The Merthyr Line - Aberdare Branch
The Merthyr Line - Aberdare Branch links 4 stations, with a top line speed of 50 mph.
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The line in numbers
| Track | about 6 miles, counting every running line |
|---|---|
| Stations | 4 |
| Top line speed | 50 mph |
| Passengers a year | 549,256 entries and exits across its stations |
| Engineer's Line Reference | ABD, VON |
No end-to-end length is given for this line because OpenStreetMap applies its name to several separate stretches of track, so any figure measured from the map data would be a fragment of the real route rather than the whole of it.
Stations on this line
- Aberdare341,438 a year
- Cwmbach49,736 a year
- Fernhill27,334 a year
- Mountain Ash130,748 a year
The busiest station on the line is Aberdare, 341,438 entries and exits a year and 1093rd busiest in Britain.
Freight on this line, hour by hour
No freight is booked over the Merthyr Line - Aberdare Branch in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a line with none booked is one that freight does not use.
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.
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