Fairwater railway station

Fairwater Welsh: Y Tyllgoed
General information
Location	Fairwater, Cardiff Wales
Coordinates	51°29′38″N 3°14′02″W
Grid reference	ST144779
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	FRW
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1987
Passengers
2018/19	82,180
2019/20	80,282
2020/21	12,222
2021/22	40,106
2022/23	53,388
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Fairwater railway station is a railway station serving the Fairwater area of Cardiff, Wales. Passenger services are currently operated by Transport for Wales.

The station was opened in 1987 when a passenger service was introduced to the City Line. The line on which it is situated on was originally goods only and was opened by the Taff Vale Railway in 1859 to serve the docks at Penarth.

Services

On Monday to Saturdays, two trains per hour in each direction serve Fairwater. Southbound services run towards Cardiff Central and continue to Coryton; northbound trains run to Radyr. There is no Sunday service. The station is unmanned.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Waun-gron Park		Transport for Wales Cardiff City Line		Danescourt

See also

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

External links

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