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Cathays

Trains at Cathays arrived on average 1 min late over the last 30 days, based on 149 timed arrivals out of 203 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 149
1 min
late on average
17
cancelled, of 203

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Next departures

Board as of 10:08 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.

Aberdare
10:02 · Platform 1 · updated 10:0610:03On time
Treherbert
10:03 · Platform 2 · updated 10:0510:03On time
Cardiff Central
10:08 · Platform 1 (expected) · updated 10:0510:08On time
Merthyr Tydfil
10:08 · Platform not yet known · updated 10:0610:08On time
Pontypridd
10:15 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 09:5910:15On time
Cardiff Bay
10:15 · Platform 1 (expected) · updated 10:0710:16On time
Aberdare
10:32 · Platform not yet known · updated 10:0310:32On time
Treherbert
10:33 · Platform not yet known · updated 09:4010:33On time

All 28 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at Cathays arrived on average 1 min late over the last 30 days, based on 149 timed arrivals out of 203 services; 98% were within 5 minutes. Half of them were on time and four in five were within 1 min. 17 services were cancelled (8.4%) and 2 more were cancelled at some stops. The platform changed after being announced on 0% of 197 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 20:00–21:00 (13 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (1 min late on average).

Punctuality at Cathays, 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.
Measure7 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 202630 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026All time14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026
Services203203203
Within 5 minutes98% of 14998% of 14998% of 149
Average delay1 min of 1491 min of 1491 min of 149
Half were withinunder a minuteunder a minuteunder a minute
Four in five were within1 min1 min1 min
Cancelled17 of 20317 of 20317 of 203
Cancelled at some stops222
Platform changed0% of 1970% of 1970% of 197
Busiest hour20:00–21:00 (13)20:00–21:00 (13)20:00–21:00 (13)
Worst day14 September 2026 (1 min)14 September 2026 (1 min)14 September 2026 (1 min)

Routes from here

No route from here has 20 services yet.

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About this station

Country
Great Britain
CRS code
CYS
Coordinates
51.4887, -3.1781

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.