Penrhiwceiber railway station
You can reach 23 stations directly from Penrhiwceiber on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Abercynon, with 126 trains a day.
Penrhiwceiber is the nearest station for postcodes in CF45. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Penrhiwceiber
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 |
| Mountain Ash | 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 |
How busy Penrhiwceiber is
46,492 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,072nd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Penrhiwceiber and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 12,114 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
- Mountain Ash 1.1 miles
- Merthyr Vale 1.5 miles
- Quakers Yard 1.7 miles
- Fernhill 1.9 miles
- Abercynon 2.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Penrhiwceiber, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Matthewstown Halt · 0.8 miles
- Aberfan · 1.5 miles
- Abercwmboi Halt · 2.1 miles
- Ynysybwl · 2.1 miles
- Incline Top · 2.2 miles
- Abercynon North · 2.2 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.