Treherbert railway station
Treherbert 
|
|
|---|---|
.jpg)
Treherbert Station in March 2012
|
|
| Location | |
| Place | Treherbert |
| Local authority | Rhondda Cynon Taf |
| Grid reference | SS938981 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | TRB |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 1 |
| DfT category | F1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
|
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 0.512 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.530 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.542 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.522 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.510 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1863 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Treherbert from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 |
|
Coordinates: 51°40′18″N 3°32′08″W / 51.6718°N 3.5356°W
Treherbert railway station is a railway station serving the village of Treherbert in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is the northern terminus of the Rhondda Line 23 miles (37 km) north west of Cardiff Central.
It was first opened on this site by the Taff Vale Railway in 1863, and was the connecting point of the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway with the collieries of the Rhondda Fawr via a 1 mile 1683 yard tunnel (completed in 1890) which was one of the longest in South Wales. The TVR had opened its Rhondda Fawr branch from Dinas (north of Pontypridd) in 1856 (to serve the Marquess of Bute's newly opened colliery) and began running passenger trains to the town seven years later.
Services over the R&SB via Aberavon to Swansea ended in December 1962, but the route through the Rhondda Tunnel and on to Maesteg and Bridgend via a connection at Cymmer Afan (over the Llynvi and Ogmore Railway) remained open until 1968, when the tunnel was closed due to roof distortion caused by mining subsidence. A replacement bus service then operated to Cymmer until the L&O route was formally closed to passenger traffic in June 1970. The tracks northwards remained in use for mineral traffic to the collieries at Blaenrhondda until 1978, but have since been lifted.
...
Wikipedia