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 Ty Glas 

Station Usage

In 2022/2023, Ty Glas had 71,118 entries and exits, making it the 1,793rd most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
1793/2575
It ranked 710th busiest (out of 997), with 360 scheduled services per week.
710/997
That's a daily average of 194.84 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 3.80 passengers per service, giving it the 1,347th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
1347/1659

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

Usage stats in detail

Standard price entries & exits: 54,160
Reduced price entries & exits: 1,656
Season ticket entries & exits: 15,302
Total entries & exits: 71,118
Interchanges made between connecting services: 0
Change in usage from 21/22: +33,248 : 87.80%
A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Platform Lengths

Plat.MetresVF*Notes
Single49178
*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
164Coryton - CardiffOct24
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Usage History


Change between 1997 & 2023: +19,169 (+36.90%)

Reasons for change:
2011-12 Cause of large increase not clear
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: Ty Glas
CRS: TGS / NLC: 3817 / TIPLOC(S): TYGLAS
Station Facility Owner: TfW Rail
OS Grid Ref: 317046 180991
Constituency: Cardiff North
Local Authority: Cardiff - Caerdydd
NR Region: Wales
ELR: CRY 1m 20ch

Fares

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Origin/Destination Matrix

Top 5 jouneys from Ty Glas during 2022/2023:
•Cardiff Queen Street (10,272 journeys)
•Cardiff Central (9,983 journeys)
•Cardiff Bay (2,392 journeys)
•Newport (South Wales) (1,284 journeys)
•Ninian Park (817 journeys)
Full reports can be created on our dedicataed ODM Pages.

Neighbouring Stations

Below are Ty Glas's neighbouring stations, and the distance to them in miles. Click on a station to view details for that location.
StationMiles
Birchgrove0.60
Heath Low Level0.50