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Cardiff Central Railway Station

Cardiff Central is a major station on the South Wales Main Line. It is located in the capital of , , 144 miles 77 chains down the line from , via , and 170 miles 30 chains measured via .
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: Grade II listed building in Cardiff. Railway station in Cardiff, Wales, UK
  • Also known as: “Caerdydd Canolog”, “Cardiff Central”, “Cardiff Central railway station”, “Cardiff General”, “Cardiff General railway station”, “CDF”, and “Central Station (Main entrance is in community of Castle)”
  • Address: Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1EP
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Millennium Stadium and Cardiff Castle.

Stadium
Photo: Clint Budd, CC BY 2.0.
The , known since 2016 as the Principality Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is the national stadium of . Located in , it has a retractable roof and is the home of the Wales national rugby union team; it has also held Wales national football team games. is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Cardiff Central Railway Station.

Photo: Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0.
is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of , . The original motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th century by Norman invaders on top of a 3rd-century Roman fort. is situated 2,500 feet north of Cardiff Central Railway Station.

Bus station
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is a bus and transport interchange in the centre of and forms part of The Interchange development, which also includes Wood Street House at the northern end with 318 for-rent apartments, two floors of office space, and four retail units on the ground floor. is situated 620 feet northeast of Cardiff Central Railway Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castle Quarter and Newtown.

Quarter
is an independent retail destination area in the north of the city centre of , . Castle is also a community of Cardiff. The listed includes some of Cardiff's Victorian and Edwardian arcades: Castle Arcade, High Street Arcade and Duke Street Arcade, and principal shopping streets: St Mary Street, High Street, Castle Street and Duke Street.

Neighborhood
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was a residential area of Cardiff, Wales that was also known as 'Little Ireland' because of its population of Irish families. Its six streets and 200 houses existed from the mid-nineteenth century until they were demolished in 1970.

Suburb
Photo: Mick Lobb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a district and community in the south of , capital of . It is one of the largest districts in the south of the city and is bordered by , and .

Cardiff Central Railway Station

Latitude
51.47555° or 51° 28′ 32″ north
Longitude
-3.17971° or 3° 10′ 47″ west
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Operator
Transport for Wales Rail
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“CDF”
IATA airport code
CFW
Open location code
9C3RFRGC+64
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6605149666
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6952231
Wiki­data ID
Q2292817
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Cardiff Central Railway Station” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Cardiffko tren geltokia”
  • Chinese: “加的夫中央车站”
  • Chinese: “加迪夫中央車站”
  • Chinese: “卡迪夫中央站”
  • Chinese: “卡迪夫中央車站”
  • Chinese: “卡迪夫站”
  • Dutch: “station Cardiff Central”
  • Dutch: “Station Cardiff Central”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة كارديف سينترال”
  • Esperanto: “Stacidomo Kardifo Centra”
  • French: “Cardiff Central”
  • French: “Gare centrale de Cardiff”
  • French: “gare de Cardiff Central”
  • French: “Gare de Cardiff Central”
  • French: “gare de Cardiff”
  • German: “Bahnhof Cardiff Central”
  • German: “Bahnhof Cardiff”
  • German: “Caerdydd Canolog”
  • Italian: “stazione di Cardiff Central”
  • Italian: “Stazione di Cardiff Centrale”
  • Japanese: “カーディフ中央駅”
  • Japanese: “カーディフ駅”
  • Persian: “ایستگاه راه‌آهن کاردیف مرکزی”
  • Polish: “Cardiff Central”
  • Romanian: “Gara Cardiff Central”
  • Russian: “Кардифф-Центральный”
  • Spanish: “Caerdydd Canolog”
  • Spanish: “Estación Central de Cardiff”
  • Spanish: “Estación de Carfiff Central”
  • Spanish: “Estación de Carfiff General”
  • Venetian: “stasion Sentrałe de Cardiff”
  • Welsh: “Caerdydd Canolog”
  • Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Caerdydd Canolog”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cardiff Central Railway Station”. Photo: Jeremy Segrott, CC BY 2.0.