Place Gilfach Station code GFF DfT category F2 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference ST152990 Managed by Arriva Trains Wales 2011/12 4,182 | |
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Address Bargoed CF81 8LT, United Kingdom Similar Brithdir railway station, Hengoed railway station, Pengam railway station, Tir‑Phil railway station, Gilfach | ||
Gilfach Fargoed railway station is a railway station serving the village of Gilfach, in Caerphilly county borough, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.
Contents
The platforms are short (16 m) and can barely accommodate a British Rail Class 153 train. Passengers can only alight from the front doors of any train calling here, so the conductor on longer trains must give passengers advance notice so that they have time to move towards the front set of doors.
History
Built as a halt by the Rhymney Railway in 1908 for recently introduced steam railmotors, some 50 years after the line first opened. Although very close, the halt did not serve the Brecon and Merthyr Railway which passed behind, on its way to Bargoed south Junction.
Services
Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service between Bargoed and Penarth. Sundays there is a two-hourly service between Rhymney and Barry Island.