Cardiff Queen Street railway station
Cardiff Queen Street 
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| Welsh: Caerdydd Heol y Frenhines | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Cardiff |
| Local authority | Cardiff |
| Grid reference | ST188765 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CDQ |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 5 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 2.489 million |
| – Interchange |
0.657 million |
| 2012/13 |
2.495 million |
| – Interchange |
0.733 million |
| 2013/14 |
 2.463 million |
| – Interchange |
0.872 million |
| 2014/15 |
2.523 million |
| – Interchange |
0.983 million |
| 2015/16 |
2.644 million |
| – Interchange |
1.019 million |
| History | |
| 9 October 1840 | Opened as Crockherbtown |
| 1887 | Rebuilt and renamed Cardiff Queen Street |
| 1907 | Rebuilt |
| 1973 | Rebuilt |
| 2014 | 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 Queen Street from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Coordinates: 51°28′55″N 3°10′13″W / 51.4819°N 3.1703°W
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 second busiest railway station in Wales, being located near Queen Street. It is one of 20 stations in the city and two in the city centre, the other being Cardiff Central. The station is staffed at most times, with a ticket office and machines, and a café on platforms 3 and 4. A newsagent is situated opposite the station.
In 2014, a reconstruction of the station was completed in order to reduce bottlenecks, with two extra platforms being put in (a previously existing platform, opposite platform 4, and a new bay platform next to platform 2 for the line to Cardiff Bay), taking the total number of platforms to 5.
A station known as "Crockherbtown" on this site was built in 1840 by the Taff Vale Railway, whose headquarters were also located here. It was rebuilt and given its present name in 1887. Other major rebuildings took place in 1907 and by British Rail in 1973. The latter project saw the station's overall roof removed, the original Taff Vale station frontage demolished & replaced and the western side platform closed, with all through traffic concentrated on the central island. In 2005, the station was fitted with new ticket gates, operational when the station is manned, which allow easier access in both directions. In 2006 LED screens replaced the old information display monitors.
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