Station guide
Cardiff Central station
Cardiff is the capital and largest city of Wales.
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The lifts are currently out of order on platform 1 and platform 2 at Cardiff Central station.
The Riverside and Penarth Road car parks at Cardiff Central station are now permanently closed. Please use Cardiff Central Quay multi-storey (Penarth Road) for parking, pick-up and drop-off. Please allow extra time to get to and from the…
Station facilities
- Step-free access
- A, Compliant step-free access to all platform(s)
Category A. Step free access is available to Platforms 0 to 8.
- Lifts
- Yes
- Toilets
- Yes
The toilets are located on Platforms 1 to 8. The National Key toilets are located in the East Subway near the lifts and on Platform 8; these toilets are operated by a radar key and are only available during staffing…
- Accessible toilets
- Yes
- Baby changing
- Yes
- Ticket office
- Yes
- Ticket machines
- Yes
- Contactless
- Yes
- Oyster
- No
- Smartcard validators
- Yes
- Waiting room
- Yes
On platforms 1/2, 3/4, 6/7 and 8.
- Refreshments
- Yes
- Shops
- Yes
- Wi-Fi
- Yes
- ATM
- Yes
- Cycle storage
- Yes
- Cycle spaces
- 102
- Car park
- Yes
- Car park spaces
- 681
- Accessible parking
- Yes
- Bus connections
- Yes
- Taxi rank
- Yes
- Staff help
- Yes
Ticket office hours
- Monday–Saturday: 05:40–21:30
- Sunday: 07:30–21:30
Facilities from the NationalRail Knowledgebase via Rail Data Marketplace. Station record updated 2026-08-15. Always check live accessibility information before travel.