Station Usage
In 2022/2023, Cardiff Queen Street had 1,713,720 entries and exits, making it the 280th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.
It ranked 37th busiest (out of 997), with 3,273 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 4695.12 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 10.07 passengers per service*, giving it the 920th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 5778.47 passengers passing through the station and 14.72 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.
Usage stats in detail
Standard price entries & exits: 1,375,824
Reduced price entries & exits: 86,438
Season ticket entries & exits: 251,458
Total entries & exits: 1,713,720
Interchanges made between connecting services: 395,420
Change in usage from 21/22:
+347,612 : 25.45%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.Platform Lengths
Plat. | Metres | VF* | Notes |
1 (Bay) | 55 | 199 | |
2 (Down) | 124 | 450 | Signal at Queen Street North Jn end fixed at RED. |
3 (Down) | 184 | 669 | |
4 (Up) | 160 | 581 | |
5 (Up) | 166 | 603 |
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)
Service Patterns
Current Timetables
Table | Description | Timetable |
160 | Cardiff Queen Street - Cardiff Bay | Oct24 |
161 | Cardiff Queen Street - Cardiff Central | Oct24 |
162 | Radyr - Cardiff | Oct24 |
163 | Rhymney - Cardiff - Penarth | Oct24 |
164 | Coryton - Cardiff | Oct24 |
165 | Treherbert, Aberdare & Merthyr Tydfil - Pontypridd - Cardiff | Oct24 |
169 | Swansea & Maesteg - Bridgend - Cardiff (incl. Barry Island) | Oct24 |
To view timetables for other dateranges and routes, please visit our timetables page.
Usage History
Change between 1997 & 2023: +585,064 (+51.84%)
Location Details
Location: Cardiff Queen Street
CRS: CDQ / NLC: 3900 / TIPLOC(S): CARDFQS
Station Facility Owner: TfW Rail
OS Grid Ref: 318835 176517
Constituency: Cardiff Central
Local Authority: Cardiff - Caerdydd
NR Region: Wales
ELR: CAM 1m 08ch
CRS: CDQ / NLC: 3900 / TIPLOC(S): CARDFQS
Station Facility Owner: TfW Rail
OS Grid Ref: 318835 176517
Constituency: Cardiff Central
Local Authority: Cardiff - Caerdydd
NR Region: Wales
ELR: CAM 1m 08ch
Fares
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Origin/Destination Matrix
Top 5 jouneys from Cardiff Queen Street during 2022/2023:
•Cardiff Bay (86,489 journeys)
•Heath High Level (52,844 journeys)
•Trefforest (44,466 journeys)
•Caerphilly (44,100 journeys)
•Barry (38,009 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.
•Cardiff Bay (86,489 journeys)
•Heath High Level (52,844 journeys)
•Trefforest (44,466 journeys)
•Caerphilly (44,100 journeys)
•Barry (38,009 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.
Neighbouring Stations
Below are Cardiff Queen Street's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.Station | Miles |
Cardiff Bay | 1.08 |
Cardiff Central | 0.70 |
Cathays | 0.49 |
Heath High Level | 2.55 |
Heath Low Level | 2.48 |