Llanbradach railway station

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.

Llanbradach
Location
Place	Llanbradach
Local authority	Caerphilly
Coordinates	51°36′11″N 3°13′59″W
Grid reference	ST146900
Operations
Station code	LNB
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.130 million
2015/16	85,884
2016/17	91,218
2017/18	98,714
2018/19	98,808
History
Key dates	Opened 1893 (1893)
National Rail – UK railway stations
Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Llanbradach from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

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 Bargoed northbound and to Caerphilly, Cardiff Central and Penarth southbound. One northbound train each hour continues to Rhymney, 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 Barry Island rather than Penarth).[2]

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Aber or Energlyn & Churchill Park		Transport for Wales Rhymney Line		Ystrad Mynach

References

1. "Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain: a Chronology" The Railway and Canal Historical Society; Retrieved 25 May 2020
2. Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

• Train times and station information for Llanbradach railway station from National Rail