Quakers Yard train station
You can reach 23 stations directly from Quakers Yard on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Abercynon, with 125 trains a day.
Quakers Yard is the nearest station for postcodes in CF46. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Quakers Yard
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 |
| Pentre-bach | 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 Quakers Yard
Quakers Yard is on the Cardiff and Merthyr Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Quakers Yard station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Quakers Yard 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 Quakers Yard station is
53,228 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,021st busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Quakers Yard and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 14,672 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
- Abercynon 1.2 miles
- Penrhiwceiber 1.7 miles
- Merthyr Vale 1.9 miles
- Mountain Ash 2.7 miles
- Fernhill 3.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Quakers Yard, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Incline Top · 0.7 miles
- Abercynon North · 1.1 miles
- Matthewstown Halt · 1.1 miles
- Trelewis Halt · 1.2 miles
- Trelewis Platform · 1.3 miles
- Nelson and Llancaiach · 1.6 miles
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Facilities at Quakers Yard station
Quakers Yard is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Cycle parking: 12 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 July 2026.
Getting to Quakers Yard station
Quakers Yard station is in Merthyr Tydfil - Merthyr Tudful, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J32 (Coryton), 9.8 miles south-east.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Treharne Road.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Quakers Yard 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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