RailwayData | Dingle Road Station
 Dingle Road 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Dingle Road had 117,290 entries and exits, making it the 1,539th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
1539/2575
It ranked 475th busiest (out of 997), with 686 scheduled services per week.
475/997
That's a daily average of 321.34 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 3.29 passengers per service, giving it the 1,390th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
1390/1659

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

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 95,072
Reduced price entries & exits: 6,568
Season ticket entries & exits: 15,650
Total entries & exits: 117,290
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +33,608 : 40.16%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
Single124450
*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)

Service Patterns

Current Timetables

TableDescriptionTimetable
163Rhymney - Cardiff - PenarthOct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +102,227 (+678.66%)

Reasons for change:
2012-13 Reason for increase 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 Details

Location: Dingle Road
CRS: DGL / NLC: 3861 / TIPLOC(S): DGLROAD
Station Facility Owner: TfW Rail
OS Grid Ref: 318087 171879
Constituency: Cardiff South and Penarth
Local Authority: Vale of Glamorgan - Bro Morgannwg
NR Region: Wales
ELR: PTH 0m 57ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Dingle Road during 2022/2023:
•Cardiff Central (29,449 journeys)
•Cardiff Queen Street (11,429 journeys)
•Grangetown (Cardiff) (3,354 journeys)
•Heath High Level (2,034 journeys)
•Cathays (2,026 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Dingle Road's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Grangetown (Cardiff)2.16
Penarth0.45