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Treforest Estate

Treforest Estate National Rail
Welsh: Ystad Trefforest
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Location
Place Ton-Teg
Local authority Rhondda Cynon Taf
Grid reference ST106862
Operations
Station code TRE
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 108,410
2013/14 Increase 113,956
2014/15 Increase 119,656
2015/16 Decrease 113,720
2016/17 Decrease 92,672
History
Key dates Opened 5 January 1942 (5 January 1942)
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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 estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Treforest Estate from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Treforest Estate railway station is a small railway station in Treforest, near Cardiff, built to serve the workers and visitors of Treforest Industrial Estate. It is located on the Merthyr Line, 8.7 miles (14 km) north-west of Cardiff Central.

Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales. The station is built around a central island platform, which is accessible from a subway.

It was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1942.

In the spring of 2016 new shelters were installed on the platform ahead of the South Wales Metro project.

Mondays to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service southbound to Cardiff Central via Cardiff Queen Street, continuing to Barry Island and Bridgend via Rhoose Cardiff International Airport in an alternating fashion. There is a half-hourly service northbound to Merthyr Tydfil via Pontypridd. There is no Sunday service.

Coordinates: 51°34′05″N 3°17′24″W / 51.56806°N 3.29000°W / 51.56806; -3.29000


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