Penrhiwceiber railway station
Coordinates: 51°40′13″N 3°21′36″W / 51.6702°N 3.3601°W
Penrhiwceiber  | |
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| Welsh: Penrhiw-ceibr | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Penrhiwceiber |
| Local authority | Rhondda Cynon Taf |
| Grid reference | ST060977 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | PER |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2004/05 | 58,555 |
| 2005/06 |
 58,798 |
| 2006/07 |
68,569 |
| 2007/08 |
69,884 |
| 2008/09 |
71,146 |
| 2009/10 |
74,056 |
| 2010/11 |
 64,384 |
| 2011/12 |
55,386 |
| 2012/13 |
51,362 |
| 2013/14 |
49,440 |
| 2014/15 |
49,690 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Penrhiwceiber from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
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 Arriva Trains Wales.
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 and on Sundays, there is a two-hourly service each way.[4]
References
- ↑ Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 1. Silver Link. ISBN 978-1-85794-249-1.
- ↑ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2012). Pontypridd to Merthyr. Middleton Press. ISBN 978-1-908174-14-7.
- ↑ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 183. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ↑ GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 130 (Network Rail)
External links
- Train times and station information for Penrhiwceiber railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abercynon | Arriva Trains Wales Aberdare Branch |
Mountain Ash | ||
