Llwynypia railway station explained

Llwynypia
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Llwynypia, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Country:Wales
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Transport for Wales
Platforms:1
Code:LLY
Classification:DfT category F2
Opened:1863 or 1871[1]
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:13

Llwynypia railway station is a railway station serving the village of Llwynypia in Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line.

It was first opened on this site by the Taff Vale Railway in 1863.[2] or 1871.

Services

Monday-Saturday daytime, there is a half-hourly service to southbound and to northbound (dropping to hourly in the late evening). There is a two hourly service in each direction on Sundays. 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]

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[4]

Notes and References

  1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 284
  2. Book: Hutton, John. The Taff Vale Railway, vol. 2. Silver Link. 2006 . 978-1-85794-250-7 .
  3. Web site: Extra Sunday services between Treherbert and Barry Island . 19 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180722125917/https://arrivatrainswales-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/extra-sunday-services-between-treherbert-and-barry-island-for-the-summer . 22 July 2018 . dead .
  4. https://tfw.wales/projects/metro/service-changes South Wales Metro - Changes to train services (TfW)