Cardiff Central railway station

Cardiff Central
The station seen from the east
Location
Place	Cardiff
Local authority	Cardiff
Operations
Station code	CDF
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms in use	8
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
History
Key dates	Opened 19 June 1850 (19 June 1850)
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Cardiff Central railway station is a main train station in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. It is on the South Wales Main Line.

It is the 11th busiest station in the United Kingdom, except for stations in London.^[1]

The station is managed by Transport for Wales. Arriva run services along with First Great Western and CrossCountry.

The station has a first class area, the only one in Wales.^[2]

It opened as Cardiff, then Cardiff General in July 1924 and Cardiff Central in May 1973 to now.^[3][4]

1. ↑ Usage report Archived 2012-08-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 July 2012
2. ↑ First Great Western Archived 2012-02-05 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 4 July 2012
3. ↑ Butt, R.J.V. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 53.
4. ↑ Cardiff Timeline Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 12 July 2012