Eastbrook railway station

Eastbrook railway station is a railway station serving the Eastbrook area of Dinas Powys, a village near Cardiff, South Wales. It is located on Network Rail's Barry Branch 3 1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) south of Cardiff Central towards Barry Island and Bridgend (via Barry and Rhoose).

Eastbrook
Location
PlaceDinas Powys
Local authorityVale of Glamorgan
Coordinates51°26′16″N 3°12′22″W
Grid referenceST162716
Operations
Station codeEBK
Managed byTransport for Wales
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.171 million
2015/16 0.177 million
2016/17 0.174 million
2017/18 0.168 million
2018/19 0.196 million
History
24 November 1986Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Eastbrook from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

Passenger services are operated by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network. It is one of the more recent additions to the route, being opened by British Rail in 1986.

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service from Eastbrook is:[1]

These services combine to give 4 tph to Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street and stations to Pontypridd (excluding Trefforest Estate) and 4 tph to Barry. In the evening, trains run every 30 minutes each way and on Sundays there are 2 tph to Barry Island, one every 2 hours to Bridgend and either two or three per hour to Cardiff.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
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Vale Line
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References
  1. Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2016
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