Rhoose Cardiff International Airport

Welsh: Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd Y Rhws
National Rail
Up platform
General information
LocationRhoose, Vale of Glamorgan
Wales
Coordinates51°23′14″N 3°20′56″W / 51.3872°N 3.3489°W / 51.3872; -3.3489
Grid referenceST062662
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeRIA
Key dates
1 December 1897Opened
15 June 1964Closed
12 June 2005Reopened
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.184 million
2019/20Decrease 0.175 million
2020/21Decrease 25,674
2021/22Increase 98,234
2022/23Increase 0.153 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station is a railway station that serves Cardiff Airport and the village of Rhoose in southeast Wales. A dedicated shuttle bus connects this station with the airport terminal building.

The station is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line 11+1⁄2 miles (18.5 km) west of Cardiff Central towards Bridgend via Barry and before Llantwit Major. The station opened on 12 June 2005. Passenger services are operated by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network, an urban rail network serving Cardiff and the surrounding area.

A long title

Following its recent reopening with a new name (the station was known as "Rhoose" before it closed in 1964),[1] this station now holds the distinction of having the longest name for a station as recognised by National Rail in the UK, in both English (33 letters, excluding spaces) and Welsh (Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd Y Rhws – 28 letters, as dd, ng and rh are single letters in Welsh).

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch railway station arguably has a longer name, but the village in question was deliberately given a contrived name for that very reason, and the station is known officially as either Llanfairpwll or Llanfairpwllgwyngyll – the longer name is not shown on National Rail information documents. Historically, there was a second "longer" station name, as before 2007 Golf Halt on the privately-owned Fairbourne Railway (a heritage railway tourist attraction) was known as "Gorsafawddachaidraigddanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion", a grammatically-incorrect pseudo-Welsh name that was coined for the express purpose of rivaling Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.

Services

From Monday to Saturday, there is an hourly service westbound to Bridgend and an hourly service eastbound to Cardiff Central and onwards to Cardiff Queen Street, Pontypridd and Aberdare. On Sundays there is a two-hourly service in each direction, with eastbound trains terminating at Cardiff Central.[2]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Barry   Transport for Wales
Vale Line
   Llantwit Major
  Historical railways  
Barry
Line and station open		   Barry Railway
Vale of Glamorgan Railway		   Aberthaw
Line open; station closed

References

  1. ↑ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 361. OCLC 931112387.
  2. ↑ GB National Rail Timetable 2015-16 Edition, Table 130

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