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  • 1. When did the major rebuild of Cardiff Central station take place?
A) 1920–1924
B) 1931–1934
C) 1990–1994
D) 1940–1944
  • 2. Who was the chief architect responsible for the 1930s rebuild?
A) Percy Emerson Culverhouse
B) Isambard Kingdom Brunel
C) George Stephenson
D) Oliver Stanley
  • 3. What architectural style features the entrance building of the station?
A) Art Deco
B) Brutalist
C) Neo-Classical
D) Victorian Gothic
  • 4. What material is used to face the Art Deco entrance building?
A) Portland stone
B) Red brick
C) Reinforced concrete
D) White marble
  • 5. When were the current replica lamps installed in the booking hall?
A) 1999
B) 1985
C) 2005
D) 1934
  • 6. Which organization funded the installation of the replica lamps in 1999?
A) Cardiff City Council
B) Railway Heritage Trust
C) Great Western Railway
D) Minister of Transport
  • 7. Where is the GWR war memorial located within the station?
A) Outside the main entrance
B) On the railway bridge
C) Eastern end of the concourse
D) Western end of the concourse
  • 8. Which name is carved larger on the station façade?
A) Cardiff Central
B) Great Western Railway
C) Percy Emerson Culverhouse
D) Minister of Transport
  • 9. What infrastructure improvement was made to the Taff River railway bridge?
A) It was enclosed
B) It was shortened
C) It was demolished
D) It was widened
  • 10. What signalling improvement was installed during the rebuild?
A) Colour-light signalling
B) Automatic train stop
C) Semaphore signalling
D) Radio communication
  • 11. How much did the station rebuild cost the GWR in 1934?
A) £500,000
B) £820,000
C) £100,000
D) £1,000,000
  • 12. Who formally opened the rebuilt station?
A) Percy Emerson Culverhouse
B) King George V
C) Oliver Stanley
D) The Mayor of Cardiff
  • 13. On what date was the rebuilt station opened?
A) 15 July 1934
B) 10 October 1938
C) 26 February 1934
D) 1 January 1931
  • 14. What type of rail service began in July 1934?
A) Electric passenger train
B) Goods freight service
C) Diesel railcar service
D) Steam express service
  • 15. What were the two intermediate stops for the Cardiff to Birmingham service?
A) Newport and Gloucester
B) Swindon and Oxford
C) Swansea and Hereford
D) Bristol and Bath
  • 16. How long did the original diesel express take to travel between Cardiff and Birmingham?
A) 2 hours 20 minutes
B) 1 hour 45 minutes
C) 3 hours 10 minutes
D) 2 hours 50 minutes
  • 17. What was the distance of the Cardiff to Birmingham rail route?
A) 150.5 miles
B) 117.5 miles
C) 130.2 miles
D) 100 miles
  • 18. What happened to the working-class district of Temperance Town?
A) It was expanded
B) It was renamed
C) It was designated a park
D) It was cleared
  • 19. When did the station, buildings, and platforms become Grade II listed?
A) 1992
B) 1934
C) 2000
D) 1980
  • 20. What was a major reason for the clearance of Temperance Town?
A) To improve the outlook of the station
B) To build a new highway
C) To increase housing density
D) To build a shopping mall
  • 21. What is the Welsh name for Cardiff Central station?
A) Caerdydd Canol
B) Canolog Caerdydd
C) Gorsaf Caerdydd
D) Caerdydd Canolog
  • 22. In what year was the station originally opened?
A) 1924
B) 1872
C) 1840
D) 1850
  • 23. Who was the engineer responsible for diverting the River Taff to build the station site?
A) Isambard Kingdom Brunel
B) George Stephenson
C) William Brunel
D) Robert Stephenson
  • 24. What is the status of the Cardiff Central building?
A) Unlisted
B) Grade I listed
C) National Heritage site
D) Grade II listed
  • 25. What company manages Cardiff Central station?
A) Great Western Railway
B) Network Rail
C) Transport for Wales
D) British Rail
  • 26. When was the station renamed Cardiff General?
A) 1896
B) 1973
C) 1850
D) 1924
  • 27. When was the station renamed Cardiff Central?
A) 1973
B) 1961
C) 1976
D) 1924
  • 28. In what month and year did through services from Cardiff to London Paddington begin?
A) October 1976
B) June 1850
C) July 1852
D) May 1872
  • 29. When was the South Wales railway system converted to standard gauge?
A) 1863
B) 1886
C) 1872
D) 1850
  • 30. Which service introduced in 1961 reduced the fastest Cardiff-London journey time to 2 hours 7 minutes?
A) InterCity 125
B) South Wales Flyer
C) Great Western Express
D) Blue Pullman
  • 31. Which train service introduced in 1976 reduced the fastest journey times to 1 hour 53 minutes?
A) Blue Pullman
B) Great Western Rapid
C) High Speed Train 200
D) InterCity 125
  • 32. What was the original gauge of the South Wales Railway?
A) Narrow-gauge
B) Standard gauge
C) Broad-gauge
D) Dual-gauge
  • 33. In what year did the Badminton railway line open to reduce journey times to London?
A) 1903
B) 1886
C) 1961
D) 1930
  • 34. Which city centre station is the other urban railway hub along with Cardiff Central?
A) Cardiff West
B) Cardiff North
C) Cardiff Bay
D) Cardiff Queen Street
  • 35. What was constructed in 1896 to connect the station to Cardiff Queen Street?
A) A new platform
B) A secondary bridge
C) A flying junction
D) A tunnel
  • 36. How many platforms did the station have after the 1890s expansion?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Six
D) Eight
  • 37. The station serves as a hub for which local routes?
