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Wales Railway Statistics

There are 223 railway stations in Wales.

Busiest Stations

The ten Busiest Stations

  1. 1 Cardiff Central 11,499,126
  2. 2 Newport 2,718,644
  3. 3 Swansea 2,186,354
  4. 4 Cardiff Queen Street 1,828,790
  5. 5 Bridgend 1,278,334
  6. 6 Cathays 823,010
  7. 7 Neath 778,136
  8. 8 Bangor 697,246
  9. 9 Trefforest 649,910
  10. 10 Wrexham General 629,948

Least Used Stations

The ten Least Used Stations

  1. 1 Roman Bridge 680
  2. 2 Llangynllo 780
  3. 3 Pont-Y-Pant 814
  4. 4 Dolau 828
  5. 5 Llandecwyn 834
  6. 6 Garth 838
  7. 7 Cilmeri 874
  8. 8 Tygwyn 986
  9. 9 Sugar Loaf 992
  10. 10 Cynghordy 1,012

Passenger Numbers

Usage dropped to 17% during the 2020-21 travel lockdowns and recovered to 76% by 2023.

Passenger Estimates for Wales table
YearPassenger Numbers
1997-9825,046,995
1998-9924,940,995
1999-0027,328,483
2000-0128,146,475
2001-0230,184,757
2002-0331,033,324
2003-04 
2004-0532,937,556
2005-0633,798,575
2006-0736,342,853
2007-0839,990,833
2008-0942,706,302
2009-1044,044,354
2010-1145,944,370
2011-1247,132,262
2012-1347,633,884
2013-1448,633,986
2014-1549,294,944
2015-1649,294,944
2016-1751,668,830
2017-1852,522,000
2018-1952,724,088
2019-2050,416,200
2020-218,678,536
2021-2229,031,826
2022-2338,297,014
2023-24 
2024-25