Aber railway station
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| Aber railway station | |||
| Location | |||
| Place | Trecenydd, Caerphilly | ||
| Local authority | Caerphilly | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | ABE | ||
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales | ||
| Platforms in use | 2 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2004/05 * | 0.134 million | ||
| 2005/06 * | 0.136 million | ||
| History | |||
| April 1908 | Station opens as Beddau Halt | ||
| September 17, 1926 | Renamed Aber Junction Halt | ||
| May 6, 1968 | Renamed Aber Halt | ||
| May 5, 1969 | Renamed Aber | ||
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| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Aber from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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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.
The same name was previously used for a station on the North Wales Coast Line, serving Abergwyngregyn (also known as Aber).
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[edit] History
Opened by the Rhymney Railway as Beddau Halt, it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways.
[edit] Services
[edit] 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
[edit] Routes
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Caerphilly | Arriva Trains Wales |
Llanbradach | ||
| Historical Railways | ||||
| Caerphilly Station and Line open |
Rhymney Line |
Pwll-y-pant Station closed; Line open |
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| Taffs Well Station open; Line closed |
Penyrheol Station and Line closed |
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[edit] Further reading
- R.V.J.Butt, (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1 85260 508 1
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Aber railway station from National Rail
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