Ton Pentre railway station

Ton Pentre
Welsh: Tonpentre
Ton Pentre railway station. Photograph by Peter Brabham
Location
Place	Ton Pentre
Local authority	Rhondda Cynon Taf
Coordinates	51°38′52″N 3°29′11″W / 51.6478°N 3.4863°W / 51.6478; -3.4863Coordinates: 51°38′52″N 3°29′11″W / 51.6478°N 3.4863°W / 51.6478; -3.4863
Grid reference	SS972953
Operations
Station code	TPN
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	44,901
2005/06	37,998
2006/07	46,826
2007/08	92,481
2008/09	0.101 million
2009/10	0.109 million
2010/11	39,698
2011/12	40,606
2012/13	46,488
2013/14	46,818
2014/15	47,102
History
Original company	Taff Vale Railway
Pre-grouping	Taff Vale Railway
Post-grouping	Great Western Railway
4 February 1861 (1861-02-04)	Opened as Ystrad
December 1930	Renamed Ystrad (Rhondda)
29 September 1986	Renamed Ton Pentre
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Ton Pentre from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Ton Pentre railway station is a railway station serving the village of Ton Pentre in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line.

The station was opened by the Taff Vale Railway (TVR) on 4 February 1861.^[1] The TVR amalgamated with the Great Western Railway at the start of 1922, and the GWR renamed the station Ystrad (Rhondda) in December 1930.^[1] On 29 September 1986, the station was renamed Ton Pentre,^[2] when new station buildings were opened.

Services

Monday-Saturday, there is a half-hourly service to Cardiff Central southbound and to Treherbert northbound. There is an hourly service in the late evening & two hourly service in each direction on Sundays.^[3]

References

1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 258. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
↑ Butt 1995, pp. 258, 231
↑ Table 69 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

Train times and station information for Ton Pentre railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ystrad Rhondda		Arriva Trains Wales Rhondda Line		Treorchy

Railway stations in Cardiff, Newport and the Valleys:

Valley lines	Butetown Cardiff City Coryton Ebbw Valley Maesteg Merthyr Rhondda Rhymney Vale of Glamorgan

Other lines	South Wales Main Line Gloucester to Newport Line Welsh Marches Line South East Wales Metro

Major stations	Cardiff Central Cardiff Queen Street Newport Bridgend

Cardiff stations	Rail transport in Cardiff Birchgrove Cardiff Bay Cathays Coryton Danescourt Fairwater Grangetown Heath High Level Heath Low Level Lisvane and Thornhill Llandaf Llanishen Ninian Park Radyr Rhiwbina Ty Glas Waun-Gron Park Whitchurch

Valley Lines stations	Aber Abercynon Aberdare Bargoed Barry Barry Docks Barry Island Brithdir Cadoxton Caerphilly Cogan Crosskeys Cwmbach Dinas Powys Dinas Rhondda Dingle Road Eastbrook Ebbw Vale Parkway Ebbw Vale Town Energlyn & Churchill Park Fernhill Garth Gilfach Fargoed Hengoed Llanbradach Llanharan Llanhilleth Llantwit Major Llwynypia Maesteg Maesteg (Ewenny Road) Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Vale Mountain Ash Newbridge Penarth Pencoed Pengam Penrhiwceiber Pentre-bach Pontlottyn Pontyclun Pontypridd Porth Pye Corner Quakers Yard Rhoose Cardiff International Airport Rhymney Risca and Pontymister Rogerstone Sarn Taffs Well Tir-Phil Tondu Ton Pentre Tonypandy Treforest Treforest Estate Trehafod Treherbert Treorchy Troed-y-rhiw Wildmill Ynyswen Ystrad Mynach Ystrad Rhondda

Other stations	Abergavenny Caldicot Chepstow Cwmbran Pontypool and New Inn Severn Tunnel Junction

Proposed stations	Aberbeeg Abertillery Caerleon Crumlin Low Level Cwm Llanwern Newport West St Fagans

Transport in Bridgend County Borough Transport in Caerphilly County Borough Transport in Cardiff Transport in Newport Transport in Rhondda Cynon Taf Transport in the Vale of Glamorgan UK railway stations: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Transport in Rhondda Cynon Taf

Road	M4 motorway European route E30 A465 A468 A470 A473 A4054 A4058 A4059 A4061 A4093 A4107 A4109 A4119 A4222 A4223 A4225 A4233

Bus	Stagecoach in South Wales First Cymru NAT Group

National Cycle Network	NCR 4 Taff Trail Lôn Las Cymru Celtic Trail

Railway lines	Maesteg Line Merthyr Line Rhondda Line South Wales Main Line

Railway stations	Abercynon Aberdare Cwmbach Dinas Rhondda Fernhill Hirwaun Llanharan Llwynypia Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Vale Mountain Ash Penrhiwceiber Pontyclun Pontypridd Porth Quakers Yard Taffs Well Ton Pentre Tonypandy Treforest Treforest Estate Trehafod Treherbert Treorchy Troed-y-rhiw Ynyswen Ystrad Rhondda

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