Place Ystrad Station code YSR DfT category F1 Opened 1986 | Grid reference SS986948 Managed by Arriva Trains Wales 2011/12 75,306 Number of platforms 2 | |
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Address Ystrad, Pentre CF41 7RE, United Kingdom Similar Llwynypia railway station, Ton Pentre railway station, Tonypandy railway station, Penrhiwceiber railway station, Ynyswen railway station | ||
Ystrad Rhondda railway station is a railway station serving Ystrad in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line.
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.
It was first opened on this site by British Rail on the former Taff Vale Railway in 1986 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.
Alphabetically, it is the last station in the UK.
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.