Llanbradach railway station explained

Llanbradach
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Llanbradach, Caerphilly
Country:Wales
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Transport for Wales
Platforms:2
Code:LNB
Classification:DfT category F2
Opened:1893
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:13

Llanbradach railway station is a railway station serving the village of Llanbradach, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.

History

The railway line through here opened in 1858. Llanbradach station was opened on 1 March 1893 by the Rhymney Railway, replacing Pwllypant (Bradshaw's spelling) a short way to the south.[1]

Services

The station has a frequent service - currently four departures per hour each way, to northbound and to, and southbound. One northbound train each hour continues to, with extras at peak times. In the evening, the service reduces to hourly each way and on Sundays to two-hourly (when southbound trains run to rather than Penarth).

Notes and References

  1. http://www.rchs.org.uk/railway-passenger-stations-in-great-britain-a-chronology "Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: a Chronology"