Penrhiwceiber railway station

Coordinates: 51°40′13″N 3°21′36″W / 51.6702°N 3.3601°W / 51.6702; -3.3601
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Penrhiwceiber
General information
Other namesWelsh: Penrhiw-ceibr
LocationRhondda Cynon Taf
Coordinates51°40′13″N 3°21′36″W / 51.6702°N 3.3601°W / 51.6702; -3.3601
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms1
Other information
Station codePER

Penrhiwceiber railway station (Welsh: Gorsaf Reilffordd Penrhiwceibr) serves the village of Penrhiwceiber, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line between the town of Mountain Ash and the village of Abercynon. Passenger services are provided by Transport for Wales.

History

A station at this location was first opened by the Taff Vale Railway on 1 June 1883, and was originally named Penrhiwceiber; it was renamed Penrhiwceiber Low Level by the Great Western Railway on 1 July 1924. It was closed by the Western Region of British Railways in October 1964 and a new station, named Penrhiwceiber, provided for reopening of the branch to passengers on 3 October 1988.[1][2][3]

Services

The station has a basic half-hourly service in each direction (Mon-Sat), northbound to Aberdare and southbound to Pontypridd, Radyr, Cardiff Central and Barry Island. In the evenings the service drops to hourly.

On Sundays there is a general 2-hourly service to Barry Island with an hourly service in the morning and in the late afternoon. This is due to a campaign by the local Assembly Member and a successful trial in December 2017. The extra services began in April 2018.[4]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Abercynon   Transport for Wales
Aberdare Branch
  Mountain Ash

References

  1. ^ Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 1. Silver Link. ISBN 978-1-85794-249-1.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Pontypridd to Merthyr. Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-908174-14-7.
  3. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 183. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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