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, west of . 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.
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; 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 and eastbound to , and . On Sundays, there is a two-hourly service in each direction, with eastbound trains terminating at Cardiff Central.
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