Cardiff Central railway station
Cardiff Central 
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| Welsh: Caerdydd Canolog | |
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Frontage of Cardiff Central station (northern entrance)
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| Location | |
| Place | Cardiff |
| Local authority | City and County of Cardiff |
| Coordinates | 51°28′32″N 3°10′41″W / 51.4755°N 3.1780°WCoordinates: 51°28′32″N 3°10′41″W / 51.4755°N 3.1780°W |
| Grid reference | ST181758 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CDF |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Owned by | Network Rail |
| Number of platforms | 8 |
| DfT category | A |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 11.508 million |
| – Interchange |
1.448 million |
| 2012/13 |
11.638 million |
| – Interchange |
1.534 million |
| 2013/14 |
11.740 million |
| – Interchange |
1.698 million |
| 2014/15 |
11.939 million |
| – Interchange |
1.755 million |
| 2015/16 |
12.745 million |
| – Interchange |
1.853 million |
| History | |
| 19 June 1850 | Opened |
| 1932 | Rebuilt |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cardiff Central from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Cardiff Central railway station (Welsh: Caerdydd Canolog) is a major railway station on the South Wales Main Line in Cardiff, United Kingdom and one of two hubs of the city's urban rail network.
It is the largest and busiest station in Wales and one of the major stations of the British rail network, the eleventh busiest station in the United Kingdom outside London (29th busiest overall), based on 2009/10 total entries and exits.
It is located near the Millennium Stadium in the city centre and is one of 20 railway stations in the city and one of two in the city centre, the other being Cardiff Queen Street, both of which are hubs for the Valley Lines urban rail network, with several lines in Cardiff and the surrounding valleys.
Cardiff Central is a Grade II listed building managed by Arriva Trains Wales. It is an interchange between the rest of South and West Wales, and other major British cities. Arriva Trains Wales operate services to West Wales, Holyhead, Crewe and Manchester, as well as the South Wales Valley Lines. Great Western Railway runs intercity services to Bristol and London, and regional services to Bath, Taunton, Southampton and Portsmouth, whilst CrossCountry operates trains to Gloucester, Birmingham, Nottingham and Manchester.
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