In 2022/2023, Grangetown (Cardiff) had 202,168 entries and exits, making it the 1,246^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 172^nd busiest (out of 997), with 1,507 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 553.88 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 2.58 passengers per service*, giving it the 1,452^nd (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 567.74 passengers passing through the station and 2.71 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
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)

2006-07 Decreasing Trend
2011-12 Continues high growth from previous year

Location: Grangetown (Cardiff)
CRS: GTN / NLC: 3839 / TIPLOC(S): GNTN
Station Facility Owner: TfW Rail
OS Grid Ref: 317459 174954
Constituency: Cardiff South and Penarth
Local Authority: Cardiff - Caerdydd
NR Region: Wales
ELR: BRY 0m 73ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Grangetown (Cardiff) during 2022/2023:
•Cardiff Central (15,935 journeys)
•Cardiff Queen Street (7,733 journeys)
•Cathays (7,467 journeys)
•Barry (4,762 journeys)
•Trefforest (4,750 journeys)
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