Cathays railway station is a station on the Merthyr and Rhondda lines in the Cathays district of Cardiff, Wales. It is 1+1⁄4 miles (2 km) north of Cardiff Central.

Cathays
General information
Location	Cathays, Cardiff Wales
Coordinates	51°29′21″N 3°10′45″W
Grid reference	ST182773
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CYS
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	British Rail
Key dates
3 October 1983	Opened
Passengers
2016/17	0.954 million
2017/18	0.946 million
2018/19	0.978 million
2019/20	0.965 million
2020/21	0.136 million
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail & Road

The station is next to Cardiff University Students' Union and across the road from many Cardiff University buildings, as well as a short walk from the Welsh Government and other civic buildings in Cathays Park. The footbridge over the railway is much used as a shortcut between Park Place and Senghenydd Road. When Cathays opened in 1983[1] it reversed a trend to close stations. Funded by British Rail and South Glamorgan County Council, construction commenced in April 1983, with the station opened on 3 October 1983.[2][3]

Cathays station is now manned in peak hours, since the introduction of a new automated ticket barrier system in summer 2007. Cathays has two platforms, each with a small shelter and an information screen displaying the next train's arrival.

Services

In the daytime from Monday to Saturday, there are usually six trains an hour from Cardiff Central to Pontypridd and then either Aberdare, Treherbert or Merthyr Tydfil (every half hour to each of the latter three). Some eastbound trains continue beyond Cardiff to Barry Island (3 per hour) or Bridgend via the Vale of Glamorgan Line (hourly).[4]

There are bus services from outside the station, including Megabus and National Express.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Cardiff Queen Street		Transport for Wales Merthyr line		Llandaf
		Transport for Wales Rhondda line

References

External links

Media related to Cathays railway station at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times and station information for Cathays railway station from National Rail

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