Cardiff Central railway station

Cardiff Central is a major interchange: 267 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 375 trains a day.

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Direct trains from Cardiff Central

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

and 227 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 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Cardiff Central gains 3 destinations including Stapleton Road, Lawrence Hill, 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.