Llanishen railway station

You can reach 30 stations directly from Llanishen on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Cardiff Central, with 175 trains a day.

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Direct trains from Llanishen

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Cardiff Central	175	177	66
Cardiff Queen Street	175	177	66
Caerphilly	175	177	66
Heath High Level	175	177	66
Lisvane and Thornhill	175	177	66
Grangetown	162	165	60
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
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
Rhymney	66	67	30
Energlyn & Churchill Park	63	63	53
Dingle Road	50	49	1
Penarth	50	49	1
Brithdir	37	38	30
Gilfach Fargoed	37	38	52
Pontlottyn	37	38	30
Tir-Phil	37	38	30
Bridgend	30	31	6
Llantwit Major	30	31	6
Rhoose Cardiff International Airport	30	31	6

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How busy Llanishen is

225,800 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,319th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Llanishen and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 80,106 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

Lisvane and Thornhill 0.8 miles
Tŷ Glas 1.0 miles
Heath High Level 1.1 miles
Birchgrove 1.2 miles
Heath Low Level 1.2 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Llanishen, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Cefn Onn Halt · 1.2 miles
Gabalfa · 2.4 miles
Crwys Road · 2.7 miles
Tongwynlais · 3.0 miles
Pentyrch · 3.2 miles
Gwernydomen Halt · 3.5 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.