There will be road closures in Cardiff on Sunday (6 September) for the Kidney Wales Cardiff 10k. The event starts at 10am, and there will be a rolling road closure in place from 9am until 1pm along the route. To set up the race village, from 5am on Saturday until 6pm on Sunday, the following roads will be closed in the Civic Centre: King Edward VII Avenue, Corbett Road, Museum Avenue, City Hall Road, College Road and Gorsedd Gardens Road. On Sunday, from 9am until 1pm, the ro

Cardiff Council has started using a specialist thermal road-repair machine to help fix potholes and damaged road surfaces across the city. The move follows an unprecedented amount of road damage caused by last winter's prolonged wet weather and cold snaps. The machine uses a heat-based process to repair potholes, while reducing carbon emissions by up to 85% compared with a conventional dig-and-fill repair technique. It works by heating the existing road surface before new mat

There will be road closures on Sunday (16 August), when Manchester City and Arsenal meet at the Principality Stadium to contest the FA Community Shield. With kick-off at 3pm, road closures around the stadium will be in place from 10am until 8pm, so it will be harder to get around the city centre. All routes for both Manchester City and Arsenal fans will be clearly signposted for cars, minibuses, and coaches. For up-to-date traffic information on the motorway and trunk roads g

Cardiff Council has issued updated information about the flooding in North Cardiff. At lunchtime today (Friday 31 July), the council said it was continuing to work with emergency services and partner agencies in response to the incident in Gwaelod-y-Garth. "Council officers from Highways, Flood Risk Management, Transport, Waste Management and Housing attended the scene throughout yesterday (Thursday) afternoon and evening to support the emergency response and assist local res

There will be no rail services on the Coryton Line from Saturday (25 July) to the end of service on Monday (27). It's because of a summer programme of work to upgrade the South Wales Valley Lines to deliver the South Wales Metro system. The Coryton Line links Coryton with Cardiff Queen Street station and serves local stations including Rhiwbina, Whitchurch, Birchgrove, and Ty Glas. While the line is closed, your train ticket will be accepted on Cardiff Bus routes 21, 23, and

Cardiff Council’s cabinet has announced it does not back a congestion charge for the city. Instead it favours a workplace parking levy to help improve bus services. A workplace parking levy is a charge to certain businesses for parking spaces on their premises. The council would use the money raised to improve bus services and to make them more affordable. The council has looked at cities like Nottingham which have successfully introduced a workplace parking levy. In Nottin

A series of summer concerts at Bute Park gets under way this week (Wednesday 24 June), which means road closures along a section of North Road and surrounding streets from 4pm until midnight. The following concerts will take place at Blackweir Live this summer: Wednesday 24 June - The Cure Friday 26 June - Teddy Swimms Tuesday 30 June – Lewis Capaldi Wednesday 1 July – Lewis Capaldi Saturday 4 July – Pit Bull. The following roads will be closed between 4pm until midnight: Cas

Two concerts are being held at Principality Stadium this month - Take That on 16 June and Metallica on 28 June. It means there will be a full road closure around the stadium from 3pm until midnight for each event. The M4 motorway is expected to be very busy for these concerts, so the advice is to plan ahead and avoid the likely congestion in Cardiff by using the park & ride or public transport. For up-to-date traffic information on the motorway and trunk roads go to the Traff

If you're travelling by train to Bristol or beyond from Saturday (23 May), there's going to be some disruption to travel, as Network Rail carries out a major upgrade to the Severn Tunnel. Network Rail and QTS working at the Severn Tunnel last year The railway between Newport and Bristol Parkway or Filton Abbey Wood will be closed from Saturday (23 May) until the morning of Tuesday 9 June. It means: Replacement bus services will run between Newport and Bristol Parkway thro

The Coryton Line was was treated to an unusual moment of joy, when a local bride and her bridal party boarded the Love Train from Birchgrove station to get to the wedding in Penarth! Bethan and her now-husband Chris are long‑time users of the Coryton Line and when planning their wedding, the couple decided there was no better way to begin the celebrations than by incorporating the service they use so often into their big day on Saturday (9 May). Birchgrove station, next to

