Merthyr Tydfil train station
You can reach 23 stations directly from Merthyr Tydfil on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Abercynon, with 125 trains a day.
Merthyr Tydfil is the nearest station for postcodes in CF48, CF47. Check your own postcode.
- 23 direct destinations
- 968th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 35 parking spaces
- 17 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Merthyr Tydfil
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abercynon | 125 | 125 | 27 |
| Pontypridd | 125 | 125 | 27 |
| Radyr | 125 | 125 | 27 |
| Taffs Well | 125 | 125 | 27 |
| Treforest Estate | 125 | 125 | 27 |
| Trefforest | 125 | 125 | 27 |
| Cardiff Central | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Cardiff Queen Street | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Cathays | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Llandaf | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Merthyr Vale | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Pentre-bach | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Quakers Yard | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Troed-y-rhiw | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Aberdare | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Cwmbach | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Danescourt | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Fernhill | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Fairwater | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Mountain Ash | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Ninian Park | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Penrhiwceiber | 59 | 59 | 0 |
| Waun-gron Park | 59 | 59 | 0 |
Lines serving Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil is on the Cardiff and Merthyr Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Merthyr Tydfil station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Merthyr Tydfil 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 Merthyr Tydfil station is
412,970 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 968th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Merthyr Tydfil and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 129,504 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: 14 stations instead of 23, a drop of about 39%. Saturday runs to 23.
Nearest other stations
- Pentre-bach 1.5 miles
- Troed-y-rhiw 2.6 miles
- Cwmbach 3.4 miles
- Aberdare 3.4 miles
- Rhymney 3.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Merthyr Tydfil, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Heolgerrig Halt · 0.8 miles
- Abercanaid · 1.3 miles
- Dowlais Central · 1.6 miles
- Cefn Coed · 1.7 miles
- Dowlais Cae Harris · 1.8 miles
- Dowlais (High Street) · 2.0 miles
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Facilities at Merthyr Tydfil station
Merthyr Tydfil is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:15 to 15:50 · Saturday: 08:15 to 16:50 · Sunday: closed
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Parking at Merthyr Tydfil station
- Station Car Park 35 spaces, 3 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 12 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 July 2026.
Getting to Merthyr Tydfil station
Merthyr Tydfil station is in Merthyr Tydfil - Merthyr Tudful, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J32 (Coryton), 16.0 miles south-east.
17 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Merthyr Tydfil Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Merthyr Tydfil 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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