Cathays Train Station

• NO Waiting room
• YES Ticket machine
• NO Toilet
• YES Impaired Access Staff

Station facilities

• Accessibility
  • Accessible Public Telephones No
  • First Class Lounge No
  • Help Points YES Yes
  • Impaired Accessible Booking Office Counter YES Yes
  • Impared Access Staff YES Yes
  • Impared Access Ticket Gate YES Yes
  • Impaired Accessible Ticket Machines YES Yes
  • Induction Loop YES Yes
  • Impaired Mobility Set Down No
  • National Key Toilets No
  • Ramp for Train Access YES Yes
  • Wheel chairs Available No
  • Impaired Access Helpline Hours Monday - Sunday - 08:00 to 20:00
  • Accesible Ticket Machine

    These machines accept debit/credit cards and cash. 

    The machine on the Cardiff-bound platform is only available during staffing hours.

    The machine on the Pontypridd-bound platform is available all the time.

  • Customer Help Point On the Pontypridd bound platform.
  • Helpline YES Yes
  • Helpline Contact Details 03333 211202
    
  • Helpline Contact URL https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
  • Nearest Stations with Facilities

    To go to the Transport for Wales Active Travel Station Map please follow the below link. Please be advised that it is still in development and completion is expected at end of 2021. www.tfw.dev.activemap.co.uk

    
    
  • Step Free Access

    Category B3

    While both platforms are step-free, there is no facility for wheelchair users, mobility scooter users or persons with reduced mobility to cross between Platform 1 and 2 due to a steep footbridge. Customers who have travelled from the Valleys and wish to access the University or the Civic Centre are advised to travel to Queen Street station, change onto a North-bound service and alight at Cathays on the return service.

    For full station facilities as stated in the Accessible Travel Policy, please visit the Transport for Wales website: www.tfwrail.wales/our-network/stations.

    
    Coverage: no Part Of Station
  • Step Free Access Coverage No Part of Station
  • Staff Help No platform staff available. Assistance is provided by the Conductor on the train.

• Restrooms
  • Toilets No
  • Baby Change No

• Ticketing Services & Information
  • Oyster Pre-Pay No
  • Ticket Machine YES Yes
  • Customer Service Note Entrance to Pontypridd bound platform.
  • Penalty Fares http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/revenueenforcementpolicy
  • Smartcard Notes Smartcard Issued: No
    Smartcard Validator: Yes
    

    Load a pre-purchased season ticket onto a smartcard using the smartcard validator or the ticket vending machine. 

• Ticketing Hours
  • Ticket Office Hours Friday - 07:30 to 18:30
    Saturday - 09:30 to 15:30
    Sunday

• Station Information
  • ATM No
  • Baby Change No
  • Bureau De Change No
  • Lost Property YES Yes
  • Post Box No
  • Shops No
  • Seated Area No
  • Station Buffet No
  • Showers No
  • Trolley No
  • Wifi No
  • Waiting Room No
  • Lost Property Phone number: 03333 211 202
    
    Operator Name: Managed by Transport for Wales
  • Lost Property: URL https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
  • Customer Service Note Contact our Customer Relations team directly via the customer webform at www.tfwrail.wales (https://tfwrail.wales)
  • Information Systems DepartureScreensArrivalScreens
  • Lost Property Number 03333 211 202
  • Staffing Level YES Yes

• Station Location & Directions
  • Latitude 51.48890064
  • Longitude -3.178693049

• Phones, Internet & Wi-fi
  • Station Amenities: Telephone No
  • Web Kiosk: Available No
  • Station Amenities: Wi-Fi Find WiFi Hotspots around Cathays station (http://btopenzone.hotspot-directory.com )
  • Telephone: Usage Type Cards And Coins

• Dining and Shopping
  • Dining & Shopping: Shops No
  • Dining & Shopping: Station Buffet No

• Cycle Storage
  • Availability No
  • Closed Circuit TV YES Yes
  • Sheltered No
  • Spaces No

• Bus information
  • Bus Service: Availability YES Yes
  • Bus Service: Note The nearest bus stop is on Park Place

• Baggage Services
  • Left Luggage: Available No
  • Left Luggage: URL https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

• Other transportation
  • Rail Replacement Services

    At the bus stops adjacent to the Cardiff University Students' Union on Park Place