Merthyr Tydfil railway station
Merthyr Tydfil 
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| Welsh: Merthyr Tudful | |
Merthyr Tydfil railway station.
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| Location | |
| Place | Merthyr Tydfil |
| Local authority | Merthyr Tydfil |
| Coordinates | 51°44′40″N 3°22′38″W / 51.7444°N 3.3773°WCoordinates: 51°44′40″N 3°22′38″W / 51.7444°N 3.3773°W |
| Grid reference | SO050059 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | MER |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.452 million |
| 2012/13 |
0.481 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.547 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.563 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.581 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 2 November 1853 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Merthyr Tydfil from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Merthyr Tydfil railway station is a railway station serving the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. It is the terminus of the Merthyr branch of the Merthyr Line. Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales. The station has one platform, and is situated near to the Tesco Superstore in the town.
The station has a small car park, ticket office, passenger display panels and a taxi rank. Passengers wishing to use buses to other destinations have to walk through the town to the main bus station.
Since the Spring 2009 Timetable change on Monday 18 May, trains are able to arrive/depart from the station every half hour after the commissioning of a passing loop near Merthyr Vale.
The first station in Merthyr was opened by the Taff Vale Railway on 21 April 1841 in Plymouth Street. This was the second stage of the building of the main line from Navigation House (later Abercynon). The station was closed on 1 August 1877 when all Taff Vale passenger traffic was diverted to the Great Western Railway station at Merthyr High Street.
In 1853, Merthyr High Street railway station opened as the terminus of the Vale of Neath Railway on the site. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the two platform station encompassed 7 ft (2,134 mm) broad gauge lines, and was enclosed by an overall roof. The Vale of Neath also encompassed the Swansea and Neath Railway, enabling trains to run to Swansea docks, and after amalgamation with the Great Western Railway on 1 February 1865, also ran through trains to London Paddington.
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