Ninian Park railway station

Ninian Park railway station serves the Leckwith and South Canton areas of Cardiff, just outside Cardiff city centre.The station opened in 1939 on football match days only for special trains. It appeared on Ordnance Survey maps from at least as early as 1946 until the early 1980s as a white circle, denoting that it was closed to regular passenger services.The station, is west of. It was fully opened to regular passenger service in 1987 when the City Line reopened to passenger services. As the station was built for main line special trains it has the longest platforms on the line, accommodating up to nine coaches, rather than two coaches as at the other three stations opened at the same time. The station is near the former Cardiff City F.C. stadium and is next to the South Wales Main Line, but trains on this route do not stop. Cardiff Canton Traction Maintenance Depot is adjacent to the station.StadiumCardiff City Stadium is within five minutes' walk of the station, over the road from the station's namesake Ninian Park Stadium. However, trains do not run to the station within three hours of a match due to fears that platforms cannot safely accommodate large numbers of passengers attending.ServicesTrains run every half-hour in each direction Mondays - Saturday daytimes, eastbound to via Cardiff Central and westbound to (where connections are available for stations further north). This drops to hourly during the evenings. There is no Sunday service.