Trehafod railway station

Trehafod
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Location
Place	Trehafod
Local authority	Rhondda Cynon Taf
Coordinates
Grid reference	ST045910
Operations
Station code	TRH
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	27,769
2005/06	25,483
2006/07	28,761
2007/08	27,270
2008/09	29,156
2009/10	29,348
2010/11	31,498
2011/12	33,290
2012/13	31,874
2013/14	31,092
2014/15	31,704
History
Original company	Taff Vale Railway
Pre-grouping	Taff Vale Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
4 February 1861 (1861-02-04)	Station opened as Havod
November 1890	Renamed Hafod
1 January 1905	Renamed Trehafod
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Trehafod from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Trehafod railway station is a railway station serving the township of Trehafod in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line.

It was first opened on this site by the Taff Vale Railway in 1893.

History

File:Coity, Biglis, Bridgend, Peterston, Pontypridd, St Fagan's, Treforest & Trehafod RJD 127.jpg

A 1912 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (left) railways in the vicinity of Trehafod (upper left)

The station was opened by the Taff Vale Railway on 4 February 1861, and was originally named Havod. The Welsh spelling Hafod was adopted in November 1890, and altered to Trehafod on 1 January 1905.

On 18 July 1889, the Barry Railway opened their main line between Hafod Junction and their new docks at Barry and immediately began carrying coal from the Rhondda pits along the new line. The route was not served by passenger trains until 16 March 1896, the new service running between Porth and Barry via Hafod and the Barry Railway's newly opened station at Pontypridd.

Passenger services along the Barry route were diverted via the former Taff Vale station at Pontypridd from 10 July 1930, but coal trains to Barry Docks continued to use the ex-Barry Railway route until June 1951 when they were diverted via Radyr.

Services

Monday-Saturday, there is a half-hourly daytime service to Cardiff Central southbound and to Treherbert northbound, dropping to hourly in the evening. There is a two-hourly service in each direction on Sundays.

External links

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

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Pontypridd		Arriva Trains Wales Rhondda Line		Porth
	Disused railways
Pontypridd Graig Line and station closed		Barry Railway Porth–Barry		Porth Line and station open