Aber railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Aber
code = ABE

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caption = Aber railway station
manager = Arriva Trains Wales
locale = Trecenydd, Caerphilly
borough = Caerphilly
line = Rhymney Line
years = April 1908
events = Station opens as Beddau Halt
years1 = September 17 1926
events1 = Renamed Aber Junction Halt
years2 = May 6 1968
events2 = Renamed Aber Halt
years3 = May 5 1969
events3 = Renamed Aber
usage0405 = 0.134
usage0506 = 0.136
usage0607 = 0.169
platforms = 2:"For the disused station of the same name on the North Wales Coast Line, see Aber (LNWR) railway stationAber railway station is a railway station serving the town of Caerphilly, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line 13 km (8¼ miles) north of Cardiff Central on the Valley Lines network.

The station is located in the Bondfield Park and Trecenydd areas of Caerphilly.

History

Opened by the Rhymney Railway as Beddau Halt, it became part of the Great Western Railway during the Grouping of 1923, and renamed Aber Junction Halt in 1926. The line then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was renamed Aber Halt in 1968, then Aber in 1969.

When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways until the Privatisation of British Railways.

ervices

Autumn 2007

During Autumn 2007 Aber railway station is served by 4 trains per hour each way, off peak, Monday to Friday. These services include:

* 3 per hour from Bargoed to Penarth
* 1 per hour from Rhymney to Penarth
* 3 per hour from Penarth to Bargoed
* 1 per hour from Penarth to Rhymney

Apart from Gilfach Fargoed, the station before Bargoed, which is served just once an hour, there is a train every 15 minutes calling at all stations between Bargoed and Penarth.

Travel times to...

Cardiff Central : 22 minutes

Penarth : 39 minutes

Bargoed : 20 minutes

Rhymney : 38 minutes

Routes

rail line two to two
previous1 = Caerphilly
"Station and Line open"
previous2 = Taffs Well
"Station open; Line closed"
next1 = Pwll-y-pant
"Station closed; Line open"
next2 = Penyrheol
"Station and Line closed"
route = Rhymney Line

Great Western Railway
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Further reading

*cite book|author=R.V.J.Butt, |title= The Directory of Railway Stations |publisher=Patrick Stephens Ltd |year=1995 ISBN 1 85260 508 1

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