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Cardiff Central

Name: Cardiff Central punctuality
Creator: Rail
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Trains at Cardiff Central arrived on average 2 min late over the last 30 days, based on 584 timed arrivals out of 775 services; 88% were within 5 minutes.

Counted from 14 September 2026 to 14 September 2026, as of 14 September 2026. Facts from the rail feeds we archive; nothing on this page is a prediction. How we count.

88%
within 5 min, of 584: 2 min
late on average: 4
cancelled, of 775

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Next departures

Board as of 10:09 London time; each train shows when its last update arrived. Times are the feed's own; a platform is marked expected until the operator confirms it.

Treherbert
09:56 · Platform 7B (expected) · updated 10:0809:56Departed

Barry Island
09:59 · Platform 8 · updated 10:0910:00Departed

Merthyr Tydfil
10:00 · Platform 7A (expected) · updated 10:0610:00Departed

Exeter St Davids
10:00 · Platform 1 · Great Western Railway · updated 10:0910:00Departed

Caerphilly
10:04 · Platform 6 · updated 10:0910:04Departed

Penarth
10:05 · Platform 8 · updated 10:0810:05On time

Ebbw Vale Town
10:05 · Platform 2A (expected) · updated 10:0110:05On time

Fishguard Harbour
10:06 · Platform 3A · updated 10:0310:06On time

All 75 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at Cardiff Central arrived on average 2 min late over the last 30 days, based on 584 timed arrivals out of 775 services; 88% were within 5 minutes. Half of them were on time and four in five were within 2 min. 4 services were cancelled (0.5%) and 1 more was cancelled at some stops. The platform changed after being announced on 3% of 739 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 10:00–11:00 (49 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (2 min late on average).

Punctuality at Cardiff Central, measured at this station against the public timetable. Rates show the sample they are counted from; “—” means no figure. Platform changes are counted over calls with a platform.
Measure	7 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026	30 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026	All time14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026
Services	775	775	775
Within 5 minutes	88% of 584	88% of 584	88% of 584
Average delay	2 min of 584	2 min of 584	2 min of 584
Half were within	under a minute	under a minute	under a minute
Four in five were within	2 min	2 min	2 min
Cancelled	4 of 775	4 of 775	4 of 775
Cancelled at some stops	1	1	1
Platform changed	3% of 739	3% of 739	3% of 739
Busiest hour	10:00–11:00 (49)	10:00–11:00 (49)	10:00–11:00 (49)
Worst day	14 September 2026 (2 min)	14 September 2026 (2 min)	14 September 2026 (2 min)

Routes from here

Cardiff Central to Treherbert32 services · 100% within 5 min of 28

Routes to here

Treherbert to Cardiff Central32 services · 100% within 5 min of 27

Operators

Transport for Wales3,571 calls in the last 30 days
Great Western Railway1,228 calls in the last 30 days
CrossCountry266 calls in the last 30 days
Other operator1 calls in the last 30 days

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About this station

Country: Great Britain
CRS code: CDF
Coordinates: 51.4752, -3.1778

Every figure on this page is a count over the feed messages we archive, measured at this station against the public timetable. See the leaderboards or every station in Great Britain.