Llanbradach railway station

Llanbradach
Location	Llanbradach, Caerphilly Wales
Coordinates	51°36′11″N 3°13′59″W / 51.6031°N 3.2331°W / 51.6031; -3.2331Coordinates: 51°36′11″N 3°13′59″W / 51.6031°N 3.2331°W / 51.6031; -3.2331
Grid reference	ST146900
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	LNB
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	1893
Passengers
2016/17	91,218
2017/18	98,714
2018/19	98,808
2019/20	92,498
2020/21	13,274
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Llanbradach railway station is a railway station serving the village of Llanbradach, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.

History[]

The railway line through here opened in 1858. Llanbradach station was opened on 1 March 1893 by the Rhymney Railway, replacing Pwllypant (Bradshaw's spelling) a short way to the south.^[1]

Services[]

The station has a frequent service - currently four departures per hour each way, to Bargoed northbound and to Caerphilly, Cardiff Central and Penarth southbound. One northbound train each hour continues to Rhymney, with extras at peak times. In the evening, the service reduces to hourly each way and on Sundays to two-hourly (when southbound trains run to Barry Island rather than Penarth).^[2]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Aber or Energlyn & Churchill Park		Transport for Wales Rhymney Line		Ystrad Mynach

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