In 2022/2023, Birchgrove had 33,378 entries and exits, making it the 2,078^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 710^th busiest (out of 997), with 360 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 91.45 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 1.78 passengers per service, giving it the 1,512^nd (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
Single	65	236

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2007-08 Growth of 27% or more
2010-11 #No obvious reason to explain change in usage
2011-12 Cause of large decrease not clear
2012-13 Reason for decrease unclear
2013-14 Installation of TVMs in Cardiff Valleys has improved accuracy of ticket sales origin data, significantly increasing demand allocated to some stations
2014-15 High Growth Trend (Wales)

Location: Birchgrove
CRS: BCG / NLC: 3907 / TIPLOC(S): BCHGRV
Station Facility Owner: TfW Rail
OS Grid Ref: 316668 180975
Constituency: Cardiff North
Local Authority: Cardiff - Caerdydd
NR Region: Wales
ELR: CRY 1m 37ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Birchgrove during 2022/2023:
•Cardiff Central (5,630 journeys)
•Cardiff Queen Street (4,627 journeys)
•Cardiff Bay (1,365 journeys)
•Trefforest (550 journeys)
•Fairwater (336 journeys)
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