Butetown branch line
The Butetown branch line, also known as the Cardiff Bay Line, is a 1-mile-6-chain (1.7 km) commuter railway line in Cardiff, Wales from Cardiff Bay to Cardiff Queen Street. The service pattern used to comprise a mixture of shuttle services along the branch and through trains along the Rhymney Line to Caerphilly, or the Coryton Line to Coryton, but since December 2005 is a shuttle service from Queen Street station. The normal journey time is four minutes.
| Cardiff Bay Line | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Owner | Transport for Wales |
| Locale | Cardiff |
| Termini | |
| Stations | 2 |
| Service | |
| Type | Heavy Rail |
| System | National Rail |
| Operator(s) | Transport for Wales Rail |
| Rolling stock | |
| History | |
| Opened | 1840 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 1 mile 6 chains (1.7 km) |
| Number of tracks | Single track throughout (to be redoubled) |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
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