Cathays railway station

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Coordinates: 51°29′21″N 3°10′45″W / 51.4891°N 3.1793°W / 51.4891; -3.1793

Cathays
Cathays railway station.jpg
Location
Place Cathays
Local authority Cardiff
Operations
Station code CYS
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Platforms in use 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 0.483 million
2005/06 * 0.379 million
2006/07 * 0.388 million
2007/08 * 0.509 million
History
1983 Opened
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cathays from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

Cathays railway station is a railway station lying on the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhondda lines in the Cathays district of Cardiff, Wales. The station is 2 kilometres (1¼ miles) north of Cardiff Central.

The station is located next to Cardiff University Students' Union and a short walk from the Welsh Assembly Government and other Civic buildings in Cathays Park. The footbridge over the railway is much used as a shortcut between Park Place and Senghenydd Road. When Cathays opened in 1983 it reversed a trend to close stations by being one of the first stations to be built in Wales for 60 years.

Cathays station is now manned during peak hours, following the introduction of a new automated ticket barrier system in Summer 2007. Cathays has two platforms, both with a small shelter and an information screen displaying the next train's arrival. There is a car park on the Senghennydd Road side, which is University owned and not for general public use.

[edit] Services

During the daytime from Monday to Saturday, there are usually six trains an hour from Cardiff Central to destinations including Aberdare, Pontypridd, Treherbert and Merthyr Tydfil. Some trains continue beyond Cardiff to Penarth, Barry Island or Bridgend via The Vale of Glamorgan Line.

[edit] External links

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Cardiff Queen Street   Arriva Trains Wales

Merthyr Line

  Llandaf
Cardiff Queen Street   Arriva Trains Wales

Rhondda Line

  Llandaf