Pentre-bach train station
You can reach 23 stations directly from Pentre-bach on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Abercynon, with 125 trains a day.
Direct trains from Pentre-bach
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 Tydfil | 66 | 66 | 27 |
| Merthyr Vale | 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 Pentre-bach
Pentre-bach is on the Cardiff and Merthyr Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
How busy Pentre-bach station is
30,388 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,186th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Pentre-bach and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 7,884 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
- Troed-y-rhiw 1.1 miles
- Merthyr Tydfil 1.5 miles
- Cwmbach 2.8 miles
- Merthyr Vale 2.8 miles
- Fernhill 3.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Pentre-bach, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Abercanaid · 0.5 miles
- Heolgerrig Halt · 2.1 miles
- Cwm Bargoed · 2.3 miles
- Bedlinog · 2.5 miles
- Aberfan · 2.6 miles
- Dowlais Central · 2.7 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Pentre-bach station
Pentre-bach is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Cycle parking: 4 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 19 August 2026.
Getting to Pentre-bach station
Pentre-bach station is in Merthyr Tydfil - Merthyr Tudful, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J32 (Coryton), 14.5 miles south-east.
7 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Pentrebach Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Pentre-bach 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