Cardiff Trains

[Cloverjo]

Can anyone tell me which is the best railway station for me to travel to see a show at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff?
Cardiff Central and Cardiff Queen Street look quite nearby on the map, but I get lost very easily and I'll be leaving Cardiff late at night.

[sapelesam]

From London line, it's Cardiff Central. From the valley's it's Queen Street. Both just a few minutes walk.

[Guilbert53]

Have you looked at their web site, this sort of info is always covered on arena web sites.

It says:

On the Main South Wales to London railway line - alight at Cardiff Central Station. From the Valleys, alight at Cardiff Queen Street Station. The Arena is just a few minutes walk from both stations.

[Guilbert53]

https://motorpointarenacardiff.co.uk/your-visit/getting-here

[sapelesam]

AnswerBank is sometimes a briefer Google for some people.

[Jackdaw33]

Central (Caerdydd Canolog) and Queen Street (Caerdydd Heol y Frenhines) are not on the same lines so it depends where you are coming from.

[Cloverjo]

I have googled train times and places.
I also said in my OP that I get lost easily and that I would be leaving Cardiff late at night. I thought someone who knew Cardiff might be able to advise me on the better one to take given those two facts.
Thank you to you and Guilbert for your answers.

[Cloverjo]

Thank you too, jackdaw. I'm coming from the SW. It looks like the train home is the same one from either station so, I think I'll get the Central.

[sapelesam]

CloverJo, where are you travelling from, if you don't mind me asking?

[Jackdaw33]

If you told us your station of origin we would know.

[sapelesam]

You have to use Central CloverJo, you can't get your train from Queen Street.

[Jackdaw33]

If you are coming from the SW of England then Central is your only option. Queen Street is mainly for local Welsh services.

[Cloverjo]

Thank you all. I think I'm sorted now. :)

[sapelesam]

The simple way to look at is, if you have to cross the Severn Estuary, you will arrive and depart from Cardiff Central.