In 2022/2023, Cardiff Bay had 510,964 entries and exits, making it the 765^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 281^st busiest (out of 997), with 1,096 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 1399.90 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 8.97 passengers per service, giving it the 980^th (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	87	316

*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)

2001-02 Part of CARDIFF BR
2006-07 Improving Area
2007-08 Growth of 27% or more
2013-14 Continued growth
2014-15 High Growth Trend (Wales)

Location: Cardiff Bay
CRS: CDB / NLC: 3815 / TIPLOC(S): CARDFBR
Station Facility Owner: TfW Rail
OS Grid Ref: 319045 174932
Constituency: Cardiff South and Penarth
Local Authority: Cardiff - Caerdydd
NR Region: Wales
ELR: CAM 0m 03ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Cardiff Bay during 2022/2023:
•Cardiff Queen Street (86,489 journeys)
•Cathays (15,507 journeys)
•Neath (11,733 journeys)
•Cardiff Central (11,673 journeys)
•Newport (South Wales) (11,144 journeys)
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