Cardiff Queen Street train station
You can reach 69 stations directly from Cardiff Queen Street on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Cardiff Central, with 378 trains a day.
See Cardiff Queen Street on the map
Cardiff Queen Street is the nearest station for postcodes in CF95, CF24. Check your own postcode.
- 69 direct destinations
- 286th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 21 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Cardiff Queen Street
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff Central | 378 | 378 | 139 |
| Pontypridd | 260 | 261 | 83 |
| Radyr | 260 | 261 | 83 |
| Taffs Well | 260 | 261 | 83 |
| Treforest Estate | 260 | 261 | 83 |
| Trefforest | 260 | 261 | 83 |
| Grangetown | 230 | 225 | 78 |
| Cathays | 201 | 202 | 83 |
| Llandaf | 201 | 202 | 83 |
| Caerphilly | 179 | 173 | 55 |
| Heath High Level | 179 | 173 | 55 |
| Llanishen | 179 | 173 | 55 |
| Lisvane and Thornhill | 179 | 173 | 55 |
| Cardiff Bay | 140 | 141 | 104 |
| Abercynon | 125 | 125 | 27 |
| Aber | 123 | 119 | 51 |
| Llanbradach | 123 | 119 | 51 |
| Ystrad Mynach | 123 | 119 | 51 |
| Bargoed | 122 | 118 | 50 |
| Hengoed | 122 | 118 | 50 |
| Pengam | 122 | 118 | 50 |
| Barry | 116 | 112 | 53 |
| Barry Docks | 116 | 112 | 53 |
| Cadoxton | 116 | 112 | 53 |
| Cogan | 116 | 112 | 53 |
| Dinas Powys | 116 | 112 | 53 |
| Eastbrook | 116 | 112 | 53 |
| Dingle Road | 114 | 113 | 25 |
| Penarth | 114 | 113 | 25 |
| Barry Island | 86 | 81 | 53 |
| Rhymney | 67 | 66 | 28 |
| Birchgrove | 66 | 68 | 26 |
| Coryton | 66 | 68 | 26 |
| Heath Low Level | 66 | 68 | 26 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Merthyr Vale | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Pentre-bach | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Quakers Yard | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Rhiwbina | 66 | 68 | 26 |
| Tŷ Glas | 66 | 68 | 26 |
and 29 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Cardiff Queen Street station is
2,010,584 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 286th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 630,758 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Cardiff Queen Street and Cardiff Bay 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.
Nearest other stations
- Cardiff Central 0.6 miles
- Cathays 0.6 miles
- Cardiff Bay 1.0 miles
- Grangetown 1.3 miles
- Ninian Park 1.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Cardiff Queen Street, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Roath · 0.7 miles
- Crwys Road · 0.9 miles
- Cardiff Riverside Branch · 1.2 miles
- Clarence Road · 1.2 miles
- Gabalfa · 1.9 miles
- Llandough Platform · 2.4 miles
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Facilities at Cardiff Queen Street station
Cardiff Queen Street is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday: 06:00 to 22:00 · Sunday: 07:00 to 19:00
Toilets · WiFi
Cycle parking: 36 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 7 September 2026.
Getting to Cardiff Queen Street station
Cardiff Queen Street station is in Cardiff - Caerdydd, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is A48(M) J29A (St. Mellons), 4.3 miles north-east.
21 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Queen Street Station HZ.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Cardiff Queen Street 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