Cardiff Central Railway Station - Platforms

Platforms

Cardiff Central has seven platforms, numbered 0, 1, 2, 3a/b, 4a/b, 6 and 7. There is no longer, despite signage, a Platform 5; this was a west-facing bay platform situated between Platforms 3 and 4.

Platforms 3 and 4 are divided into 'A' and 'B' sections and are capable of holding two local trains or a single HST train. Other platforms can be used by more than one train, but are not sectioned.

Platform 6 is used by Valley Lines trains to the north and east of Cardiff and to the Valleys. Every train from Platform 6 calls at Cardiff Queen Street. Valley Line trains from Cardiff Queen Street call at Platform 7 and continue to north-west Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.

The normal pattern of usage is:

  • Platform 0
    • Arriva Trains Wales:
      • Ebbw Vale Parkway via Rogerstone and Risca and Pontymister, usually Class 150 'Sprinter' units
  • Platform 1
    • CrossCountry:
      • Nottingham via Birmingham New Street and Derby, usually Class 170 'Turbostar' units
    • Arriva Trains Wales:
      • Cheltenham Spa via Gloucester, usually Class 158 or Class 150 'Sprinter' units from Maesteg.
      • Terminating trains from Swansea, Carmarthen and Milford Haven
    • First Great Western:
      • London Paddington via Bristol Parkway, Swindon and Reading, usually High Speed Trains from Swansea
  • Platform 2
    • Arriva Trains Wales:
      • Cheltenham Spa via Gloucester, usually Class 158 or Class 150 'Sprinter' units from Maesteg One service starts from Fishguard Harbour
      • Holyhead via Newport, Hereford, Shrewsbury, Wrexham General, Chester, Llandudno Junction and Bangor, usually Class 175 'Coradia' units
      • Manchester Piccadilly via Newport, Hereford, Shrewsbury and Crewe, usually Class 175 'Coradia' units from Carmarthen or Milford Haven, with one from Fishguard Harbour
    • First Great Western:
      • Taunton via Bristol Temple Meads and Weston-super-Mare, usually Class 150 'Sprinter' units and Class 158 'Express Sprinter' units. Some of these trains were operated by Class 67 and Class 57 locomotives with four Mk2 coaches for a time.
      • Portsmouth Harbour via Bristol Temple Meads, Bath Spa, Westbury, Salisbury, Southampton Central, Fareham, Cosham, Fratton and Portsmouth and Southsea
    • CrossCountry:
      • Manchester Piccadilly via Bristol Temple Meads and Birmingham New Street, usually Class 221 'SuperVoyager' units
  • Platforms 3a/3b
    • Arriva Trains Wales:
      • Milford Haven/Carmarthen via Bridgend and Swansea, usually Coradia units from Manchester Piccadilly
    • First Great Western:
      • Swansea via Bridgend, Port Talbot Parkway and Neath, usually High Speed Trains from London Paddington
  • Platform 4a/4b
    • Arriva Trains Wales:
      • Fishguard Harbour (two via Swansea and Carmarthen, plus one fast service avoiding both).
      • Maesteg via Pontyclun and Bridgend, usually Class 158 or Class 150 'Sprinter' units from Cheltenham Spa.
    • First Great Western
      • Terminating trains from London Paddington, Taunton, Westbury and Portsmouth Harbour
    • CrossCountry
      • Terminating trains from Nottingham, Birmingham New Street and Manchester Piccadilly.
  • Platform 6
    • Arriva Trains Wales:
      • Coryton via Cardiff Queen Street, Heath Low Level, Ty Glas, Birchgrove, Rhiwbina and Whitchurch
      • Bargoed via Cardiff Queen Street, Caerphilly and Ystrad Mynach
      • Rhymney via Cardiff Queen Street, Ystrad Mynach, Bargoed and Tir-Phil
      • Merthyr Tydfil via Cardiff Queen Street, Radyr, Pontypridd, Abercynon and Quakers Yard
      • Aberdare via Cardiff Queen Street, Radyr, Pontypridd, Abercynon and Mountain Ash
      • Treherbert via Cardiff Queen Street, Radyr, Pontypridd, Tonypandy, Llwynypia, Ystrad Rhondda, Ton Pentre, Treorchy and Ynyswen
      • Terminating trains from Bridgend via the Vale of Glamorgan Line.
  • Platform 7
    • Arriva Trains Wales:
      • Radyr via Ninian Park, Waun-Gron Park, Fairwater and Danescourt
      • Penarth via Grangetown and Dingle Road
      • Barry Island via Grangetown, Dinas Powys and Barry
      • Bridgend via Grangetown, Dinas Powys, Barry, Rhoose Cardiff International Airport and Llantwit Major
      • Terminating trains from Treherbert

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