Lisvane and Thornhill railway station (Welsh: Llys-faen a Draenen Pen-y-Graig) is a railway station serving the Lisvane and Thornhill areas of north Cardiff, Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.
The current service pattern is four trains an hour to Cardiff Queen Street, Cardiff Central, Grangetown, Dingle Road and Penarth, and the opposite direction towards Caerphilly, Ystrad Mynach, Bargoed and Rhymney. Three trains terminate at Bargoed, one train per hour continues to Rhymney.
Journey times are approximately:
- 10 minutes to Cardiff Queen Street
- 15 minutes to Cardiff Central
- 33 minutes to Penarth
- 4 minutes to Caerphilly
- 17 minutes to Ystrad Mynach
- 28 minutes to Bargoed
- 46 minutes to Rhymney
Services are operated by Class 142 'Pacer' units, Class 143 'Pacer' units and Class 150 'Sprinter' units.
The station is the replacement to the Cefn Onn Halt railway station, which was closed in 1986.
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