Cardiff Queen Street railway station

Cardiff Queen Street

Welsh: Caerdydd Heol y Frenhines
National Rail
Cardiff Queen Street seen from the north.
General information
LocationCardiff, City and County of Cardiff
Wales
Coordinates51°28′55″N 3°10′13″W / 51.4819°N 3.1703°W / 51.4819; -3.1703
Grid referenceST188765
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms5
Other information
Station codeCDQ
ClassificationDfT category C1
Key dates
9 October 1840Opened as Cardiff Taff Vale
1887Rebuilt and renamed Cardiff Queen Street
1928Enlarged
1973Rebuilt
2014Redeveloped
Passengers
2018/19Increase 2.919 million
 Interchange Increase 1.366 million
2019/20Decrease 2.694 million
 Interchange Decrease 1.311 million
2020/21Decrease 0.473 million
 Interchange Decrease 74,733
2021/22Increase 1.366 million
 Interchange Increase 0.271 million
2022/23Increase 1.714 million
 Interchange Increase 0.395 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Cardiff Queen Street railway station (Welsh: Caerdydd Heol y Frenhines) is a railway station serving the north and east of Central Cardiff, Wales. It is the fourth busiest railway station in Wales. It is located near the major thoroughfare of Queen Street and is one of 20 stations in the city. Along with Cardiff Central, it is one of the two major hubs of the Valleys & Cardiff Local Routes local rail network. The station and its services are run by Transport for Wales.

In 2014, a reconstruction of the station was completed in order to reduce bottlenecks. Two extra platforms were put in (a previously existing platform, opposite platform 4, and a new platform next to platform 2 for the line to Cardiff Bay), taking the total number of platforms to 5.