Fairwater train station
You can reach 23 stations directly from Fairwater on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Abercynon, with 125 trains a day.
Direct trains from Fairwater
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 |
| Danescourt | 66 | 67 | 26 |
| Fernhill | 66 | 67 | 25 |
| 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 |
Lines serving Fairwater
Fairwater is on the Cardiff City Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
How busy Fairwater station is
105,640 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,737th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Fairwater and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 35,912 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
- Waun-gron Park 0.4 miles
- Danescourt 0.4 miles
- Llandaf 1.0 miles
- Radyr 1.7 miles
- Coryton 1.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Fairwater, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ely Mill · 0.6 miles
- Ely Main Line · 0.6 miles
- Gabalfa · 1.5 miles
- St Fagans · 1.6 miles
- St-y-Nyll Platform · 1.7 miles
- Pentyrch · 2.2 miles
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Facilities at Fairwater station
Fairwater is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 19 May 2026.
Getting to Fairwater station
Fairwater station is in Cardiff - Caerdydd, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J32 (Coryton), 2.3 miles north.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Bishop of Llandaff.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Fairwater 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