Danescourt train station
You can reach 23 stations directly from Danescourt on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Abercynon, with 125 trains a day.
Direct trains from Danescourt
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abercynon | 125 | 126 | 25 |
| Pontypridd | 125 | 126 | 26 |
| Radyr | 125 | 126 | 26 |
| Taffs Well | 125 | 126 | 26 |
| Treforest Estate | 125 | 126 | 26 |
| Trefforest | 125 | 126 | 26 |
| Aberdare | 66 | 67 | 25 |
| Cardiff Central | 66 | 67 | 26 |
| Cwmbach | 66 | 67 | 25 |
| Fernhill | 66 | 67 | 25 |
| Fairwater | 66 | 67 | 26 |
| Mountain Ash | 66 | 67 | 25 |
| Ninian Park | 66 | 67 | 26 |
| Penrhiwceiber | 66 | 67 | 25 |
| Waun-gron Park | 66 | 67 | 26 |
| Cardiff Queen Street | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Cathays | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Llandaf | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Merthyr Vale | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Pentre-bach | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Quakers Yard | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Troed-y-rhiw | 59 | 59 | 0 |
How busy Danescourt station is
83,824 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,835th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Danescourt and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 37,062 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: 15 stations instead of 23, a drop of about 35%. Saturday runs to 23.
Nearest other stations
- Fairwater 0.4 miles
- Llandaf 0.6 miles
- Waun-gron Park 0.9 miles
- Radyr 1.3 miles
- Coryton 1.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Danescourt, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ely Mill · 1.0 miles
- Ely Main Line · 1.1 miles
- Gabalfa · 1.4 miles
- St-y-Nyll Platform · 1.8 miles
- Pentyrch · 1.8 miles
- St Fagans · 1.8 miles
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Facilities at Danescourt station
Danescourt is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Cycle parking: 8 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 19 May 2026.
Getting to Danescourt station
Danescourt station is in Cardiff - Caerdydd, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J32 (Coryton), 1.9 miles north-west.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Heol Urban.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Danescourt 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