Cwmbach railway station

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

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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

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How busy Cwmbach 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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More about this station on Wikipedia.