Mountain Ash train station
You can reach 23 stations directly from Mountain Ash on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Abercynon, with 126 trains a day.
Address: Henry Street, Mountain Ash, CF45 3HD
- 23 direct destinations
- 1,615th busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free in part
- 19 parking spaces
- 7 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Mountain Ash
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 |
| Cwmbach | 67 | 68 | 25 |
| Fernhill | 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 Mountain Ash
Mountain Ash 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 Mountain Ash station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Mountain Ash 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 Mountain Ash station is
130,748 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,615th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Mountain Ash and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 41,462 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 0.9 miles
- Penrhiwceiber 1.1 miles
- Merthyr Vale 1.7 miles
- Cwmbach 2.1 miles
- Troed-y-rhiw 2.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Mountain Ash, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Abercwmboi Halt · 1.1 miles
- Aberfan · 1.5 miles
- Matthewstown Halt · 1.8 miles
- Cwmaman Crossing Halt · 2.3 miles
- Cwmaman Colliery Halt · 2.4 miles
- Aberaman · 2.5 miles
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Facilities at Mountain Ash station
Mountain Ash is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
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Parking at Mountain Ash station
- Station Car Park 19 spaces, 8 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 8 spaces (sheltered).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 19 May 2026.
Getting to Mountain Ash station
Mountain Ash station is in Rhondda Cynon Taf - Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J34 (Miskin), 11.7 miles south.
7 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Mountain Ash Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Mountain Ash 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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