Rhymney railway station explained

Rhymney
Native Name:cy|Rhymni
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Rhymney, Caerphilly
Country:Wales
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:Transport for Wales
Platforms:1
Code:RHY
Classification:DfT category F1
Opened:31 March 1858
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:13

Rhymney railway station serves the town of Rhymney in Wales. Situated on the Valley Lines network 23miles north of Cardiff Central, it is the terminus of the Rhymney Line. The station has sidings to the west of its single platform which are used for the overnight stabling of the diesel multiple unit trains

History

The railway south from here was opened by the Rhymney Railway in 1858 as far as Hengoed and Walnut Tree Junction (giving access to via the Taff Vale Railway by 1864), with a link northwards to Rhymney Bridge (on the Merthyr to Abergavenny 'Heads of the Valley' line) following in 1871. This was operated jointly with the London and North Western Railway. In the same year the current route through was opened by the Rhymney company, removing the need for its trains to use TVR metals to reach Cardiff. Services to the north ended in 1953 with the closure of the joint line to Rhymney Bridge to passenger traffic (with complete closure following in November 1954). The section down to was also subsequently singled and the station reduced in size, with the decommissioning of the old island platform. This remained intact but disused for many years, but was demolished in 2007 when the stabling sidings were relaid and re-aligned.

Services

The Monday to Saturday daytime service pattern is two trains an hour to : one continues to and one to . The service skips intermediate stops between Rhymney and .

On Sundays, the service pattern is one train an hour southbound to and .[1]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Timetables . Transport for Wales . 2 June 2024 . 29 November 2024 .