In 2022/2023, Cathays had 698,912 entries and exits, making it the 608^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 260^th busiest (out of 997), with 1,157 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 1914.83 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 11.62 passengers per service, giving it the 840^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
Down	124	450
Up	124	450

*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

Location: Cathays
CRS: CYS / NLC: 3820 / TIPLOC(S): CATHAYS
Station Facility Owner: TfW Rail
OS Grid Ref: 318241 177324
Constituency: Cardiff Central
Local Authority: Cardiff - Caerdydd
NR Region: Wales
ELR: CAM 1m 61ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Cathays during 2022/2023:
•Cardiff Central (36,036 journeys)
•Trefforest (24,904 journeys)
•Llandaf (22,841 journeys)
•Newport (South Wales) (19,327 journeys)
•Cardiff Bay (15,507 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.