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February 1975
Set: C327
BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu (Class 116) No.C327 (consisting of Class 116/1, 175 & 116/2 cars) in BR Rail Blue with all yellow front end, at Cardiff (Bute Road) - now called Cardiff Bay - on a Coryton service, 02/75. Built by the Taff Vale Railway in 1840 as Cardiff Docks, this modest station building also served as the HQ of the Taff Vale Railway - one of the smallest yet richest railways in Britain in the pre-grouping (pre-1923) era - until 1862. Incredibly, it then became the consulates of the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and Brazil! It is now disused. Hugh Llewelyn.
February 1975
Set: C327
BR (Derby) Suburban 3-car dmu (Class 116) No.C327 (consisting of Class 116/1, 175 & 116/2 cars) in BR Rail Blue with all yellow front end, at Cardiff (Bute Road) - now called Cardiff Bay - on a Coryton service, 02/75. Hugh Llewelyn.
28th February 1975
Set: C320
Class 116 DMU set C320 (50901 and presumably 59356 + 50848) in Cardiff Bute Road station on February 28th 1975. Image by John Wiltshire. Peter Brabham Collection.
25th March 1978
Set: C314
Unit C314 at Cardiff Bute Road on 25 March 1978 on the 13.02 to Coryton. The vehicles are presumably 50848 + 59356 + 50901. Tom Burnham.
2nd May 1979
Set: C300
Class 116 DMU C300 (50122 + 59030 + 50080) at Cardiff Bute Road on 2 May 1979. Alistair Ness.
2nd May 1979
Set: C300
Class 116 DMU C300 (50080 + 59030 + 50122) at Cardiff Bute Road on 2 May 1979. Alistair Ness.
16th October 1979
Set: C305
Derby 3 car Suburban, with 50089 leading (and presumably 59039 + 50131), stands at Cardiff Bute Road on 16th October 1979. David Scott.
17th July 1981
Set: C335
Class 116 DMU set C335 (presumably 51153 + 59032 + 51140) at Cardiff Bute Road on July 17, 1981. This station is now named Cardiff Bay and the whole area has been the subject of major regeneration. In 1981, clearly nobody cared. Jeremy Chapter.
17th July 1981
Set: C335
A Class 116 dmu (set C335, presumably 51140 + 59032 + 51153) in Cardiff Bute Road on July 17, 1981. It seems incredible that this was an open station one mile from Cardiff Queen Street in the Welsh capital's centre. Even more incredible is the fact that nowadays there are 5 trains an hour here. In 1981 the train crew are sitting on the platform contemplating the squalour (and probably having a smoke). Jeremy Chapter.
4th March 1982
Set: C330
At Bute Road on the 4th March 1982 is set C330 (51141 + 59357 + 51128). Chris Lings.
29th December 1983
Set: C319
Class 116 DMU set C319 (W53868 + W59371 + W53918) in Cardiff Bute Road station with a service for Coryton on 29 December 1983. Brian Daniels.
1984
Set: C302
Class 116 DMU set C302 (presumably 53086 + 59036 + 53128) in Cardiff Bute Road in early 1984. Michael Mensing.
24th April 1984
Set: C300
On an warm late spring lunchtime (24/04/84) Class 116 DMU set no.C300 (presumably 53122 + 59030 + 53080) stands at the desolate Cardiff Bute Road terminus. Back in 1984 the branch from Queen Street South Junction into Cardiff Docks had an irregular timetable with large gaps in the service particularly off peak. This DMU set is waiting to work train 2C79 the 12.37 to Coryton, back then most trains ran through to Coryton with just a couple of shuttle workings to Queen Street. The large building on the right is the one time Taff Vale Railway Headquarters building built in 1841. It is a listed building but to this day stands derelict, the station is no longer called Bute Road and has been revamped with trains now using the north end of the other platform face seen to the right here. The station is also now called Cardiff Bay. Apologies for grainy picture quality, reason = telephoto lens while using Perutz CT100 film. Adrian Nicholls.
1986
Set: C305
Class 116 DMU set C305 (presumably 53131 + 59039 + 53089) at Cardiff Bute Road station in 1986, before much of the development which has transformed the Cardiff Bay area over the last 20 years. On the left can be seen the former station building, which also served as the headquarters of the Taff Vale Railway before 1923. In 1986 it had recently been renovated and was in use as a museum (including an excellent model of the station in the late 19th century). Tom Burnham.
11th April 1986
Set: C305
Class 116 DMU set C305 (presumably 53131 + 59039, the DMBS could to be a 108) in Cardiff Bute Road on April 11, 1986. Jonathan Hazan.
18th January 1988
Set: C808
Class 101 set C808 formed W51801 and W51519 waiting departure from Cardiff Bute Road. Keith Long.
31st August 1988
Set: C377
C377 (W53911 + W53858) arrives at Cardiff Bute Road where it will terminate with the 15:45 from Caerphilly on August 31st, 1988. Hamish Stevenson.
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