Cwmbach train station
You can reach 23 stations directly from Cwmbach on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Abercynon, with 126 trains a day.
Direct trains from Cwmbach
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abercynon | 126 | 127 | 25 |
| Pontypridd | 126 | 127 | 25 |
| Radyr | 125 | 126 | 25 |
| Taffs Well | 125 | 126 | 25 |
| Treforest Estate | 125 | 126 | 25 |
| Trefforest | 125 | 126 | 25 |
| Aberdare | 67 | 68 | 25 |
| Fernhill | 67 | 68 | 25 |
| Mountain Ash | 67 | 68 | 25 |
| Penrhiwceiber | 67 | 68 | 25 |
| Cardiff Central | 66 | 67 | 25 |
| Danescourt | 66 | 67 | 25 |
| Fairwater | 66 | 67 | 25 |
| Ninian Park | 66 | 67 | 25 |
| Waun-gron Park | 66 | 67 | 25 |
| Cardiff Queen Street | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Cathays | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Llandaf | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Merthyr Vale | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Pentre-bach | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Quakers Yard | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Troed-y-rhiw | 59 | 59 | 0 |
Lines serving Cwmbach
Cwmbach is on the Merthyr Line - Aberdare Branch. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Cwmbach station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Cwmbach 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 Cwmbach station is
49,736 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,050th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Cwmbach and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 12,826 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.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 15 stations instead of 23, a drop of about 35%. Saturday runs to 23.
Nearest other stations
- Fernhill 1.3 miles
- Aberdare 1.4 miles
- Mountain Ash 2.1 miles
- Pentre-bach 2.8 miles
- Troed-y-rhiw 3.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Cwmbach, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Aberaman · 0.5 miles
- Cwmaman Crossing Halt · 0.6 miles
- Cwmaman Colliery Halt · 0.7 miles
- Ton Llwyd Halt · 0.7 miles
- Abercwmboi Halt · 1.1 miles
- Cwmneol Halt · 1.3 miles
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Facilities at Cwmbach station
Cwmbach is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 19 August 2026.
Getting to Cwmbach station
Cwmbach station is in Rhondda Cynon Taf - Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J34 (Miskin), 13.3 miles south.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Bus Depot.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Cwmbach station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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