Cathays railway station

You can reach 34 stations directly from Cathays on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Pontypridd, with 260 trains a day.

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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	260	266	101
Radyr	260	266	101
Taffs Well	260	266	101
Treforest Estate	260	266	101
Trefforest	260	266	101
Cardiff Queen Street	201	207	95
Llandaf	201	207	95
Cardiff Central	133	139	68
Abercynon	125	126	38
Cardiff Bay	68	68	27
Merthyr Tydfil	66	67	32
Merthyr Vale	66	67	32
Pentre-bach	66	67	32
Quakers Yard	66	67	32
Troed-y-rhiw	66	67	32
Dinas Rhondda	64	66	28
Llwynypia	64	66	28
Porth	64	66	28
Tonypandy	64	66	28
Ton Pentre	64	66	28
Treherbert	64	66	28
Trehafod	64	66	28
Treorchy	64	66	28
Ynyswen	64	66	28
Ystrad Rhondda	64	66	28
Aberdare	59	59	6
Cwmbach	59	59	6
Danescourt	59	59	6
Fernhill	59	59	6
Fairwater	59	59	6
Mountain Ash	59	59	6
Ninian Park	59	59	6
Penrhiwceiber	59	59	6
Waun-gron Park	59	59	6

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How busy Cathays 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.

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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More about this station on Wikipedia.