Cardiff Central railway station

Cardiff Central is a major interchange: 268 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Cardiff Queen Street, with 378 trains a day.

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Address: Cardiff, CF10 1EP

Cardiff Central is the nearest station for postcodes in CF10. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Cardiff Central

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Cardiff Queen Street	378	378	139
Newport	264	229	157
Grangetown	255	246	104
Pontypridd	199	201	83
Radyr	199	201	83
Taffs Well	199	201	83
Treforest Estate	199	201	83
Trefforest	199	201	83
Caerphilly	179	173	55
Heath High Level	179	173	55
Llanishen	179	173	55
Lisvane and Thornhill	179	173	55
Bridgend	170	168	92
Barry	133	126	76
Barry Docks	133	126	76
Cadoxton	133	126	76
Cogan	133	126	76
Cathays	133	134	57
Dinas Powys	133	126	76
Eastbrook	133	126	76
Llandaf	133	134	57
Abercynon	132	133	52
Aber	123	119	51
Llanbradach	123	119	51
Ystrad Mynach	123	119	51
Bargoed	122	118	50
Dingle Road	122	120	28
Hengoed	122	118	50
Penarth	122	120	28
Pengam	122	118	50
Port Talbot Parkway	99	96	60
Barry Island	97	90	60
Neath	97	95	60
Swansea	97	95	61
Severn Tunnel Junction	93	83	46
Bristol Temple Meads	71	65	52
Filton Abbey Wood	70	63	50
Ninian Park	67	68	26
Rhymney	67	66	28
Aberdare	66	67	25

and 228 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Cardiff Central is

12,513,720 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 37th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 1,779,150 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Cardiff Central and Newport (South Wales) than any other pair: 1,065,106 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 3 March 2027

From 3 March 2027, Cardiff Central gains 2 destinations including Cardiff Bay, Glasgow Central and loses 3 including Milford Haven, Johnston, Exton.

Nearest other stations

Cardiff Queen Street 0.6 miles
Grangetown 0.7 miles
Cardiff Bay 0.8 miles
Cathays 0.9 miles
Ninian Park 0.9 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

Cardiff Riverside Branch · 0.8 miles
Clarence Road · 0.8 miles
Roath · 1.3 miles
Crwys Road · 1.3 miles
Llandough Platform · 1.8 miles
Gabalfa · 2.0 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.