Penarth railway station
Penarth 
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| Location | |
| Place | Penarth |
| Local authority | Vale of Glamorgan |
| Grid reference | ST184714 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PEN |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.589 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.612 million |
| 2013/14 |
 0.600 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.597 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.613 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Taff Vale Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| 20 February 1878 | Opened |
| 1968 | Down buildings and platform removed |
| 1984 | Buildings replaced |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Penarth from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Coordinates: 51°26′08″N 3°10′28″W / 51.4355°N 3.1745°W
Penarth railway station is the railway station serving the town of Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. It is the terminus of Network Rail's Penarth branch running from Cogan Junction to Penarth station, 1mile 12chains from the junction and 2 miles 67 chains (4.6 km) south of Cardiff Central station. NB: Contrary to certain railway orientated sources, the official Network Rail Vale of Glamorgan Line does not run from Cardiff Central to Barry or Penarth. It starts at Barry Junction and runs to Bridgend via Llantwit Major, the line from Cardiff West Junction to Barry Island being the Barry branch. The officially named 'Penarth branch' ran from Cogan Junction to Biglis Junction, a rail mileage of 5miles 65chains and was officially closed beyond Penarth after the last passenger train ran on Saturday 4 May 1968.
Penarth Station (or Penarth Town as it was originally known) was built for the Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Junction Railway, and opened in 1878 as part of that company's new line to Lavernock. This was a continuation of the Taff Vale Railway's Penarth Extension Railway, which had been completed in February 1878 and gave the town its first rail link to Cardiff.
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