Treorchy railway station

Coordinates: 51°39′27″N 3°30′22″W / 51.6575°N 3.5061°W / 51.6575; -3.5061

Treorchy National Rail
Welsh: Treorci
Location
Place Treorchy
Local authority Rhondda Cynon Taf
Grid reference SS959964
Operations
Station code TRY
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*
2012/13 Increase 76,870
2013/14 Decrease 74,438
2014/15 Increase 77,848
2015/16 Decrease 70,864
2016/17 Increase 186,526
History
Key dates Opened 1884 (1884)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Treorchy from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Treorchy railway station is a railway station serving the town of Treorchy and village of Cwmparc in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line.

It was first opened on this site by the Taff Vale Railway in 1884.[1]

There is a single platform, extended in 2007 to accommodate six carriages, a shelter with seating and help point, and a free car park. The station is on the western side of the town, on the road to the village of Cwmparc.

Services

Monday-Saturday, there is a half-hourly service to Cardiff Central Southbound and to Treherbert Northbound. There is a two hourly service in each direction on Sundays.[2] On 20 July 2018, 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]

Passenger usage increased by over 120% between 2015/2016 and 2016/2017. The increase can be attributed to the expansion of the local comprehensive school, alongside the increasing gentrification of the town as more investment flows in.

There are now increasing calls for the line to Treorchy to be doubled.

References

  1. ↑ Hutton, John (2006). The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 2. Silver Link. ISBN 978-1-85794-250-7.
  2. ↑ Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2016
  3. ↑ https://arrivatrainswales-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/extra-sunday-services-between-treherbert-and-barry-island-for-the-summer
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