Cardiff Central Railway Station

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Cardiff Central station is managed by TfW Rail and is located in Cardiff - Caerdydd within the East Wales area of Wales.

Passenger Numbers

Passenger numbers for Cardiff Central peaked during 2017-18 with 12,951,702 estimated passengers.

Usage dropped to 16% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 80% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Cardiff Central table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-985,858,915
1998-995,738,681
1999-006,457,827
2000-016,707,944
2001-027,479,904
2002-037,949,395
2003-04 
2004-057,743,280
2005-068,357,732
2006-079,126,923
2007-089,875,014
2008-0910,485,084
2009-1010,742,546
2010-1111,259,968
2011-1211,507,598
2012-1311,637,744
2013-1411,739,630
2014-1511,939,360
2015-1612,744,582
2016-1712,534,884
2017-1812,951,702
2018-1912,934,304
2019-2012,670,920
2020-211,975,462
2021-227,463,378
2022-2310,185,022
2023-24