Cathays railway station

Cathays railway station is a station on the Merthyr and Rhondda lines in the Cathays district of Cardiff, Wales. It is Template:Convert north of Template:Rws.

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<ref name=hooper>Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref>First sod at Cathays Rail Enthusiast issue 22 July 1983 page 18</ref><ref>Cathays open Rail Enthusiast issue 26 November 1983 page 18</ref>

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<ref name="bbc">Template:Cite news</ref> but is inaccessible to wheelchair users who wish to cross between platforms as there are no bridges or lifts.<ref name="bbc"/> Transport for Wales has future plans to install an accessible bridge as part of the South Wales Metro project.<ref name="bbc"/>

Services

In the daytime from Monday to Saturday, there are usually six trains an hour from Cardiff Central to Template:Rws, two of which terminate there, two of which continue to Template:Rws and two of which continue to Template:Rws. Four eastbound trains per hour continue beyond Cardiff Queen Street to Cardiff Central and two currently continue to Cardiff Bay.<ref>GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 130 (Network Rail)</ref>

There are bus services from outside the station, including Megabus and National Express.