Cardiff Bay train station, Bute Street, Cardiff CF10 5LE

Details

Accessibility

https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/cardiff-bay/

Step-free category A: there is step-free access to all platforms. The platforms are level with the Main Entrance of the station

There are tactile warnings on all platforms in use. Induction loop

Brief description

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Bay_railway_station 

2026: "Cardiff Bay railway station (Welsh: Bae Caerdydd), formerly Cardiff Bute Road, is a station serving the Cardiff Bay and Butetown areas of Cardiff, Wales. It is the southern terminus of the Butetown branch line 1 mile (1.5 km) south of Cardiff Queen Street.

Until redevelopment is complete only one platform is in use. Platform 2 opened on 26 May 2025. The pre-existing Platform 1 closed on the same day to be redeveloped. The station building lies on Bute Street, although access to the station is from the nearby Lloyd George Avenue. For various reasons, including it being the origin of the first steam-powered passenger train service in Wales, the 1840s station building is a Grade II* listed building.[1]

Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.

The building was restored in the 1980s and served for a time as a railway museum under the auspices of the National Museums and Galleries of Wales and the Butetown Historical Railway Society (which in 1997 relocated its activities to the Vale of Glamorgan Railway).[3] Following this, the station building had become derelict, with train passengers using a temporary shelter.

In June 2018, the then future Welsh train operating company KeolisAmey Wales announced plans to build a line extension and a terminus station, The Flourish (since renamed back to Cardiff Bay) for the Butetown Branch, along with an intermediate station at Loudoun Square.[7] This station would have completely replaced the existing station, which would have closed.

Plans have since been revised, and in August 2022 it was proposed to construct the two-platform Loudoun Square station further to the north, and to retain Cardiff Bay station in its present location, but to add a second platform. The station will be served by more frequent tram-train vehicles from spring 2024. The line will form part of the South Wales Metro.[8]

In September 2024 it was announced that Cardiff Bay would gain a third platform as part of Cardiff Crossrail, which would link the Butetown branch line with Cardiff Central. Work on Cardiff Crossrail is anticipated to start in Autumn 2025 [9]"

Address

Cardiff Bay train station, Bute Street, Cardiff CF10 5LE   

Email

https://tfw.wales/contact-us

Phone

03333 211202

Website

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Bay_railway_station 

https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/cardiff-bay/ 

Directions

Opening Times

Always check with the venue directly for up-to-date information including opening times and admission charges as they may be subject to change

Customer Support: Opening Hours:

Phone Number: 03333211202

Web Address: https://tfw.wales/contact-us

Station: Monday to Sunday & Public Holidays: 00:00 - 23:59, Except 25 and 26 December

Transport

2026: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff_Bay_railway_station#Services

"There was a shuttle service between Cardiff Queen Street and Cardiff Bay every 12 minutes Monday to Saturdays (between 0630 and 2330) and every 12 minutes on Sundays (between 1100 and 1630) using Class 153 Sprinters. Some services were operated by a Class 121 "bubble car" until it was withdrawn in June 2013.

Since the June 2024 timetable change, the trains now operates between Cardiff Bay and Pontypridd every 30 minutes and every 30 minutes from between Cardiff Bay and Cardiff Queen Street every Monday to Saturday. Sundays services operates three trains per hour between Cardiff Bay and Cardiff Queen street and one train per hour operate between Cardiff Bay and Pontypridd. These are operated with Class 150 Sprinters.[6]"

Amenities

Seating area.

Usually, the following passenger levels are expected at this station. Events, seasonal trends and disruption can make the station busier than normal.