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Cardiff Half Marathon

Sunday 06 October

Road closures may affect access to local Cardiff station. Please plan ahead and leave plenty of time to get to your station if travelling from Cardiff. 

For more information about the event and route visit the Cardiff Half Marathon website.

We’ve added extra early morning services to get you to the event.

Destination

Departure time Arrival into Cardiff Central
Radyr (via Cardiff Queen Street)  07.55 08.11
Bridgend 07.45 08.12
Ebbw Vale (via Newport) 07.08 08.17
Rhymney 07.28 08.27
Gloucester 07.20 08.37
Barry Island 08.09 08.40
Maesteg 07.48 08.41
Swansea (GWR service) 07.55 08.48
Hereford 07.45 08.56
Penarth 08.45 08.58
Radyr (via Cardiff Queen Street) 08.58 09.15
Barry Island 08.49 09.21
Caerphilly 09.10 09.29
Swansea 08.35 09.28
Cardiff Queen Street 09.29 09.33
Bristol Parkway 08.58 09.42
Swansea 08.41 09.37
Newport 09.29 09.48
Ebbw Vale Town 08.52 09.52
Barry Island 09.19 09.50
Radyr 09.36 09.55
Rhymney 09.00 10.02
Gloucester 08.45 10.03
Penarth 09.50 10.03

We’re also running extra rail replacement buses from Treherbert, Aberdare and Merthyr connecting with trains at Radyr. Radyr Station Car Park and Park and Ride will be closed, please avoid travelling by car. Limited parking will be available at Llandaff station but is expected to be buy.

If you’re traveling from Llantwit Major and Rhoose a replacement bus service will connect with trains at Barry and Bridgend.

Location

Departure time Arrival time  
Aberdare (Not calling at Pontypridd) 06.45 07.45

To connect with 07.55 train to Cardiff Central

Aberdare (Not calling at Pontypridd) 07.40 08.40

To connect with 08.58 train to Cardiff Central

Merthyr Tydfil (Not calling at Pontypridd) 06.45 07.45

To connect with 07.55 train to Cardiff Central

Merthyr Tydfil (Not calling at Pontypridd) 07.40 08.40

To connect with 08.58 train to Cardiff Central

Treherbert (Not calling at Pontypridd) 06.45 07.45

To connect with 07.55 train to Cardiff Central

Treherbert (Not calling at Pontypridd) 07.40 08.40

To connect with 08.58 train to Cardiff Central

Pontypridd - To Radyr direct 08.10 08.40

To connect with 08.58 train to Cardiff Central

Pontypridd - All stops to Radyr 08.10 08.45

To connect with 08.58 train to Cardiff Central

Llantwit Major (Calling at Rhoose and Barry only) 07.25 08.00

To connect with 08.13 train to Cardiff Central

 

Travel advice

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Services in Cardiff area will be extremely busy

Find trains with space, visit tfw.wales/capacity-checker.

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Buy Before You Board

You must buy your ticket before getting on the train. To save time later, buy a return ticket on your way in. You can also buy your ticket on the TfW app or website tfw.wales. Revenue Protection Inspectors will be doing ticket checks before and after the event.

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Public safety

Anyone who uses abusive language or threatening behaviour towards our customers or colleagues will be refused travel.

 

Keeping our customers safe during events

Major events can result in more people than usual using our services. We’ll take extra steps to keep our customers travelling safely and reliably.