Aber train station

You can reach 30 stations directly from Aber on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Cardiff Central, with 119 trains a day.

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Address: Nantgarw Road, Caerphilly, CF83 1AQ

30 direct destinations
1,564th busiest in Britain
Unstaffed
Step-free in part
128 parking spaces
5 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Aber

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Cardiff Central	119	119	27
Cardiff Queen Street	119	119	27
Caerphilly	119	119	27
Heath High Level	119	119	27
Llanishen	119	119	27
Llanbradach	119	119	27
Lisvane and Thornhill	119	119	27
Ystrad Mynach	119	119	27
Bargoed	118	118	27
Hengoed	118	118	27
Pengam	118	118	27
Grangetown	109	55	26
Barry	108	54	26
Barry Docks	108	54	26
Cadoxton	108	54	26
Cogan	108	54	26
Dinas Powys	108	54	26
Eastbrook	108	54	26
Barry Island	78	54	26
Rhymney	66	66	27
Energlyn & Churchill Park	61	61	27
Brithdir	37	37	27
Pontlottyn	37	37	27
Tir-Phil	37	37	27
Gilfach Fargoed	36	36	27
Bridgend	30	0	0
Llantwit Major	30	0	0
Rhoose Cardiff International Airport	30	0	0
Dingle Road	1	1	0
Penarth	1	1	0

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Lines serving Aber

Aber is on the Rhymney Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Aber station, hour by hour

No freight is booked through or alongside Aber station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.

How busy Aber station is

145,234 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,564th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Aber and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 61,624 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.

Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.