Cardiff Central Railway Station (Caerdydd Canolog in Welsh) is a significant station situated in the capital of Wales, Cardiff, on the South Wales Main Line. It serves as one of the city’s two primary urban rail network hubs, along with Cardiff Queen Street. The station was established in 1850 as Cardiff Station, later renamed to Cardiff General in 1924, and finally to Cardiff Central in 1973. Wales’s largest and busiest station is one of twenty railway stations in the city and one of two in the city center. Transport for Wales Rail manages the Grade II listed building.
Cardiff Castle is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion in the center of Cardiff, Wales. Norman invaders built the original motte and bailey castle in the late 11th century on top of a 3rd-century Roman fort. During the mid-18th century, ownership of Cardiff Castle passed to the Stuart…
The St John the Baptist Church in Cardiff, Wales, is a parish church listed as a Grade I building. It is the only church in the city center that dates back to pre-Medieval times and is also the only medieval building apart from Cardiff Castle. The church was constructed in…
The Auckland Railway Station is the former main railway station of Auckland. Opened in 1930 on Beach Road, it replaced the previous Queen Street railway terminus which is approximately where the current main railway station, Britomart is located. The 1930 station was the third station to serve as the rail…
