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'''To Newport''': [[Ebbw Junction]]<br> | '''To Newport''': [[Ebbw Junction]]<br> | ||
'''To Swansea''': [[Cardiff Canton]]<br> | '''To Swansea''': [[Cardiff Canton]]<br> | ||
'''To Cardiff Bay''': [[Cardiff Bay]] | |||
== 1960s == | == 1960s == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Image:Cardiff Central7.jpg| | Image:Cardiff Central7.jpg|7925 Westol Hall is surrounded by a group of schoolkids while a friendly driver looks on. The loco was built in 1950, withdrawn in December 1965 and scrapped at Cashmore's in Newport. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== 1970s == | == 1970s == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Image:47105-3.jpg| | Image:47105-3.jpg|[[47105]] enters Cardiff with a mixed freight. This loco is currently (2009) preserved at the [http://www.gwsr.com/ Gloucester Warwickshire Railway]. | ||
Image:47072-1.jpg| | Image:47072-1.jpg|A shot of [[47072]] at the same end of the station. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== 2004 == | == 2004 == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Image:Cardiff Central1.jpg| | Image:Cardiff Central1.jpg|The main entrance to Cardiff Central proudly displays the name Great Western Railway. | ||
Image:Cardiff Central2.jpg| | Image:Cardiff Central2.jpg|Inside the concourse. Cafes, ticket windows, shops | ||
Image:Cardiff Central3.jpg| | Image:Cardiff Central3.jpg|Slightly less salubrious is the subway that leads to the lifts. | ||
Image:Cardiff Central4.jpg| | Image:Cardiff Central4.jpg|The view east. | ||
Image:150282-1.jpg| | Image:150282-1.jpg|Still looking east and [[150282]] glides down [[East Junction Viaduct]] with a train from [[Merthyr]]. | ||
Image:37411-2.jpg| | Image:37411-2.jpg|The pride of the Valleys, [[37411]] coasts past the same spot. | ||
Image:143607-1.jpg| | Image:143607-1.jpg|Looking west from the same spot and [[143607]] sets off with a service for [[Coryton]]. | ||
Image:Cardiff Central5.jpg| | Image:Cardiff Central5.jpg|Standing at the west end of the station looking along the line to [[Cardiff Canton]]. The line curving to the left in front of the depot is the line for [[Barry]]. | ||
Image:Cardiff Central6.jpg| | Image:Cardiff Central6.jpg|The view east. | ||
Image:142006-1.jpg| | Image:142006-1.jpg|A little further to the south (ie. right) of the last photo [[142006]] occupies the site of Cardiff Riverside Station. | ||
Image:170101-2.jpg| | Image:170101-2.jpg|170101 stands at the west end of Cardiff Central on 13.6.05. ''© [[:Category:Andrew Ross|Andrew Ross]]'' | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
[[Category:Cardiff:Stations]] | [[Category:Cardiff:Stations]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:55, 4 April 2026
To Newport: Ebbw Junction
To Swansea: Cardiff Canton
To Cardiff Bay: Cardiff Bay
1960s
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7925 Westol Hall is surrounded by a group of schoolkids while a friendly driver looks on. The loco was built in 1950, withdrawn in December 1965 and scrapped at Cashmore's in Newport.
1970s
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47105 enters Cardiff with a mixed freight. This loco is currently (2009) preserved at the Gloucester Warwickshire Railway. -
A shot of 47072 at the same end of the station.
2004
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The main entrance to Cardiff Central proudly displays the name Great Western Railway. -
Inside the concourse. Cafes, ticket windows, shops -
Slightly less salubrious is the subway that leads to the lifts. -
The view east. -
-
The pride of the Valleys, 37411 coasts past the same spot. -
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Standing at the west end of the station looking along the line to Cardiff Canton. The line curving to the left in front of the depot is the line for Barry. -
The view east. -
A little further to the south (ie. right) of the last photo 142006 occupies the site of Cardiff Riverside Station. -
170101 stands at the west end of Cardiff Central on 13.6.05. © Andrew Ross
