Penrhiwceiber railway station

Penrhiwceiber Welsh:Penrhiw-ceibr
General information
Location	Penrhiwceiber,Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales
Coordinates	51°40′13″N3°21′36″W
Grid reference	ST060977
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	PER
Classification	DfT categoryF2
Passengers
2018/19	42,556
2019/20	39,492
2020/21	7,960
2021/22	26,140
2022/23	31,918
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from theOffice of Rail and Road

Penrhiwceiber railway station(Welsh:Gorsaf Reilffordd Penrhiwceibr) serves the village ofPenrhiwceiber,Rhondda Cynon Taf,Wales.It is located on theAberdarebranch of theMerthyr Linebetween the town ofMountain Ashand the village ofAbercynon.Passenger services are provided byTransport for Wales.

History

A station at this location was first opened by theTaff Vale Railwayon 1 June 1883, and was originally namedPenrhiwceiber;it was renamedPenrhiwceiber Low Levelby theGreat Western Railwayon 1 July 1924. It was closed by theWestern Region of British Railwayson 16 March 1964 and a new station, namedPenrhiwceiber,provided for reopening of the branch to passengers on 3 October 1988.

Services

The station has a basic half-hourly service in each direction (Mon-Sat), northbound toAberdareand southbound toPontypridd,Radyr,Cardiff CentralandBarry Island.In the evenings the service drops to hourly.

On Sundays there is a general 2-hourly service to Barry Island with an hourly service in the morning and in the late afternoon. This is due to a campaign by the local Assembly Member and a successful trial in December 2017. The extra services began in April 2018.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Abercynon		Transport for Wales Aberdare Branch		Mountain Ash

External links

• Media related toPenrhiwceiber railway stationat Wikimedia Commons

• Train timesandstation informationfor Penrhiwceiber railway station fromNational Rail