Gilfach Fargoed railway station

Gilfach Fargoed
Location
Place Gilfach
Local authority Caerphilly
Operations
Station code GFF
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 *   8,997
2005/06 * 6,335
2006/07 * 2,284
2007/08 * 2,556
2008/09 * 2,394
2009/10 * 3,396
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gilfach Fargoed from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Gilfach Fargoed railway station is a railway station serving the village of Gilfach, in Caerphilly county borough, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.

The platforms are short, and can barely accommodate a British Rail Class 153 train, meaning that not all trains, especially double-formed trains stop here.

History

Built as a halt by the Rhymney Railway in 1908 for recently introduced steam railmotors, some 50 years after the line first opened. Although very close, the halt did not serve the Brecon and Merthyr Railway which passed behind, on its way to Bargoed south Junction.

Services

Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service between Bargoed and Penarth. Sundays there is a two-hourly service between Rhymney and Penarth.

External links

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Pengam   Arriva Trains Wales

Rhymney Line

  Bargoed