Cardiff Bay railway station

You can reach 9 stations directly from Cardiff Bay on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Cardiff Queen Street, with 140 trains a day.

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Direct trains from Cardiff Bay

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

DestinationWeekdaySaturdaySunday
Cardiff Queen Street140141105
Cathays686827
Llandaf686827
Pontypridd686827
Radyr686827
Taffs Well686827
Treforest Estate686827
Trefforest686827
Cardiff Central121

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How busy Cardiff Bay 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 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Cardiff Bay gains 10 destinations including Trehafod, Porth, Dinas Rhondda, Tonypandy, Llwynypia, Ystrad Rhondda.

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Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Cardiff Bay, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

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More about this station on Wikipedia.