Cathays railway station

Cathays
General information
Location	Cathays, Cardiff Wales
Coordinates	51°29′21″N 3°10′45″W / 51.4891°N 3.1793°W / 51.4891; -3.1793
Grid reference	ST182773
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CYS
Classification	DfT category E
History
Original company	British Rail
Key dates
3 October 1983	Opened
Passengers
2018/19	0.978 million
2019/20	0.965 million
2020/21	0.136 million
2021/22	0.515 million
2022/23	0.699 million
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail & Road

Cathays railway station is a station on the Merthyr and Rhondda lines in the Cathays district of Cardiff, Wales. It is 1+1⁄4 miles (2 km) north of Cardiff Central.

The station is next to Cardiff University Students' Union and across the road from many Cardiff University buildings, as well as a short walk from the Welsh 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^[1] it reversed a trend to close stations. Funded by British Rail and South Glamorgan County Council, construction commenced in April 1983, with the station opened on 3 October 1983.^[2][3]

Cathays station is now staffed during peak hours, since the introduction of a new automated ticket barrier system in summer 2007. Cathays has two platforms, each with a small shelter and an information screen displaying the next train's arrival.

The station is the seventh-most used railway station in Wales^[4] but is inaccessible to wheelchair users who wish to cross between platforms as there are no bridges or lifts.^[4] Transport for Wales has future plans to install an accessible bridge as part of the South Wales Metro project.^[4]