You can now have your say on a 15-year plan to improve routes for walking, wheeling and cycling in Rhiwbina and the rest of Cardiff. Consultation on the active travel network map for the city opened this week (11 May) and will continue until 3 August. The active travel map for Rhiwbina The updated map will replace the previous plan approved by Welsh Ministers in December 2021 and brings together existing walking and cycling routes with proposals for future improvements, helpi

Ty Glas railway station has reopened, after being closed since last summer for improvements and safety upgrades. Transport for Wales (TfW) describes it as "a major programme of work to modernise the station and enhance safety for passengers and the local community". The pedestrian level crossing reopened in October , and the station was back in action on 4 April. The work has involved: • Extending the platform by 16 metres; • Resurfacing the crossing and introducing

Wales hosts its first home game of the 2026 Guinness Men's Six Nations Championship this Sunday (15 February), and as usual there will be road closures for this and the other home matches. During these matches, roads around the Principality Stadium will close as follows: Sunday 15 February – Wales vs France, with kick-off at 3.10pm, roads will close 11am to 7.15pm. Saturday 21 February – Wales vs Scotland, with kick-off at 4.40pm, roads will close 12.30pm to 9pm. Saturday 1

Work is due to begin next week (16 February) on improvements in Rhiwbina village as part of the Neighbourhood Renewal Scheme (NRS). The work will include resurfacing the parking bays in Heol-y-Deri and repaving and resurfacing the pavements. The entrance to the rear access lane next to the Co-Op is also due to be resurfaced. There will also be new cycle stands, bins, planters and a community notice board, refreshed bus stop markings and new benches. More benches, planters, an

South Wales Police (SWP) have been working to address parking issues on Heol y Deri in Rhiwbina and the side streets off it, especially during school drop-off and pick-up, because of local concerns. The police say they have been: liaising with council parking enforcement officers over local concerns; carrying out high-visibility patrols in identified areas and have issued Section 59 notices and seizure warnings for vehicles used in an anti-social way; issuing parking fines

As we say goodbye to 2025, we remember Rhiwbina Info's top stories over the past 12 months. Our leading story in 2025, garnering 4,409 views, told the truth behind the outcry about the potential closure of Rhiwbina stalwart The Deri Stores . While owners Adrian and Mary Davies confirmed there were no immediate plans to close the Stores, they did clarify the planning application to allow housing, submitted in September, is part of their personal forward planning. It was a gre

As part of the 'Next Stop' campaign, Cardiff North MP Anna McMorrin has written again to Ken Skates, the Welsh Government's Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales, seeking a commitment to doubling the frequency of trains on the Coryton Line from two to four per hour. The campaign, also involving Senedd member Julie Morgan and Cardiff Labour councillors, was launched 12 months ago, seeking improvements in the train network serving Cardiff North. The 'Next Stop' campai

Residents of Rhiwbina are delighted at Transport for Wales's (TfW) confirmation of a long-awaited, hourly Sunday service between Coryton and Penarth starting on 14 December. The December timetable will introduce the new service, and a wider range of changes across the network, as part of the South Wales Metro developments.  This is an extension of the existing Cardiff-Penarth services and marks the first time TfW trains will run on a Sunday on the Coryton line. It means peop

The King was in the North Cardiff area today (Friday 14 November) to officially open the South Wales Metro depot in Taff's Well. The £100 million depot provides over 400 jobs and will be the base for a fleet of 36 tram-trains from next year. King Charles met staff at the depot and took a journey in the driver's cab on one of the new tram-trains, with children from three local schools and community representatives invited to join the celebrations. The South Wales Metro, bein

There are big changes ahead for car parking in Cardiff, after the city council’s cabinet approved a new City Parking Plan yesterday (Thursday 16 October). The 10-year strategy, which follows a period of public consultation, is designed to tackle the city’s parking challenges, support sustainable travel, and improve quality of life for residents and visitors, the council says. We first reported on the proposals early last year . The council says the plan, which aims to reduce