John . The Taff Vale Railway . 3 . Silver Link . 2006 . 978-1-85794-251-4 . not cited.
  2. GB National Rail Timetable 2015–2016 Edition, Table 130 (Network Rail)
  3. GB National Rail Timetable May 2024 Edition, Table 127 (Network Rail)