The Cardiff and Merthyr Line
The Cardiff and Merthyr Line runs for 20.0 miles between Merthyr Tydfil and Radyr, serving 11 stations, with a top line speed of 60 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Length | 20.0 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 36 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 11 |
| Top line speed | 60 mph |
| Passengers a year | 3.1 million entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Merthyr Tydfil412,970 a year
- Pentre-bach30,388 a year
- Troed-y-rhiw40,862 a year
- Merthyr Vale59,920 a year
- Quakers Yard53,228 a year
- Abercynon189,820 a year
- Pontypridd779,980 a year
- Trefforest712,434 a year
- Treforest Estate121,436 a year
- Taffs Well256,722 a year
- Radyr450,356 a year
The busiest station on the line is Pontypridd, 779,980 entries and exits a year and 663rd busiest in Britain.
Lines it meets
Cardiff City Line, Rhondda Line.
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.