Cathays railway station

Cathays
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Location
Place	Cathays
Local authority	Cardiff
Grid reference	ST182773
Operations
Station code	CYS
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.483 million
2005/06	0.379 million
2006/07	0.388 million
2007/08	0.509 million
2008/09	0.622 million
2009/10	0.674 million
2010/11	0.701 million
2011/12	0.755 million
2012/13	0.773 million
2013/14	0.807 million
2014/15	0.861 million
History
Original company	British Rail
3 October 1983	Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cathays from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Cathays railway station is a station on the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda lines in the Cathays district of Cardiff, Wales. It is north of Cardiff Central.

The station is next to Cardiff University Students' Union and 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 it reversed a trend to close stations by being one of the first stations to be built in Wales for 60 years. It was opened by British Rail and South Glamorgan County Council.

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. There is a car park on the Senghennydd Road side, which is University owned and not for general public use.

Services

In the daytime from Monday to Saturday, there are usually six trains an hour from Cardiff Central to destinations including Aberdare, Pontypridd, Treherbert and Merthyr Tydfil. Some trains continue beyond Cardiff to Penarth, Barry Island or Bridgend via the Vale of Glamorgan Line.

There are bus services from outside the station, including the northbound Capital City Green service.

See also

• List of railway stations in Cardiff
• Rail transport in Cardiff

External links

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

References

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Cardiff Queen Street		Arriva Trains Wales Merthyr Line		Llandaf
		Arriva Trains Wales Rhondda Line