Penrhiwceiber train 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 |
Freight through Penrhiwceiber station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Penrhiwceiber 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 Penrhiwceiber station 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
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Facilities at Penrhiwceiber station
Penrhiwceiber is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 19 May 2026.
Getting to Penrhiwceiber station
Penrhiwceiber station is in Rhondda Cynon Taf - Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J34 (Miskin), 10.9 miles south.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being The Surgery.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Penrhiwceiber 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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