Cathays train station
You can reach 34 stations directly from Cathays on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Pontypridd, with 263 trains a day.
Address: Senghennydd Road, Cardiff, CF10 3AT
Direct trains from Cathays
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontypridd | 263 | 263 | 70 |
| Radyr | 263 | 263 | 70 |
| Taffs Well | 263 | 263 | 70 |
| Treforest Estate | 263 | 263 | 70 |
| Trefforest | 263 | 263 | 70 |
| Cardiff Queen Street | 204 | 204 | 70 |
| Llandaf | 204 | 204 | 70 |
| Cardiff Central | 136 | 136 | 56 |
| Abercynon | 125 | 125 | 27 |
| Cardiff Bay | 68 | 68 | 14 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Merthyr Vale | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Pentre-bach | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Quakers Yard | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Troed-y-rhiw | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Dinas Rhondda | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Llwynypia | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Porth | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Tonypandy | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Ton Pentre | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Treherbert | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Trehafod | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Treorchy | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Ynyswen | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Ystrad Rhondda | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Aberdare | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Cwmbach | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Danescourt | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Fernhill | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Fairwater | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Mountain Ash | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Ninian Park | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Penrhiwceiber | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Waun-gron Park | 59 | 59 | 0 |
Lines serving Cathays
Cathays is on the Valley Lines. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Cathays station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Cathays station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Cathays station is
933,746 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 571st busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Cathays and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 98,482 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.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 25 stations instead of 34, a drop of about 26%. Saturday runs to 34.
Nearest other stations
- Cardiff Queen Street 0.6 miles
- Cardiff Central 0.9 miles
- Ninian Park 1.3 miles
- Cardiff Bay 1.6 miles
- Grangetown 1.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Cathays, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Crwys Road · 0.4 miles
- Roath · 1.1 miles
- Gabalfa · 1.3 miles
- Cardiff Riverside Branch · 1.7 miles
- Clarence Road · 1.7 miles
- Ely Main Line · 2.2 miles
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Facilities at Cathays station
Cathays is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Cycle parking: 30 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 22 June 2026.
Getting to Cathays station
Cathays station is in Cardiff - Caerdydd, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J32 (Coryton), 3.7 miles north-west.
11 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Park Place.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Cathays 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
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