Ynyswen railway station

Coordinates: 51°39′54″N 3°31′17″W / 51.6650°N 3.5215°W / 51.6650; -3.5215

Ynyswen National Rail
Welsh: Ynys-wen
Location
Place Ynyswen
Local authority Rhondda Cynon Taff
Grid reference SS948973
Operations
Station code YNW
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 1
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05   8,162
2005/06 Decrease 6,500
2006/07 Increase 9,101
2007/08 Decrease 8,588
2008/09 Increase 12,918
2009/10 Decrease 12,858
2010/11 Decrease 7,754
2011/12 Decrease 7,524
2012/13 Increase 9,782
2013/14 Decrease 9,730
2014/15 Increase 10,064
History
Key dates Opened 1986 (1986)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ynyswen from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Ynyswen railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ynyswen in Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line.

It was first opened on this site by British Rail on the former Taff Vale Railway in 1986.[1]

Service

Mondays to Saturdays there is a service every 30 minutes to Treherbert and to Cardiff Central during the day, dropping to hourly after 8pm. On Sundays there is a two hourly service in each direction, with through trains to Barry Island.[2]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Treorchy   Arriva Trains Wales
Rhondda Line
  Treherbert

References

  1. Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 2. Silver Link. ISBN 978-1-85794-250-7.
  2. GB National Rail Timetable 2015-16 Edition, Table 130 (Network Rail)


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