In 2022/2023, Penarth had 367,498 entries and exits, making it the 906^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 475^th busiest (out of 997), with 686 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 1006.84 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 10.30 passengers per service, giving it the 909^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
Single	117	425

*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)

Location: Penarth
CRS: PEN / NLC: 3863 / TIPLOC(S): PENARTH
Station Facility Owner: TfW Rail
OS Grid Ref: 318450 171401
Constituency: Cardiff South and Penarth
Local Authority: Vale of Glamorgan - Bro Morgannwg
NR Region: Wales
ELR: PTH 1m 12ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Penarth during 2022/2023:
•Cardiff Central (76,661 journeys)
•Cardiff Queen Street (30,879 journeys)
•Cathays (9,666 journeys)
•Heath High Level (6,470 journeys)
•London Paddington (4,866 journeys)
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