Cathays railway station Glamorgan County Council. Cathays station is now manned in peak hours, since the introduction of a new automated ticket barrier system in summer 2007. Cathays has two platforms, each with a small shelter and an information screen displaying the next train's arrival. There is a car park on the Senghennydd Road side, which is University owned and not for general public use. In the daytime from Monday to Saturday, there are usually six trains an hour from Cardiff Central to and then either , or (every half hour to each of the latter three). Some eastbound trains continue beyond Cardiff
Splott of workers from the parent plant at Dowlais near Merthyr Tydfil. To meet the religious needs of these Welsh-speaking workers, Welsh-language chapels were opened in the area, including Ainon, Walker Road (1894, Welsh Baptists); Bethlehem, Eyre Stree (1895, Welsh Independents); and Jerusalem, Manon Street/Walker Road (1892, Calvinistic Methodists). According to the 2011 UK Census the number of Splott residents over three years old who could speak Welsh was 1,077 (8.6%). Splott has one Welsh-medium primary school, Ysgol Glan Morfa. Splott is featured in the third episode ("Ghost Machine") of the BBC science fiction drama and "Doctor Who" spin-off "Torchwood", which