Gilfach Fargoed railway station

Coordinates: 51°41′03″N 3°13′39″W / 51.6842°N 3.2274°W / 51.6842; -3.2274

Gilfach Fargoed

Location
Place	Gilfach
Local authority	Caerphilly
Grid reference	ST152990
Operations
Station code	GFF
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	8,997
2005/06	6,335
2006/07	2,284
2007/08	2,556
2008/09	2,394
2009/10	3,396
2010/11	3,376
2011/12	4,182
2012/13	3,456
2013/14	3,690
2014/15	3,606
History
Key dates	Opened April 1908 (April 1908)
National Rail – UK railway stations

* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Gilfach Fargoed from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Gilfach Fargoed railway station is a railway station serving the village of Gilfach, in Caerphilly county borough, south Wales. It is a stop on the Rhymney Line of the Valley Lines network.

The platforms are short (16 m)^[1] and can barely accommodate a British Rail Class 153 train. Passengers can only alight from the front doors of any train calling here, so the conductor on longer trains must give passengers advance notice so that they have time to move towards the front set of doors.

History

Built as a halt by the Rhymney Railway in 1908 for recently introduced steam railmotors, some 50 years after the line first opened. Although very close, the halt did not serve the Brecon and Merthyr Railway which passed behind, on its way to Bargoed south Junction.

Services

Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service between Bargoed and Penarth. Sundays there is a two-hourly service between Rhymney and Barry Island.^[2]

References

↑ "Timetable Planning Rules" (PDF). Network Rail. 2015-02-06. pp. 225, 226. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
↑ Table 130 National Rail timetable, May 2016

External links

Train times and station information for Gilfach Fargoed railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Pengam		Arriva Trains Wales Rhymney Line		Bargoed

Transport in Caerphilly County Borough

Road

Bus	Stagecoach in South Wales Traveline Cymru Newport Transport

Railway lines	Rhymney Line Ebbw Valley Railway

Railway stations	Aber Bargoed Brithdir Caerphilly Crosskeys Energlyn and Churchill Park Gilfach Fargoed Hengoed Llanbradach Newbridge Pengam Pontlottyn Rhymney Risca and Pontymister Tir-Phil Ystrad Mynach

Cycle	Taff Trail Celtic Trail (including NCR 46 and NCR 47) NCR 4:Newport to Llanelli section NCR 465 NCR 466 NCR 467 NCR 469 NCR 475

Walk	Cistercian Way Rhymney Valley Ridgeway Walk Sirhowy Valley Ridgeway Walk Taff Trail

Waterways	Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal

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

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