Pontyclun train station

You can reach 49 stations directly from Pontyclun on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bridgend, with 59 trains a day.

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• 49 direct destinations
• 1,198th busiest in Britain
• Unstaffed
• Step-free in part
• 3 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Pontyclun

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

and 9 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Pontyclun

Pontyclun is on the South Wales Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Pontyclun station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Pontyclun station on 415 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 85 paths on the Wednesday, 18 paths on the Saturday and 3 paths on the Sunday. 76 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 14:00 to 15:00 on the Monday, with 6 paths booked.

The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.

Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

How busy Pontyclun station is

277,812 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,198th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Pontyclun and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 184,148 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: 36 stations instead of 49, a drop of about 27%. Saturday runs to 12.

Changing from 14 April 2027

From 14 April 2027, Pontyclun gains 3 destinations including Fishguard Harbour, Fishguard and Goodwick, Bristol Temple Meads and loses 2 including Milford Haven, Johnston.

Nearest other stations

• Llanharan 2.3 miles
• Pencoed 4.7 miles
• Treforest Estate 5.3 miles
• Trefforest 5.5 miles
• Taffs Well 5.6 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Pontyclun, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

• Llanharry · 1.1 miles
• Cross Inn · 1.6 miles
• Beddau Halt · 2.5 miles
• Ystradowen · 2.7 miles
• Creigiau · 3.0 miles
• Trerhyngyll and Maendy Halt · 3.5 miles

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Facilities at Pontyclun station

Pontyclun is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.

From National Rail's station record, last updated 19 May 2026.

Getting to Pontyclun station

Pontyclun station is in Rhondda Cynon Taf - Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.

The nearest motorway junction is M4 J34 (Miskin), 1.5 miles south-east.

3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Cwrt Bethel.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

Pontyclun 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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