Fairwater railway station
| General information | |||||
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| Location | Fairwater, Cardiff Wales | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°29′38″N 3°14′02″W / 51.4940°N 3.2339°W | ||||
| Grid reference | ST144779 | ||||
| Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | FRW | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F2 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1987 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2019/20 | 80,282 | ||||
| 2020/21 | 12,222 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 40,106 | ||||
| 2022/23 | 53,388 | ||||
| 2023/24 | 64,542 | ||||
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Fairwater railway station is a railway station serving the Fairwater area of Cardiff, Wales. Passenger services are currently operated by Transport for Wales.
The station was opened in 1987 when a passenger service was introduced to the City Line. The line on which it is situated on was originally goods only and was opened by the Taff Vale Railway in 1859 to serve the docks at Penarth.