A) London & South Coast Routes
B) Bristol & West Country Routes
C) Midlands & Northern Routes
D) Valleys & Cardiff Local Routes
  • 38. In which city is Central Square located?
A) Cardiff
B) Bristol
C) Newport
D) Swansea
  • 39. When was the South Wales Railway absorbed into the Great Western Railway?
A) 1903
B) 1850
C) 1863
D) 1872
  • 40. When did the GWR open Cardiff Riverside?
A) 14 August 1893
B) 5 January 2020
C) 16 March 1964
D) 28 October 1940
  • 41. Where was the terminus of the Cardiff Riverside Branch located?
A) Queen Street
B) Swansea
C) Clarence Road
D) Severn Tunnel
  • 42. When were the Riverside platforms formally incorporated into Cardiff General?
A) 28 October 1940
B) September 2015
C) 14 August 1893
D) 16 March 1964
  • 43. When were the Riverside platforms closed for passenger use?
A) 16 March 1964
B) 14 August 1893
C) January 2017
D) 28 October 1940
  • 44. When were the Riverside platforms demolished?
A) 1964
B) 2012
C) 1994
D) 2017
  • 45. What kind of platform design did Riverside have after its 1930s rebuild?
A) Island platform
B) Terminal platform
C) Side platform
D) Underground platform
  • 46. When did Network Rail begin the Great Western electrification project?
A) June 2014
B) January 2020
C) June 2010
D) January 2017
  • 47. In what year were plans to install overhead equipment to Swansea withdrawn?
A) 2017
B) 2010
C) 2020
D) 2018
  • 48. What type of trains were ordered to travel west of Cardiff after electrification plans were scaled back?
A) Steam engines
B) InterCity 125
C) Class 800 bi-mode
D) Class 166 units
  • 49. When was the service through the Severn Tunnel fully electrified?
A) June 2020
B) December 2017
C) January 2020
D) January 2018
  • 50. What was the estimated cost of the regeneration scheme announced in 2011?
A) £7m
B) £200m
C) £100m
D) £5bn
  • 51. Which company funded £7m for the station regeneration programme?
A) Network Rail
B) Department for Transport
C) Welsh Government
D) Great Western Railway
  • 52. When was the new southern entrance at Cardiff Central opened?
A) 2012
B) September 2015
C) January 2017
D) June 2014
  • 53. When did the new platform 8 open at Cardiff Central?
A) January 2020
B) June 2014
C) September 2015
D) January 2017
  • 54. The opening of the new platform 8 allowed train frequency on the Central to Queen Street corridor to increase to how many per hour?
A) 20
B) 16
C) 12
D) 8
  • 55. By 2043, to what number are passenger figures at Cardiff Central projected to rise?
A) 32 million
B) 40 million
C) 13 million
D) 20 million
  • 56. Where will the two new platforms from the Cardiff Crossrail project be built?
A) Next to the Millennium Stadium
B) In the southern car park
C) On the Butetown branch line
D) In Central Square
  • 57. Which station entrance is located on Central Square?
A) The northern main entrance
B) The southern entrance
C) The western entrance
D) The eastern entrance
  • 58. Where is the southern entrance of the station located?
A) Tresillian Way
B) Central Square
C) Penarth Road
D) Millennium Stadium access road
  • 59. When was platform 5 removed?
A) 1930s
B) 2015
C) 1999
D) 1960s
  • 60. How many tracks run through the station?
A) Twelve
B) Six
C) Ten
D) Eight
  • 61. Which facility is located to the west of the station?
A) Newport mainline junction
B) Cardiff Queen Street
C) Canton Traction Maintenance Depot
D) Butetown branch line
  • 62. How many car parking spaces are provided at Cardiff Central?
A) 248 spaces
B) 150 spaces
C) 500 spaces
D) 400 spaces
  • 63. When were additional ticket barriers installed at the main entrance?
A) January 2020
B) December 2018
C) November 2019
D) June 2019
  • 64. What items are available on the main concourse?
A) Bicycle repair kits
B) Hotel reservation desks
C) Car rental offices
D) Cash machines
  • 65. What was an aim for the 2020 refurbishments?
A) Moving the ticket office
B) Building a new platform
C) Installing phone charging points
D) Replacing all train tracks
  • 66. What storage facility was planned for 2020?
A) Bicycle storage
B) Vehicle storage
C) Cargo storage
D) Luggage storage
  • 67. How many train operating companies provide services at Cardiff Central?
A) Five
B) Four
C) Two
D) Three
  • 68. What is the frequency of Transport for Wales services to Manchester Piccadilly?
A) 2 tpd
B) 1 tph
C) 1 tp2h
D) 2 tph
  • 69. To which destination does Great Western Railway run a service via Bristol Temple Meads?
A) Edinburgh Waverley
B) Manchester Piccadilly
C) Portsmouth Harbour
D) Nottingham
  • 70. Which company operates a service to Edinburgh Waverley?
A) Stena Line
B) CrossCountry
C) Great Western Railway
D) Transport for Wales
  • 71. On what date did the freight train carrying iron ore derail east of the station?
A) August 2012
B) 4 May 1998
C) December 2016
D) December 1988
  • 72. Which sporting event was held at the Millennium Stadium during the August 2012 disruption?
A) 2012 Summer Olympics men's football
B) Rugby World Cup
C) Commonwealth Games
D) FA Cup Final
  • 73. To which city does CrossCountry run a 1 tph service?
A) Swansea
B) Reading
C) Nottingham
D) Chester
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