Cardiff Central
British Rail Cardiff Central Station
Cardiff Central, in the middle of the capital of Wales, and just a short journey down the line to Canton Depot, famous for the fleets of Class 37's and the valley lines. The station car park is quite handy and is not badly priced, The station operates barriers so I purchased a ticket to the nearest station, Ninian Park, which was £2.90. The staff seemed to be used to seeing train enthusiasts and were quite tolerant of me wandering around. Saying hello and being generally chatty. 
It is a fairly small station but with a lot going on. Plenty of units and usually freight too, although the freight was a little light on the day of my visit, maybe due to the Christmas period. 

My visit was 02/01/2020, below is a list of what I saw. 


37 - 37421

43 - 43005 43154 43158 43189

60 - 60062 

66 - 66151

70 - 70807

142 - 142002 142004 142006 142010 142069 142072 142074 142075 142076 142077 142081 142082 142083 142085

143 - 143601 143602 143604 143605 143606 143607 143608 143609 143610 143614 143616 143622 143623 143625

150 - 152013 150227 150229 150231 150236 150237 150241 150250 150251 150254 150259 150260 150262 150265 150281 150283 150284 150285

153 - 153325 153329 153353 153369

158 - 158745 158762 158823 158950 158959

165 - 165120 165122 165132

166 - 166201 166211 166217 166219 166220 166221

170 - 170102 170105 170105 170107 170114 170202 170206 170208 170273 170520 170522 170638

175 - 175001 175002 175005 175006 175007 175008 175009 175011 175101 175102 175103 175106 175114

800 - 800004 800018 800019 800027 800032 800306 800308 800316 800317 800318 800320


MK 2 coaches - 5961 5998 6067 9526

MK 3 coaches - 48107 48108 48109 48119 48120 48121 49103 49112


Overall, it is worth going, I would say yes, for sure, lots to see and I am sure more freight when it is not Christmas. 

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