| Ynyswen | |
| Native Name: | Welsh: Ynys-wen |
| Symbol Location: | gb |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Borough: | Ynyswen, Rhondda Cynon Taff |
| Country: | Wales |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Manager: | Transport for Wales |
| Platforms: | 1 |
| Code: | YNW |
| Classification: | DfT category F2 |
| Opened: | 1986 |
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 13 |
Ynyswen railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ynyswen in Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line.
It was first opened on this site by British Rail on the former Taff Vale Railway in 1986.[1]
Mondays to Saturdays there is a service every 30 minutes to and to during the day, dropping to hourly after 8pm. On Sundays there is a two hourly service in each direction, with through trains to .[2]
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]