Aberdare railway station

You can reach 23 stations directly from Aberdare on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Abercynon, with 126 trains a day.

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Address: Abernant Road, Aberdare, CF44 0SU

Aberdare is the nearest station for postcodes in CF44. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Aberdare

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Abercynon	126	128	31
Pontypridd	126	128	32
Radyr	125	127	32
Taffs Well	125	127	32
Treforest Estate	125	127	32
Trefforest	125	127	32
Cwmbach	67	69	26
Fernhill	67	69	26
Mountain Ash	67	69	26
Penrhiwceiber	67	69	26
Cardiff Central	66	68	26
Danescourt	66	68	26
Fairwater	66	68	26
Ninian Park	66	68	26
Waun-gron Park	66	68	26
Cardiff Queen Street	59	59	6
Cathays	59	59	6
Llandaf	59	59	6
Merthyr Tydfil	59	59	5
Merthyr Vale	59	59	5
Pentre-bach	59	59	5
Quakers Yard	59	59	5
Troed-y-rhiw	59	59	5

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How busy Aberdare is

341,438 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,093rd busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Aberdare and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 122,722 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.

Nearest other stations

Cwmbach 1.4 miles
Fernhill 2.6 miles
Pentre-bach 3.4 miles
Merthyr Tydfil 3.4 miles
Mountain Ash 3.5 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Aberdare, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Commercial Street Platform · 0.2 miles
Black Lion Crossing Halt · 0.5 miles
Abernant · 0.7 miles
Aberaman · 1.0 miles
Trecynon Halt · 1.1 miles
Ton Llwyd Halt · 1.2 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.