Abercynon railway station

Abercynon
Location
Place	Abercynon
Local authority	Rhondda Cynon Taf
Coordinates	51°38′42″N 3°19′37″W / 51.645°N 3.327°W / 51.645; -3.327Coordinates: 51°38′42″N 3°19′37″W / 51.645°N 3.327°W / 51.645; -3.327
Operations
Station code	ACY
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	92,256
2005/06 *	82,208
2006/07 *	70,294
2007/08 *	64,660 see also Abercynon North
2008/09 *	0.194 million
2009/10 *	0.196 million
History
9 October 1840	Station opens as Navigation House
6 August 1846	Renamed Aberdare Junction
1 December 1896	Renamed Abercynon
3 October 1988	Renamed Abercynon South upon opening of Abercynon North
2008	Renamed Abercynon upon merger with Abercynon North
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Abercynon from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
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Ex-Taff Vale 0-6-2T in 1946

Abercynon railway station is the railway station serving the village of Abercynon in the Cynon Valley, Wales. It is located on the Merthyr Line, 25 kilometres (15.5 mi) north of Cardiff Central. Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales.

History

It was first opened on this site as "Aberdare Junction" by the Taff Vale Railway in 1846 and renamed "Abercynon" in 1896 and to "Abercynon South" in 1988. The original station buildings have been demolished but the Great Western Railway signal box of 1932 (which originally came from Birmingham Moor Street station) survives.^[1]

In November 2007, a proposal was submitted by the Welsh Assembly Government to discontinue all services provided at Abercynon North. From a date "no sooner than 1st May 2008" as the notice runs, all services were to be transferred to Abercynon South, which will be rebuilt to accommodate all services serving both stations. ^[2]

Following the merger of Abercynon North and South, the latter station's name reverted back to simply "Abercynon".

Service

Abercynon is served by four trains per hour to Cardiff Central, continuing to either Barry Island or Bridgend via The Vale of Glamorgan Line.

Northbound services operate twice hourly to Merthyr Tydfil and twice hourly Aberdare Monday to Saturday.

On Sundays, southbound services operate every two hours to Barry Island and Bridgend via The Vale of Glamorgan Line, and northbound service operate every two hours to Merthyr Tydfil and every two hours to Aberdare.

Major stations on the network are Pontypridd, Cardiff Queen Street, Cardiff Central, Bridgend and Barry.

References

1. ^ Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 1. Silver Link. ISBN 978-1-85794-249-1. 
2. ^ New Abercynon Station Project Welsh Assembly website; retrieved 2009-03-04

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 
• Abercynon station on navigable O.S. map

External links

• Train times and station information for Abercynon railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Pontypridd		Arriva Trains Wales Merthyr Line		Quakers Yard
Pontypridd		Arriva Trains Wales Aberdare Branch		Penrhiwceiber