Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station
railway station in Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, serving Cardiff International Airport
Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station serves Cardiff Airport and the village of Rhoose, in the Vale of Glamorgan, South East Wales. The station lies on the Vale of Glamorgan Line, 11+1⁄2 miles (18.5 km) west of Cardiff Central. A dedicated shuttle bus connects the station with the airport terminal building.
History
The original station was known as Rhoose, before it was closed in 1964.
Passenger services were restored to the Vale of Glamorgan after 41 years. A new station was built at Rhoose and it received a new name, to represent its proximity to the airport; it was opened on 12 June 2005.
Longest station name
Rhoose Cardiff International Airport station now holds the distinction of having the longest name for a railway station, as recognised by National Rail; this is in both English and Welsh.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch station arguably has a longer name, but the village in question was deliberately given a contrived name for that very reason; the station is known officially as either Llanfairpwll or Llanfairpwllgwyngyll – the longer name is not shown on National Rail information documents.
Historically, there was a second longer station name, as before 2007; Golf Halt on the privately-owned Fairbourne Railway, a heritage railway tourist attraction, was known as Gorsafawddachaidraigddanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion, a grammatically incorrect pseudo-Welsh name that was coined for the express purpose of rivalling Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.
Services
From Monday to Saturday, there is an hourly service westbound to Bridgend and eastbound to Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street and Rhymney.
“Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station” enters the record as railway station in Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, serving Cardiff International Airport. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Rhoose, Cardiff and International can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2146222. Authority coordinates are 51.387, -3.349. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1964, 2005 and 2007.
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