Trefforest Estate railway station

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Trefforest Estate
Ystad Trefforest
Location
Place Near Ton-Teg
Local authority Rhondda Cynon Taff
Operations
Station code TRE
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 0.120 million
2005/06 * 0.112 million
National Rail - UK railway stations

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Trefforest Estate from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Trefforest Estate railway station is a small railway station built to serve the workers of Trefforest Industrial Estate. It is located on the Merthyr Line and the Rhondda Line 14 km (9 miles) north west of Cardiff Central.

Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales. Not all trains stop here, but most services during peak times do stop. 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[1].

[edit] Services

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service southbound to Cardiff Central and northbound to Pontypridd (hourly to Merthyr Tydfil).

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 1. Silver Link.  ISBN 978-1-85794-249-1

[edit] External links


  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Taffs Well   Arriva Trains Wales

Merthyr Line

  Trefforest
Taffs Well   Arriva Trains Wales

Rhondda Line

  Trefforest

Coordinates: 51°34′05″N 3°17′24″W / 51.56806, -3.29