- Merthyr Vale railway station
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Merthyr Vale 
Ynysowen 
Location Place Merthyr Vale Local authority Merthyr Tydfil Coordinates 51°41′12″N 3°20′13″W / 51.6866°N 3.3370°WCoordinates: 51°41′12″N 3°20′13″W / 51.6866°N 3.3370°W Operations Station code MEV Managed by Arriva Trains Wales Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2004/05 * 31,546 2005/06 * 
27,7002006/07 * 
33,3682007/08 * 29,5532008/09 * 33,7962009/10 * 42,712History 1883 Opened National Rail - UK railway stations A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Merthyr Vale from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. Merthyr Vale railway station is a railway station serving the villages of Merthyr Vale and Aberfan in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. It is located on the Merthyr branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales.
Since 2008 the station has had a passing loop installed. This allowed a half hourly service to be introduced on the branch from the May 2009 timetable change.[1]
The station was first opened by the Taff Vale Railway in 1883.[2]
The Station is briefly shown in Richard Fleischer's 1971 film, 10 Rillington Place starring Richard Attenborough and John Hurt. As Timothy Evans (Hurt) comes back to Wales, he is seen walking from the station.
References
- ^ New half-hourly train service due to startWales Online; Retrieved 2009-05-14
- ^ Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 1. Silver Link. ISBN 978-1-85794-249-1.
External links
- Train times and station information for Merthyr Vale railway station from National Rail
Preceding station 
National RailFollowing station Quakers Yard Arriva Trains Wales
Troed-y-rhiw Transport in Rhondda Cynon Taf Road 
Bus National Cycle Network Railway lines Railway stations Abercynon · Aberdare · Cwmbach · Dinas Rhondda · Fernhill · Llanharan · Llwynypia · Merthyr Tydfil · Merthyr Vale · Mountain Ash · Penrhiwceiber · Pontyclun · Pontypridd · Porth · Quakers Yard · Taffs Well · Ton Pentre · Tonypandy · Treforest · Treforest Estate · Trehafod · Treherbert · Treorchy · Troed-y-rhiw · Ynyswen · Ystrad Rhondda
Categories:- Railway stations in Merthyr Tydfil
- Former Taff Vale Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1883
- Railway stations served by Arriva Trains Wales
- DfT Category F2 stations
- Wales railway station stubs
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