Cardiff Central (CDF)
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Station facilities
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Station seating facilities
First Class lounge Monday-Friday 06:00-18:30 Saturday Closed Sunday Closed Located
Platform 1
Tickets Accepted
All First Class
Facilities
A comfortable modern lounge, screens with updated train information
Refreshments
Complimentary refreshments and a dedicated customer host ready to serve you.
Wi-Fi
Available
Showers
None
Seating area Yes Seating available on all platforms
Waiting Rooms Available Note Women-Only Waiting Room No -
Trolleys
Note Coin-operated trolley
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Refreshments
Note Cold drinks vending machine
Hot drinks vending machine
Food vending machine
Food outlet (Seating available)
Food outlet (Seating unavailable)
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ATM Machine
Opening Hours Monday-Friday 24 hours Saturday 24 hours Sunday 24 hours Notes Located outside main entrance
Bureau de Change No -
Toilets
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Pay Phone
Pay Phone Cards and coins -
Internet
Public WiFi No Note Web Kiosk No -
Post Box
-
Tourist Information Office
Tourist Information Office No -
Shops
Shops Yes Note News agent
Convenience store
Cardiff Central
Transport links
- Connection time
- 7 minutes (minimum)
- Cycle storage
- To be confirmed by station operator
- Sheltered cycle storage
- Yes
- Cycle storage location
- on Platforms 3, 4, 6 & 7 and at rear of station and cycle shelter in Riverside car park
- Car park
- Penarth Road
- Car park opening
- Monday-Friday 24 hours
- Saturday 24 hours
- Sunday 24 hours
- Car park operator
- National Car Parks Ltd
- Car park operator phone
- 0845 050 7080 (primary)
- Car park operator address
- customer.service@ncp.co.uk
- Car park spaces
- 248
- Charges
- £8.50 daily , £34.00 weekly , £130.56 monthly , £391.68 three-monthly , £1360.00 annually
- Notes
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Standard Parking, Disabled Parking & Short Stay ( 20 minutes )
- Car park
- Riverside
- Car park opening
- Monday-Friday 24 hours
- Saturday 24 hours
- Sunday 24 hours
- Car park operator
- National Car Parks Ltd
- Car park operator phone
- 0845 050 7080 (primary)
- Car park operator address
- customer.service@ncp.co.uk
- Car park spaces
- 110
- Charges
- £8.50 daily , £34.00 weekly , £130.56 monthly , £391.68 three-monthly , £1360.00 annually
- Notes
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Riverside - Standard Parking only
- Car park
- Saunders Road
- Car park opening
- Monday-Friday 24 hours
- Saturday 24 hours
- Sunday 24 hours
- Car park operator
- National Car Parks Ltd
- Car park operator phone
- 0845 050 7080 (primary)
- Car park operator address
- customer.service@ncp.co.uk
- Car park spaces
- 44
- Charges
- £8.50 daily , £34.00 weekly , £130.56 monthly , £391.68 three-monthly , £1360.00 annually
- Notes
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Standard Parking only. Car Park may be closed if there is an event at the Millennium Stadium
Ticket buying and collection
- Ticket office opening
- Monday-Saturday 05:30-21:40
- Sunday 07:30-21:30
- Self-service machines
- Yes
- Collect from counter
- Yes
- Collect from machine
- Yes
At the Penarth Road entrance and on the concourse.
- Oyster PrePay
- No
- Penalty fares
Penalty Fares do not apply when travelling from Cardiff Central station.
Accessibility and mobility access
- Customer help points
- No
- Staff help
-
Yes
- Monday-Sunday 10:00-18:00
- Accessible ticket machines
- Yes
- Accessible ticket office counter
- Yes
- Induction loop
- Yes
- Ramp for train access
- Yes
- If you need assistance we recommend that you book at least 24 hours in advance of travel
- All trains carry a ramp for wheelchair access
- Accessible taxis
- Yes
- Accessible public telephones
- Yes
- National key toilets
- Yes
In the subway near the lifts. Available during staffing hours only.
- Step free access coverage
- Partial station
Platforms 1 - 7 have level access via lifts. For Platform 0, please advise a member of staff in plenty of time so that a taxi can be arranged to take you to the platform. During 2009-2010 installation of a lift is planned from the station concourse to this platform.
- Impaired mobility set down
- Yes
- Disabled parking
- Yes 7 spaces
- Accessible car park equipment
- Yes
- Wheelchairs
- Monday-Friday 03:45-02:00 Saturday 03:45-00:00 Sunday 07:00-03:45
General services information
- Customer service
- Yes
- Monday-Saturday 08:00-20:00
- Sunday 11:00-20:00
- Left luggage
- No
- Lost property
- Yes
- British Transport Police
- 0800 40 50 40
Staffing
- Staffing level
- Full time
- Monday-Sunday 24 hours
- CCTV
- Within station
- Car park
- Cycle storage
- Car park
