Tonypandy railway station

Tonypandy railway station is a railway station serving the town of Tonypandy in south Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line. The station cannot be directly accessed from Tonypandy, a scenic bridge over the river Rhondda must be used as the station adjoins a mountain.

Tonypandy
General information
Location	Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales
Coordinates	51°37′12″N 3°26′57″W
Grid reference	SS997922
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	1
Other information
Station code	TNP
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	March 1908
Passengers
2018/19	0.103 million
2019/20	93,486
2020/21	15,962
2021/22	61,340
2022/23	78,860
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

The original Pandy station was opened in 1841 by the Taff Vale Railway, and was situated opposite Walter Coffin's Dinas Middle Colliery. The station was closed in 1886 and later demolished, to be replaced by Dinas Station, built about 200 yards to the north. The Tonypandy and Trealaw station, built of red bricks and opened in 1908, was opposite the entrance to Foundry Road at the centre of two bridges, one of which crossed the river to Tonypandy and the other which crossed the railway lines to Judges’ Hall and to Trealaw.^[1][2] This was demolished and replaced by the current station during major roadworks in the 1980s.

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 to Barry Island southbound.^[3] 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.^[4]

The service from this station is currently (summer 2023) suspended, due to major route upgrade work being carried out at multiple locations as part of the Valley Lines electrification scheme. A replacement bus service is in operation from here to Pontypridd and to Treherbert, calling at all local stations until February 2024^[5]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Dinas Rhondda		Transport for Wales Rhondda Line		Llwynypia

References

1. PontyCopy Looking back 100 years since station’s opening Rhondda Leader, 6 March 2008
2. Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 2. Silver Link. ISBN 978-1-85794-250-7.
3. GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 130
4. "Extra Sunday services between Treherbert and Barry Island". Archived from the original on 22 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
5. South Wales Metro - Changes to train services (TfW)Transport for Wales website; Retrieved 2023-07-11

External links

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