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Location notes
Inner City, near to University accommodation close to Cardiff Central station. The bridge overlooks the lines to Newport and you can also view the Cardiff Queen Street lines.
Railway type and traffic
HSTs, Class 43s, 60s, 66s and various DMUs. Plentiful passenger and freight trains to be seen.
Environment
Quite a busy footbridge near to Cardiff Central station. Quite a few locals will pass you, mostly students, but other than the occasional funny look you should not have any problem. I was there for the best part of 2 hours and had no problems at all.
Road directions
From the M4, Junction 29 westbound only:
Follow the A48(M) and continue when it becomes the A48. Then follow the directions below.
From the M4, Junction 30:
Take the A4232 south and get on the A48 continuing south.
Follow the A48 into Cardiff using the signs to Cardiff Central Station as a guide, once in the City center you will come to a set of traffic lights and the A4160, Fitzlan Place will be on your left take this and follow this road round till you reach a large block of white flats, Pellet Street is on the left.
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Pellet Street Footbridge, Cardiff map co-ordinates
Follow the A48(M) and continue when it becomes the A48. Then follow the directions below.
From the M4, Junction 30:
Take the A4232 south and get on the A48 continuing south.
Follow the A48 into Cardiff using the signs to Cardiff Central Station as a guide, once in the City center you will come to a set of traffic lights and the A4160, Fitzlan Place will be on your left take this and follow this road round till you reach a large block of white flats, Pellet Street is on the left.
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Pellet Street Footbridge, Cardiff map co-ordinates
Parking
Pellet Street has an NCP Car Park.
Public transport
Take the train to Cardiff Central. Exit the main entrance and turn right, follow the railway line until you pass under the Queen Street lines. Shortly after that you will see Pellet Street.
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Amenities
Cardiff has all the usual facilites that a city would offer.
Sun Compass
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Pellet Street Footbridge, Cardiff
Streetmap links
Pellet Street Footbridge, Cardiff general view map
Pellet Street Footbridge, Cardiff close up map
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Pellet Street Footbridge, Cardiff
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Pellet Street Footbridge, Cardiff
Googly map
Pellet Street Footbridge, Cardiff general view map
Pellet Street Footbridge, Cardiff close up map
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Pellet Street Footbridge, Cardiff
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Photographic notes
You can shoot in both directions, and you can even incorporate trains heading into and out of Queen Street. No issues with sunlight during my visit.
General views - All photographs © Tony Rispoli unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking west
Fig 2 - Looking west
Fig 3 - Looking west
Fig 4 - Looking west
Fig 5 - Looking east
Fig 6 - Looking east
Location Video
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
