Caerphilly railway station

Caerphilly
Welsh: Caerffili
Caerphilly railway station
Location
Place	Caerphilly
Local authority	Caerphilly
Operations
Station code	CPH
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 *	0.620 million
2005/06 *	0.600 million
2006/07 *	0.609 million
2007/08 *	0.606 million
2008/09 *	0.607 million
National Rail - UK railway stations
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Caerphilly from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Caerphilly railway station (Welsh: Caerffili) is a railway station serving the town of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network. The station is located at Station Road in the South of the town. Facilities include a small shop and a Ticket Kiosk. A self-service Ticket machine was installed near the entrance to the station on 22 December 2008. Several advertising murals depicting holiday travel in various parts of South Wales have been placed on the northbound side of the station in order to improve the 'look' of the station.

History

Built in 1871 as part of the Rhymney Railway, the station ended up as a four way junction:

• To the west at Penhros junction (also known as Walnut Tree junction) with the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway
• To the east through a tunnel to a junction with the Brecon and Merthyr Railway at Machen, and onwards to Newport Docks

As a result of traffic volume, the station was rebuilt in 1913 to four platforms and a west facing bay platform.

Present form

With the closure of both junctions, and the simplification of the railway to a pure through service as part of the Rhymney Line, the station was rebuilt to a two platform with bus interchange in 1970.

Caerphilly was the terminus of the Rhymney Line from Penarth from 5th September 2008 to 19th September 2008 due to a landslip that blocked the line near Llanbradach railway station due to the poor weather conditions. Replacement bus services operated the route between Caerphilly and Bargoed/Rhymney. Train services resume as normal.

Services

Monday to Saturdays there is a train every 15 minutes to Bargoed and Penarth and a 30 minute service to Rhymney.

External links

• Train times and station information for Caerphilly railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Lisvane and Thornhill		Arriva Trains Wales Rhymney Line		Aber