Ystrad Rhondda railway station

Ystrad Rhondda
Ystrad Rhondda
	Ystrad Station in June 2014
Location	Ystrad, Rhondda Cynon Taf; Wales
Coordinates	51°38′37″N 3°28′00″W / 51.6436°N 3.4668°WCoordinates: 51°38′37″N 3°28′00″W / 51.6436°N 3.4668°W
Grid reference	SS986948
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	YSR
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	1986
Passengers
2016/17	56,398
2017/18	52,532
2018/19	48,906
2019/20	45,044
2020/21	9,320
Location
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Ystrad Rhondda railway station is a railway station serving Ystrad in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line. Alphabetically, it is the last station in the UK with the first being Abbey Wood station in southeast London.

History[]

View from a DMU going up the Rhondda Valley in 1962

It was first opened on this site by British Rail on the former Taff Vale Railway in 1986^[1] and is the location of the only passing loop on the section of route north of Porth, which had previously been singled by British Rail in stages between 1972 and 1981. The loop points though work automatically, with the token machines for the two single line sections operated by the train crew under the remote supervision of the signalling centre at Radyr.

Services[]

Monday-Saturday, there is a half-hourly service to Pontypridd & Cardiff Central southbound and to Treherbert northbound. There is a two hourly service in each direction on Sundays, with through trains southbound to Barry Island.^[2] On 20 July 2018, previous franchise operator Arriva Trains Wales announced a trial period of extra Sunday services on the Rhondda Line to Cardiff and Barry Island. This was in response to a survey by Leanne Wood and the success of extra Sunday services on the Merthyr Line and the Rhymney Line.^[3]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Llwynypia		Transport for Wales Rhondda Line		Ton Pentre

There is a dedicated rail linc bus that links with the train. It is only available to rail passengers and operates to Penrhys, Tylorstown, Ferndale and Maerdy.

References[]

^ Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 2. Silver Link. ISBN 978-1-85794-250-7.
^ GB eNRT 2015-16, Edition, Table 130
^ "Extra Sunday services between Treherbert and Barry Island". Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

External links[]

Train times and station information for Ystrad Rhondda railway station from National Rail

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[1] Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 2. Silver Link. ISBN 978-1-85794-250-7.

[2] GB eNRT 2015-16, Edition, Table 130

[3] "Extra Sunday services between Treherbert and Barry Island". Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2019.

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Valley lines	Butetown Cardiff City Coryton Ebbw Valley Maesteg Merthyr Rhondda Rhymney Vale of Glamorgan
Other lines	South Wales Main Line Gloucester–Newport line Welsh Marches line South Wales Metro
Major stations	Cardiff Central Cardiff Queen Street Newport Bridgend
Cardiff stations	Rail transport in Cardiff Birchgrove Cardiff Bay Cathays Coryton Danescourt Fairwater Grangetown Heath High Level Heath Low Level Lisvane & Thornhill Llandaf Llanishen Ninian Park Radyr Rhiwbina Ty Glas Waun-gron Park Whitchurch
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Other stations	Abergavenny Caldicot Chepstow Cwmbran Pontypool & New Inn Severn Tunnel Junction
Proposed stations	Aberbeeg Abertillery Cardiff Parkway Caerleon Crumlin Low Level Cwm Llanwern Newport West St Fagans
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v t Transport in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Roads	M4 motorway European route E30 A465 A468 A470 A473 A4054 A4058 A4059 A4061 A4093 A4107 A4109 A4119 A4222 A4223 A4225 A4233
Bus	Stagecoach South Wales First Cymru NAT Group Fflecsi (TfW)
Cycling	NCR 4 Taff Trail Lôn Las Cymru Celtic Trail
Railway lines	■ Maesteg Line ■ Merthyr line ■ Rhondda line South Wales Main Line
Railway stations	Abercynon Aberdare Cwmbach Dinas Rhondda Fernhill Hirwaun Llanharan Llwynypia Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Vale Mountain Ash Penrhiwceiber Pontyclun Pontypridd Porth Quakers Yard Taffs Well Ton Pentre Tonypandy Treforest Treforest Estate Trehafod Treherbert Treorchy Troed-y-rhiw Ynyswen Ystrad Rhondda

Ystrad Rhondda
Ystrad Station in June 2014
Location	Ystrad, Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales
Coordinates	51°38′37″N 3°28′00″W / 51.6436°N 3.4668°W / 51.6436; -3.4668Coordinates: 51°38′37″N 3°28′00″W / 51.6436°N 3.4668°W / 51.6436; -3.4668
Grid reference	SS986948
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	YSR
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	1986
Passengers
2016/17	56,398
2017/18	52,532
2018/19	48,906
2019/20	45,044
2020/21	9,320




Location

Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road