Aber railway station

Aber
Aber railway station
Location
Place	Trecenydd, Caerphilly
Local authority	Caerphilly
Operations
Station code	ABE
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	0.134 million
2005/06 *	0.136 million
2006/07 *	0.169 million
2007/08 *	0.183 million
2008/09 *	0.192 million
2009/10 *	0.193 million
History
April 1908	Station opens as Beddau Halt
17 September 1926	Renamed Aber Junction Halt
6 May 1968	Renamed Aber Halt
5 May 1969	Renamed Aber
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Aber from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

For the disused station of the same name on the North Wales Coast Line, see Aber (LNWR) railway station.

Aber railway station is a railway station serving the town of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line 13 km (8¼ miles) north of Cardiff Central on the Valley Lines network.

The station is located in the Bondfield Park and Trecenydd areas of Caerphilly.

History

Opened in April 1908 by the Rhymney Railway as Beddau Halt, it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923, and renamed Aber Junction Halt on 17 September 1926. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was renamed Aber Halt on 6 May 1968, then Aber on 5 May 1969.

When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.

Another station also called Beddau Halt existed on the Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway and should not be confused with this station.

Services

Autumn 2007

During Autumn 2007 Aber railway station is served by 4 trains per hour each way, off peak, Monday to Friday. These services include:

• 3 per hour from Bargoed to Penarth
• 1 per hour from Rhymney to Penarth
• 3 per hour from Penarth to Bargoed
• 1 per hour from Penarth to Rhymney

Apart from Gilfach Fargoed, the station before Bargoed, which is served just once an hour, there is a train every 15 minutes calling at all stations between Bargoed and Penarth.

Travel times to...

Cardiff Central : 22 minutes

Penarth : 39 minutes

Bargoed : 20 minutes

Rhymney : 38 minutes

Routes

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Caerphilly		Arriva Trains Wales Rhymney Line		Llanbradach
	Historical railways
Caerphilly Station and Line open		Rhymney Line Great Western Railway		Pwll-y-pant Station closed; Line open
Taffs Well Station open; Line closed				Penyrheol Station and Line closed

Further reading

• R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd.  ISBN 1-85260-508-1
• Station on navigable O.S. map