Platform 8

[cardiff55]

Cardiff Central station opened Platform 8 today.

A new platform will officially open at Cardiff Central station today - and rail bosses say it will help ease congestion for train passengers.

Platform eight will be used for the Penarth, Barry Island and Vale of Glamorgan lines.

As part of the works, a track for the new platform has been installed and trains will be able to depart westwards from platforms seven and eight at the same time.

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When I was a kid there was other platforms on the site where the new car park is now, as you can see from the right hand side of the image below

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Nice photo. That was the old Cardiff (Riverside) station, which was later incorporated in to Cardiff general (Central since 1982). Trains used to run down to Cardiff Clarence Road station, a train used to run from there through to Pontypridd regularly, round the back of what is now the City line. Later those platforms were used for parcels traffic only, and must have been knocked down to make way for the rear car park about 20 years ago.

[islandblue]

Nice photo. That was the old Cardiff (Riverside) station, which was later incorporated in to Cardiff general (Central since 1982). Trains used to run down to Cardiff Clarence Road station, a train used to run from there through to Pontypridd regularly, round the back of what is now the City line. Later those platforms were used for parcels traffic only, and must have been knocked down to make way for the rear car park about 20 years ago.

Remember looking across at those platforms when waiting for the Barry train, they still had the old maroon coloured signage from years ago.

[Vimana.]

Nice photo. That was the old Cardiff (Riverside) station, which was later incorporated in to Cardiff general (Central since 1982). Trains used to run down to Cardiff Clarence Road station, a train used to run from there through to Pontypridd regularly, round the back of what is now the City line. Later those platforms were used for parcels traffic only, and must have been knocked down to make way for the rear car park about 20 years ago.

Wow, so much has changed / gone in that photo!

[xsnaggle]

I have always known and referred to it as Cardiff General. The words used to be set in the stone facia of the building, and I'm not sure but I think they still are. Why do people chang things that don't need changing?

S now we have 9 platforms - zero to 8.