Ystrad Rhondda railway station is a railway station serving Ystrad in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line. Alphabetically, it is the last station in the UK with the first being Abbey Wood station in southeast London.

Ystrad Rhondda
Ystrad Rhondda Station in June 2014
General information
Location	Ystrad, Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales
Coordinates	51°38′37″N 3°28′00″W
Grid reference	SS986948
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	YSR
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	1986
Passengers
2016/17	56,398
2017/18	52,532
2018/19	48,906
2019/20	45,044
2020/21	9,320
Location
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

It was first opened on this site by British Rail on the former Taff Vale Railway in 1986[1] and is the location of the only passing loop on the section of route north of Porth, which had previously been singled by British Rail in stages between 1972 and 1981. The loop points though work automatically, with the token machines for the two single line sections operated by the train crew under the remote supervision of the signalling centre at Radyr.

Services

Monday-Saturday, there is a half-hourly service to Pontypridd & Cardiff Central southbound and to Treherbert northbound. There is a two hourly service in each direction on Sundays, with through trains southbound to Barry Island.[2] On 20 July 2018, previous franchise operator Arriva Trains Wales announced a trial period of extra Sunday services on the Rhondda Line to Cardiff and Barry Island. This was in response to a survey by Leanne Wood and the success of extra Sunday services on the Merthyr Line and the Rhymney Line.[3]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Llwynypia		Transport for Wales Rhondda Line		Ton Pentre

There is a dedicated rail linc bus that links with the train. It is only available to rail passengers and operates to Penrhys, Tylorstown, Ferndale and Maerdy.

References

External links

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