In 2022/2023, Fairwater had 53,388 entries and exits, making it the 1,928^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 739^th busiest (out of 997), with 328 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 146.27 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 3.13 passengers per service, giving it the 1,406^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	48	174
Up	46	167

*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)

2012-13 Reason for increase unclear
2013-14 Continues high growth from previous year
2014-15 High Growth Trend (Wales)

Location: Fairwater
CRS: FRW / NLC: 3873 / TIPLOC(S): FRWATER
Station Facility Owner: TfW Rail
OS Grid Ref: 314447 177924
Constituency: Cardiff West
Local Authority: Cardiff - Caerdydd
NR Region: Wales
ELR: RAD 2m 60ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Fairwater during 2022/2023:
•Cardiff Central (10,211 journeys)
•Cardiff Queen Street (4,667 journeys)
•Heath Low Level (1,219 journeys)
•Cathays (1,082 journeys)
•Ninian Park (1,055 journeys)
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