Cardiff Queen Street Railway Station

How do you review a train station? Well, here goes.
As train stations go, this one is far from revolutionary. The stop generally consists of a rustic vending machine, a grim café that has as much variety as Peter Griffin’s wardrobe and a toilet which is usually either locked or busy bathing its facilities in a fresh, new coat of bodily fluids.
With the delightful odour of stale urine commonly floating throughout the station, this is the perfect place to go to get hassled by a half-​drunk Big Issue salesman, often complete with flea-​encrusted dog of choice for added sympathy. Once you have inevitably parted ways with your change, this is also the ideal spot to indulge in quality bit of me time as you clutch you morally obligated Big Issue and wait in the freezing cold for your train to arrive. You will have plenty of time to gather your thoughts as the trains here are as regular as a lunar eclipse, although you can always play an overly long game of pathing slab counting to pass the time and stave off the unavoidable boredom.
So, to sum up, Cardiff’s Queen Street Railway Station is a charming stop found ironically just off Cardiff Queen Street. It does its job as a train station in that it has *cough* regular trains, but the conditions are far from Ritz standard. As long as you don’t walk through the station on your hands and then spend the train ride home licking your faecal sullied fingers, this station is tolerable; an unclean dump, but tolerable.

Cardiff Queen Street station can sometimes be surprisingly busier than Cardiff Central station, most likely because Queen Street station is situated near the majority of the shops in the centre, whilst central is a little bit far out, closer to the bars and restaurants. Queen street can also be often used as the main connection to Cardiff Bay.
It is a moderately sized station with a café and waiting rooms, which seems to be more than Central can offer. There aren’t many platforms here but enough to be a vital part of traveling through Wales.
As stations go, it’s a good station, nothing to write home about, much better than Cardiff Central, which really isn’t that hard — can you tell how much contempt I have for Cardiff Central yet? So yeh, all aboard the love train, choo choo!

Situated directly in the Cardiff shopping area, Queen Street station is primarily used as a commuter station and the only station you will be able to get to Cardiff Bay, which only takes a couple of minutes and runs quite regularly. From Queen Street it is also easy to get to other areas of Cardiff like Cathay’s so if you can’t be bothered to walk home from the city centre (albeit a 15 minute walk) then you can hitch a ride for little over a £1. There is also a café/​newsstand on the platform which is quite useful if you got to kill a bit of time but to be honest very rarely have I found myself at Queen Street when it’s actually open.
There is only 3 platforms with the one farthest away from the entrance being reserved purely for the trains to Cardiff Bay so you unlikely to find yourself on the wrong platform. However there is always staff manning the station so in the unlikely even that you do get lost, there is always someone to ask.

This is the smaller station in the centre of Cardiff, it mainly offers transport to the surrounding area of the city like down to the Bay and Penarth and up towards Bargoed and Rhymney. So it is big commuting station for those that live around Cardiff but work in the city centre.
It is in a good location, though. And you won’t pay any extra getting to Queen Street Station than you will getting to Central Station (so it’s essentially a free stop), and it gives good access to a different side of the centre of Cardiff. From here you’ll have better access to Queen Street itself and the Capitol Shopping Centre, as well as being a 5 minute walk from Cineworld and the CIA. There isn’t much in the way of choice at the station for food or drink. There’s a newspaper vendor downstairs that sells some snacks and a pretty expensive café inside the station. It’s an easier train station to use if you’re exploring the surrounding area of Cardiff.

Cardiff Queen Street Railway Station isn’t one of the city’s more glamorous public transport hubs, but it does serve its purpose as a reliable and conveniently located station, nonetheless.
For those working in Bay, it’s only a four minute journey to town, where you’ll be greeted with the bustling sprawl of one of Cardiff’s busiest corners. Cramming an hour of lunchtime shopping is completely feasible thanks to the convenience of Queen Street Station.
Boasting only three platforms, you can leave the «Omigod, where am I going?!» mystification to its larger sister station Cardiff Central, but it’s Queen Street’s lack of restaurants or shops that leaves a lot to be desired.
There is, however, a lovely lady selling a selection of sweets and magazines (or you can grab a free Metro newspaper in the container by the door), and a café upstairs between platforms one and two.
Personally, I like Queen Street station because I can always pick up the latest copy of «Big Issue» from the kindly lady or gentleman on post that day.

Cardiff Queen Street Railway Station is the secondary station in Cardiff’s city centre, after Cardiff Central.
It has a very convenient location, as it’s on the other side of the main shopping area to Cardiff Central. Although small, with only 3 platforms, it has everything you could want from a train station. There’s even a handy little confectionery store in the entrance way.
This is the station that you want if you’re tyring to get a quick train down to Cardiff Bay. They leave from platform three every 12 minutes during peak hours, which is exceptionally handy. They’re even those old trains, where you have to stick your head out o the window to open the door. Although not all that wheelchair accessible, I think they’re quite fun.
This station is down Station Terrace, which is a little odd if you don’t know the area. Come out of the station and turn right to find the beginning of busier shopping areas.