Treherbert railway station

Treherbert
Treherbert station in April 2024
General information
LocationTreherbert, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Wales
Coordinates51°40′18″N 3°32′08″W / 51.6718°N 3.5356°W / 51.6718; -3.5356
Grid referenceSS938981
Managed byTransport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeTRB[1]
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Opened1863
Passengers
2020/21 27,518
2021/22 95,984
2022/23 0.121 million
2023/24 68,720
2024/25 0.175 million
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Treherbert railway station serves the village of Treherbert in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is the northern terminus of the Rhondda Line after Ynyswen, 23 miles 54 chains (38.1 km) from Cardiff Docks (Bute Town).[2]

History

A station was first opened on this site by the Taff Vale Railway on 12 January 1863,[3][4] and was the connecting point of the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway with the collieries of the Rhondda Fawr via a 1-mile 1683 yard tunnel (completed in 1890) which was one of the longest in South Wales. The TVR had opened its Rhondda Fawr branch from Dinas (north of Pontypridd) in 1856 (to serve the Marquess of Bute's newly opened colliery)[5] and began running passenger trains to the town seven years later.[6]

Services over the R&SB via Aberavon to Swansea ended in December 1962, but the route through the Rhondda Tunnel and on to Maesteg and Bridgend via a connection at Cymmer Afan (over the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway) remained open until 1968, when the tunnel was closed due to roof distortion caused by mining subsidence.[7][8] A replacement bus service then operated to Cymmer until the L&O route was formally closed to passenger traffic in June 1970.[9]

The route towards Porth was singled in stages between 1972 and 1981 (with the portion from here as far as Cwmparc signal box the first to be so treated) and one platform removed. There are four carriage sidings for the Transport for Wales DMU fleet (several of which are stabled & serviced here overnight & at weekends).[2]

Facilities

The station has a help point, dot matrix departure screens and a seated waiting area. There are spaces for 20 bicycles.[4]

Passenger volume

Passenger Volume at Treherbert[10]
2002–03 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Entries and exits 220,325 456,396 463,286 490,890 501,012 503,456 498,236 526,862 512,582 529,676 541,720 521,860 510,248 508,624 485,964 457,656 395,518 27,518 95,984 121,196

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

The basic service pattern on the route provides a departure every 30 minutes during the day Mondays to Saturdays, dropping to hourly in the evening. Trains run to (and terminate at) Cardiff Central via Porth, Radyr and Cardiff Queen Street, serving all stations except Trefforest Estate en route. One early morning service continues to Penarth. On Sundays, the frequency is two-hourly, but services run through to Barry Island.[11] 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.[12]

The service from this station was suspended from April 2023 to February 2024, due to major route upgrade work being carried out at multiple locations as part of the Valley Lines electrification scheme. A replacement bus service was in operation from here to Pontypridd, calling at all local stations.[13] Rail services resumed on 26 February 2024,[14] ahead of the introduction of new rolling stock later in the year. A second platform and passing loop was added at this time.[15]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Ynyswen   Transport for Wales
Rhondda Line
   Terminus
Disused railways
Ynyswen
Line and station open 		  Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway   Blaenrhondda
Line and station closed

References

  1. ^ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (2023). Railway Track Diagrams: Book 3: Western & Wales (7th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-9996271-6-4.
  3. ^ Quick 2023, p. 456.
  4. ^ a b "Treherbert Station | Train Times | Transport for Wales". tfw.wales. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
  5. ^ "Treherbert". webapps.rhondda-cynon-taf.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
  6. ^ Chapman, Colin (2000). The Ely Valley Railway: Llantrisant – Penygraig. Usk: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-558-6.
  7. ^ "Rhondda Tunnel". www.forgottenrelics.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
  8. ^ "The Railway Correspondence & Travel Society – Britain's Leading Railway Society". 16 March 2026. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
  9. ^ James Page, Forgotten Railways: South Wales, David & Charles (Publishers) Limited, Newton Abbot, 1979, ISBN 0 7153 7734 5
  10. ^ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  11. ^ GB National Rail Timetable 2022-23 Edition, Table 130 (Network Rail)
  12. ^ "Extra Sunday services between Treherbert and Barry Island". Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  13. ^ South Wales Metro - Changes to train services (TfW)Transport for Wales website; Retrieved 2023-07-11
  14. ^ Johnson, Thomas (26 February 2024). "Treherbert Line reopens to passenger traffic after nine month transformation". New Civil Engineer. Retrieved 14 March 2026.
  15. ^ "A century of history to be transformed on the Treherbert Line". Transport For Wales News. Retrieved 14 March 2026.

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