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Eastbrook railway station

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Place
  
Dinas Powys

Station code
  
EBK

DfT category
  
F2

Number of platforms
  
2

Grid reference
  
ST162716

Managed by
  
Arriva Trains Wales

2011/12
  
0.165 million

Local authority
  
Vale of Glamorgan

Eastbrook railway station

Address
  
Dinas Powys, United Kingdom

Similar
  
Cogan railway station, Cadoxton railway station, Barry Docks railway st, Barry Island railway st, Dingle Road railway st

Eastbrook railway station is a railway station serving the Eastbrook area of Dinas Powys, a village near Cardiff, South Wales. It is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line 3½ miles (5 km) south of Cardiff Central towards Bridgend (via Barry and Rhoose) and Barry Island.

Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network. It is one of the more recent additions to the route, being opened by British Rail in 1986

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service from Eastbrook is:

  • 2 tph which terminate at Merthyr Tydfil, calling at Cogan, Grangetown, Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street, Cathays, Llandaf, Radyr, Taffs Well, Trefforest Estate, Trefforest, Pontypridd, Abercynon, Quakers Yard, Merthyr Vale, Troed-y-rhiw and Pentre-bach. This journey takes 76 minutes.
  • 2 tph which terminate at Aberdare, calling at Cogan, Grangetown, Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street, Cathays, Llandaf, Radyr, Taffs Well, Trefforest, Pontypridd, Abercynon, Penrhiwceiber, Mountain Ash, Fernhill and Cwmbach. This journey takes 78 minutes.
  • 3 tph which terminate at Barry Island, calling at Dinas Powys, Cadoxton, Barry Docks and Barry. This journey takes 22 minutes.
  • 1 tph which terminates at Bridgend, calling at Dinas Powys, Cadoxton, Barry Docks, Barry, Rhoose Cardiff International Airport and Llantwit Major. This journey takes 49 minutes.

    • This turns out to give 4 tph to Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street and stations to Pontypridd (excluding Trefforest Estate) and 4 tph to Barry. In the evening, trains run every 30 minutes each way and on Sundays there are 2 tph to Barry Island, one every 2 hours to Bridgend and either two or three per hour to Cardiff.

    References

    Eastbrook railway station Wikipedia
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