Editing Cardiff (section)

===Rail===
{{main|Rail transport in Cardiff}}
[[Cardiff Central railway station]] is the largest railway station in Wales, with eight platforms coping with over 12.5 million passengers a year.<ref>[https://www.networkrail.co.uk/feeds/new-platform-at-cardiff-central-station-will-help-to-ease-congestion-as-railway-upgrade-in-south-wales-continues/ New platform at Cardiff Central will help to ease congestion as railway upgrade in South Wales continues] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512181941/https://www.networkrail.co.uk/feeds/new-platform-at-cardiff-central-station-will-help-to-ease-congestion-as-railway-upgrade-in-south-wales-continues/|date=12 May 2018}} Network Rail 1 December 2016.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529 |title=Station usage |publisher=Office of Rail Regulation |access-date=13 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705115621/http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/nav.1529 |archive-date=5 July 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> It provides direct services to [[Bridgend railway station|Bridgend]] and [[Newport railway station|Newport]], long-distance, cross-Wales services to [[Wrexham General railway station|Wrexham]] and [[Holyhead railway station|Holyhead]], and services to [[Bristol Temple Meads railway station|Bristol]], [[Birmingham New Street railway station|Birmingham]], [[Manchester Piccadilly railway station|Manchester]] and [[Paddington railway station|London]]. Cardiff Central Station is situated within the southern border of what was known [[Temperance Town, Cardiff|Temperance Town]], a former residential area within central Cardiff.

[[Cardiff Queen Street railway station]] is the second busiest in Wales and the hub for the [[Valley Lines]] services that connect the [[South Wales Valleys]] and the Cardiff suburbs with the city centre. It is located at the eastern end of the city centre and provides services to Cardiff Bay. Cardiff has a [[Commuter rail in the United Kingdom|suburban rail system]] known as the [[Valleys & Cardiff Local Routes]], operated by [[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]]. There are eight lines that serve 20 stations in the city, 26 in the wider urban area (including Taffs Well, [[Penarth]] and Dinas Powys) and more than 60 in the South Wales valleys and the [[Vale of Glamorgan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/WorkArea/showcontent.aspx?id=4776 |title=Network Map – Valleys & Cardiff local routes |publisher=Arriva Trains Wales |access-date=20 May 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525204307/http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/WorkArea/showcontent.aspx?id=4776 |archive-date=25 May 2011 }}</ref>