Cardiff Queen Street railway station

You can reach 69 stations directly from Cardiff Queen Street on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Cardiff Central, with 375 trains a day.

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Cardiff Queen Street is the nearest station for postcodes in CF95, CF24. Check your own postcode.

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	375	387	161
Pontypridd	260	266	101
Radyr	260	266	101
Taffs Well	260	266	101
Treforest Estate	260	266	101
Trefforest	260	266	101
Grangetown	226	229	85
Cathays	201	207	95
Llandaf	201	207	95
Caerphilly	175	177	66
Heath High Level	175	177	66
Llanishen	175	177	66
Lisvane and Thornhill	175	177	66
Cardiff Bay	140	141	105
Abercynon	125	126	38
Aber	121	121	53
Llanbradach	121	121	53
Ystrad Mynach	121	121	53
Bargoed	120	120	52
Hengoed	120	120	52
Pengam	120	120	52
Dingle Road	114	113	26
Penarth	114	113	26
Barry	112	116	59
Barry Docks	112	116	59
Cadoxton	112	116	59
Cogan	112	116	59
Dinas Powys	112	116	59
Eastbrook	112	116	59
Barry Island	82	85	53
Birchgrove	66	68	26
Coryton	66	68	26
Heath Low Level	66	68	26
Merthyr Tydfil	66	67	32
Merthyr Vale	66	67	32
Pentre-bach	66	67	32
Quakers Yard	66	67	32
Rhiwbina	66	68	26
Rhymney	66	67	30
Tŷ Glas	66	68	26

and 29 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Cardiff Queen Street 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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More about this station on Wikipedia.