Brithdir railway station

Brithdir railway station is a railway station serving the village of Brithdir near New Tredegar, South Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line 18 3⁄4 miles (30.2 km) north of Cardiff Central which is part of the Transport for Wales network. Work to extend the platform for six-car trains is in progress.

Brithdir
Location
PlaceBrithdir
Local authorityCaerphilly
Coordinates51°42′35″N 3°13′41″W
Grid referenceSO152020
Operations
Station codeBHD
Managed byTransport for Wales
Number of platforms1
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 15,586
2015/16 14,928
2016/17 15,254
2017/18 14,408
2018/19 13,226
History
Key datesOpened May 1871 (May 1871)
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Brithdir from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
Brithdir Station in 1965

Services

Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service southbound to Cardiff Central and Penarth and to Rhymney northbound (with peak period extras). On Sundays there is a two-hourly service and through trains to Barry Island.[1]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Bargoed   Transport for Wales
Rhymney Line
   Tir-Phil

References
  1. Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2016


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