Trehafod railway station
General information | |
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Location | Trehafod, Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales |
Coordinates | 51°36′36″N 3°22′50″W / 51.6101°N 3.3806°W |
Grid reference | ST045910 |
Managed by | Transport for Wales |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Station code | TRH |
Classification | DfT category F2 |
History | |
Original company | Taff Vale Railway |
Pre-grouping | Taff Vale Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
Key dates | |
4 February 1861 | First Station opened as Havod |
November 1890 | Renamed Hafod |
17 October 1892 | resited |
1 January 1905 | Renamed Trehafod |
Passengers | |
2018/19 | 38,010 |
2019/20 | 34,660 |
2020/21 | 7,048 |
2021/22 | 21,334 |
2022/23 | 26,982 |
Location | |
Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Trehafod railway station is a railway station serving the township of
It was first opened on this site by the Taff Vale Railway in 1892.[1]
History
The first station was opened by the Taff Vale Railway on 30 August 1861, and was originally named Havod. The Welsh spelling Hafod was adopted in November 1890. It was resited in 1892, and altered to Trehafod on 1 January 1905.[2]
On 18 July 1889, the
Passenger services along the Barry route were diverted via the former Taff Vale station at Pontypridd from 10 July 1930, but coal trains to Barry Docks continued to use the ex-Barry Railway route until June 1951 when they were diverted via Radyr.[5]
Services
Monday-Saturday, there is a half-hourly daytime service to
The service from this station is currently (summer 2023) suspended, due to major route upgrade work being carried out at multiple locations as part of the Valley Lines electrification scheme. A replacement bus service is in operation from here to Pontypridd and to Treherbert, calling at all local stations until February 2024[8]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Pontypridd | Rhondda Line
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Porth | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Pontypridd Graig Line and station closed |
Barry Railway Porth–Barry |
Porth Line and station open |
References
- ISBN 978-1-85794-250-7.
- ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ISBN 0-85361-236-6. OL57.
- ^ Barrie 1983, p. 171
- ^ Barrie 1983, p. 207
- ^ GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 130 (Network Rail)
- ^ "Extra Sunday services between Treherbert and Barry Island". Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ South Wales Metro - Changes to train services (TfW)Transport for Wales website; Retrieved 2023-07-11
External links
- Train times and station information for Trehafod railway station from National Rail