Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station
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Rhoose Cardiff International Airport railway station is a railway station that serves the village of Rhoose
and Cardiff Airport
. A dedicated shuttle bus
connects this station with the airport terminal building.
The station is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line
19 km (11½ miles) west of Cardiff Central
towards Bridgend
via Barry
and before Llantwit Major
. This station opened on 12 June 2005. Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales
as part of the Valley Lines
network, an urban rail network serving Cardiff and the surrounding area.
in the UK, in both English
(33 letters, excluding spaces) and Welsh
(Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd Y Rhws — 28 letters, as dd, ng and rh are single letters in Welsh). There are two examples of longer names in Welsh, but both were deliberately given new contrived names to take the record for the longest name. (Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is known officially as either Llanfairpwll or Llanfairpwllgwyngyll — the longer name is not shown on National Rail
information documents — and Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion
was fabricated to improve upon the length of the former.)
Rhoose
Rhoose is a village and community located near the sea in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, near Barry.The village is the location of Cardiff International Airport, formerly RAF Rhoose, a Holiday Park , some shops, two public houses , Rhoose Social Club, and an active Surf Life Saving Club Rhoose is...
and Cardiff Airport
Cardiff International Airport
Cardiff Airport is an international airport serving Cardiff, and the rest of South, Mid and West Wales. Around 1.4 million passengers passed through the airport in 2010....
. A dedicated shuttle bus
Rail linc
rail linc is a brand name applied to various dedicated rail-feeder buses in the Sewta region of South Wales.Unlike other local bus services, they are for the use of rail passengers only and the vehicles are usually fitted with National Rail ticket machines....
connects this station with the airport terminal building.
The station is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line
Vale of Glamorgan Line
The Vale of Glamorgan Line is a commuter railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Bridgend via Barry, Rhoose and Llantwit Major. There are also branch lines to Penarth and Barry Island. As its names suggests, the line runs through the Vale of Glamorgan....
19 km (11½ miles) west of Cardiff Central
Cardiff Central railway station
Cardiff Central railway station is a major railway station on the South Wales Main Line in Cardiff, Wales.It is the largest and busiest station in Wales and one of the major stations of the British rail network, the tenth busiest station in the United Kingdom outside of London , based on 2007/08...
towards Bridgend
Bridgend railway station
Bridgend railway station is a mainline railway station serving the town of Bridgend, South Wales. It is located approximately halfway between Cardiff Central and Swansea at the point where the Maesteg Line diverges from the South Wales Main Line, and is the western terminus of the Vale of...
via Barry
Barry railway station
Barry railway station is one of 3 stations in the town of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. It is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line, which runs from Cardiff Central to Bridgend via Barry, Rhoose, and Llantwit Major...
and before Llantwit Major
Llantwit Major railway station
Llantwit Major railway station serves the small town of Llantwit Major in South Wales. It is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line, 29 km west of Cardiff Central towards Bridgend via Barry and Rhoose...
. This station opened on 12 June 2005. Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales
Arriva Trains Wales
Arriva Trains Wales is a train operating company, owned by Arriva, that operates urban and inter urban passenger services in Wales and the Welsh Marches...
as part of the Valley Lines
Valley Lines
Valleys & Cardiff Local Routes is the busy network of passenger suburban railway services radiating from Cardiff, Wales. It includes lines within the city itself, the Vale of Glamorgan and the South Wales Valleys....
network, an urban rail network serving Cardiff and the surrounding area.
A long title
Following its recent re-opening with a new name (the station was known as "Rhoose" before it closed in 1964), this station now holds the distinction of having the longest name for a station as recognised by National RailNational Rail
National Rail is a title used by the Association of Train Operating Companies as a generic term to define the passenger rail services operated in Great Britain...
in the UK, in both English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
(33 letters, excluding spaces) and Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
(Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd Y Rhws — 28 letters, as dd, ng and rh are single letters in Welsh). There are two examples of longer names in Welsh, but both were deliberately given new contrived names to take the record for the longest name. (Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is known officially as either Llanfairpwll or Llanfairpwllgwyngyll — the longer name is not shown on National Rail
National Rail
National Rail is a title used by the Association of Train Operating Companies as a generic term to define the passenger rail services operated in Great Britain...
information documents — and Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion
Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion
Golf Halt is a small railway halt on the Fairbourne Railway in Gwynedd, North Wales.Until 2007 the station was known as Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion -Overview:...
was fabricated to improve upon the length of the former.)