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Cardiff Queen Street

Name: Cardiff Queen Street punctuality
Creator: Rail
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Trains at Cardiff Queen Street arrived on average under a minute late over the last 30 days, based on 392 timed arrivals out of 513 services; 98% 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.

98%
within 5 min, of 392: under a minute
late on average: 34
cancelled, of 513

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Next departures

Board as of 10:11 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.

Penarth
09:59 · Platform 2 · updated 10:0810:01Departed

Treherbert
10:00 · Platform 4 · updated 10:1009:59Departed

Cardiff Bay
10:02 · Platform not yet known · updated 09:1510:02On time

Merthyr Tydfil
10:04 · Platform not yet known · updated 10:1010:04On time

Merthyr Tydfil
10:04 · Platform 4 · updated 10:1009:50Departed

Barry Island
10:04 · Platform 3 · updated 10:1010:05Departed

Aberdare
10:07 · Platform 2 · updated 10:0910:07On time

Caerphilly
10:08 · Platform 5 (expected) · updated 10:1010:08On time

All 67 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at Cardiff Queen Street arrived on average under a minute late over the last 30 days, based on 392 timed arrivals out of 513 services; 98% were within 5 minutes. Half of them were on time and four in five were on time. 34 services were cancelled (6.6%) and 2 more were cancelled at some stops. The platform changed after being announced on 0% of 513 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 07:00–08:00 (32 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (under a minute late on average).

Punctuality at Cardiff Queen Street, 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	513	513	513
Within 5 minutes	98% of 392	98% of 392	98% of 392
Average delay	under a minute of 392	under a minute of 392	under a minute of 392
Half were within	under a minute	under a minute	under a minute
Four in five were within	under a minute	under a minute	under a minute
Cancelled	34 of 513	34 of 513	34 of 513
Cancelled at some stops	2	2	2
Platform changed	0% of 513	0% of 513	0% of 513
Busiest hour	07:00–08:00 (32)	07:00–08:00 (32)	07:00–08:00 (32)
Worst day	14 September 2026 (under a minute)	14 September 2026 (under a minute)	14 September 2026 (under a minute)

Routes from here

Cardiff Queen Street to Cardiff Bay36 services · 100% within 5 min of 22

Routes to here

Cardiff Bay to Cardiff Queen Street36 services · 100% within 5 min of 21

Operators

Transport for Wales2,637 calls in the last 30 days

Nearby stations

About this station

Country: Great Britain
CRS code: CDQ
Coordinates: 51.4825, -3.1708

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.