Dingle Road railway station
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| Dingle Road | |||
| Heol Dingle | |||
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| Location | |||
| Place | Penarth | ||
| Local authority | Vale of Glamorgan | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | DGL | ||
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales | ||
| Platforms in use | 1 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 ** | 18,811 | ||
| History | |||
| 1904 | Opened | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dingle Road. | |||
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Dingle Road railway station is a railway station serving the town of Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan in South Wales. It is located on the Penarth branch of the Vale of Glamorgan Line from Cardiff to Penarth.
Dingle Road is unusual for being on a gradient or slope. The gradient to get to Dingle Road is very steep, which has caused many of Arriva's Class 142 and Class 143 to fail, or to crawl up the gradient if the train is running on just one engine instead of two.
The second platform, which is visible in the photo, has been disused since the 1960s and the Beeching Axe.
Passenger services from this station are operated by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.
The station at this location was first opened by the Taff Vale Railway as a halt in 1904[1].
[edit] References
- ^ Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 3. Silver Link. ISBN 978-1-85794-251-4
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Dingle Road railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Dingle Road railway station from Multimap.com
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Grangetown | Arriva Trains Wales |
Penarth | ||
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