Abercynon railway station
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| Location | |
| Place | Abercynon |
| Local authority | Rhondda Cynon Taf |
| Coordinates | 51°38′42″N 3°19′37″W / 51.645°N 3.327°WCoordinates: 51°38′42″N 3°19′37″W / 51.645°N 3.327°W |
| Operations | |
| Station code | ACY |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail |
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| Annual rail passenger usage | |
| 2004/05 * | 92,256 |
| 2005/06 * | 82,208 |
| 2006/07 * | 70,294 |
| 2007/08 * | 64,660 |
| History | |
| 9 October 1840 | Station opens as Navigation House |
| 6 August 1846 | Renamed Aberdare Junction |
| 1 December 1896 | Renamed Abercynon |
| 3 October 1988 | Renamed Abercynon South upon opening of Abercynon North |
| 2008 | Renamed Abercynon upon merger with Abercynon North |
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| 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 passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Abercynon from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |
Abercynon railway station is the railway station serving the village of Abercynon in the Cynon Valley, Wales. It is located on the Merthyr Line, 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) north of Cardiff Central. Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales.
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[edit] History
It was first opened on this site as "Aberdare Junction" by the Taff Vale Railway in 1846 and renamed "Abercynon" in 1896 and to "Abercynon South" in 1988. The original station buildings have been demolished but the Great Western Railway signal box of 1932 (which originally came from Birmingham Moor Street station) survives.[1]
In November 2007, a proposal was submitted by the Welsh Assembly Government to discontinue all services provided at Abercynon North. From a date "no sooner than 1st May 2008" as the notice runs, all services were to be transferred to Abercynon South, which will be rebuilt to accommodate all services serving both stations. [2]
Following the merger of Abercynon North and South, the latter station's name reverted back to simply "Abercynon".
[edit] Service
[edit] Autumn 2007
Abercynon is served by a train every 30 minutes in each direction, weekday daytimes, calling at almost all stations between Aberdare and Barry Island via Cardiff Queen Street.
The station is also served by one train per hour in each direction, weekday daytimes, calling at all stations between Merthyr Tydfil and Bridgend via Cardiff Queen Street and Barry.
Major stations on the network are Pontypridd, Cardiff Queen Street, Cardiff Central, Bridgend and Barry.
[edit] May 2009
The station will gain an additional train each way per hour (Mon-Sat) on the Merthyr branch from the May 2009 timetable change.[3] This will run to and from Barry Island.
[edit] References
- ^ Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 1. Silver Link. ISBN 978-1-85794-249-1.
- ^ New Abercynon Station Project Welsh Assembly website; retrieved 2009-03-04
- ^ National Rail Timetable May - December 2009, Table 128 Network Rail; Retrieved 2009-05-14
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
- Abercynon station on navigable O.S. map
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Abercynon railway station from National Rail
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| Pontypridd | Arriva Trains Wales |
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| Pontypridd | Arriva Trains Wales |
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