Cardiff Bay train station
You can reach 8 stations directly from Cardiff Bay on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Cardiff Queen Street, with 140 trains a day.
Direct trains from Cardiff Bay
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff Queen Street | 140 | 141 | 118 |
| Cathays | 68 | 68 | 14 |
| Llandaf | 68 | 68 | 14 |
| Pontypridd | 68 | 68 | 14 |
| Radyr | 68 | 68 | 14 |
| Taffs Well | 68 | 68 | 14 |
| Treforest Estate | 68 | 68 | 14 |
| Trefforest | 68 | 68 | 14 |
| Cardiff Central | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Freight through Cardiff Bay station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Cardiff Bay station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Cardiff Bay station is
755,714 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 676th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Cardiff Bay and Cardiff Queen Street than any other pair: 238,714 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Cardiff Bay gains 11 destinations including Trehafod, Porth, Dinas Rhondda, Tonypandy, Llwynypia, Ystrad Rhondda.
Nearest other stations
- Cardiff Central 0.8 miles
- Grangetown 1.0 miles
- Cardiff Queen Street 1.0 miles
- Cathays 1.6 miles
- Ninian Park 1.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Cardiff Bay, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Cardiff Riverside Branch · 0.3 miles
- Clarence Road · 0.3 miles
- Roath · 1.3 miles
- Llandough Platform · 1.6 miles
- Crwys Road · 1.9 miles
- Alberta Place Halt · 2.6 miles
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Facilities at Cardiff Bay station
Cardiff Bay is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 17 June 2026.
Getting to Cardiff Bay station
Cardiff Bay station is in Cardiff - Caerdydd, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is A48(M) J29A (St. Mellons), 5.0 miles north-east.
11 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Cardiff Bay Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Cardiff Bay station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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