Treforest Estate railway station

Treforest Estate
Welsh: Ystad Trefforest
Location
Place	Ton-Teg
Local authority	Rhondda Cynon Taf
Operations
Station code	TRE
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 *	0.120 million
2005/06 *	0.112 million
2006/07 *	0.125 million
2007/08 *	0.139 million
2008/09 *	0.125 million
2009/10 *	0.122 million
History
Opened 1942 (1942)
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 Treforest Estate from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Treforest Estate railway station is a small railway station built to serve the workers of Treforest Industrial Estate. It is located on the Merthyr Line and the Rhondda Line, 14 km (8.7 mi) north west of Cardiff Central.

Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales. Not all trains stop here. Typically of the six services passing through each hour in each direction only two of these stop at the station. The station is based around a central island platform which is accessible from a subway.

It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1942.

Services

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service southbound to Cardiff Central with some trains continuing beyond Cardiff and northbound to Pontypridd and to Merthyr Tydfil. There is no Sunday Service.

External links

• Train times and station information for Treforest Estate railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Taffs Well		Arriva Trains Wales Merthyr Line		Treforest
Taffs Well		Arriva Trains Wales Rhondda Line		Treforest