Cardiff City Line

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City Line
(from east to west)

Cardiff Central
for Coryton Line
for Maesteg Line
for Merthyr Line
for South Wales Main Line
for Rhondda Line
for Rhymney Line
for Vale of Glamorgan Line
Ninian Park
Waun-Gron Park
Fairwater
Danescourt
Radyr
for Merthyr Line
for Rhondda Line

The City Line is a railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Radyr via the western suburbs of Cardiff. Regular passenger services on this route started in 1987. Passenger trains run from Monday to Saturday - there are no trains on Sundays. The line is also used as a diversionary route for trains to Merthyr, Aberdare and Treherbet when the line between Cardiff Queen Street and Radyr is closed for engineering work. Past workings over the line saw shuttle services over the line to Pontypridd and beyond with one stop at Ninian Park.

The places served by the line are listed below.

Since December 2005 most trains on this route go a loop course round to Coryton and back again to Radyr.

The line is currently operated by Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) as part of the former Valley Lines network. ATW replaced the previous franchise Wales & Borders Trains in December 2003.

Railway lines in Wales:
Main lines:  Gloucester-Newport Line   North Wales Coast Line   Shrewsbury-Chester Line   South Wales Main Line   Welsh Marches Line 
Valley lines:           Butetown Branch            City Line            Coryton Line            Ebbw Valley Line            Maesteg Line 
          Merthyr Line            Rhondda Line            Rhymney Line            Vale of Glamorgan Line 
Rural lines:  Borderlands Line   Cambrian Line   Conwy Valley Line   Heart of Wales Line   West Wales Line