Taffs Well train station
You can reach 34 stations directly from Taffs Well on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Pontypridd, with 387 trains a day.
Taffs Well is the nearest station for postcodes in CF15. Check your own postcode.
- 34 direct destinations
- 1,245th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 51 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Taffs Well
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pontypridd | 387 | 389 | 108 |
| Treforest Estate | 387 | 389 | 108 |
| Trefforest | 387 | 389 | 108 |
| Radyr | 385 | 387 | 108 |
| Cardiff Queen Street | 261 | 261 | 82 |
| Cathays | 260 | 261 | 82 |
| Llandaf | 260 | 261 | 82 |
| Abercynon | 250 | 251 | 52 |
| Cardiff Central | 199 | 201 | 82 |
| Aberdare | 125 | 126 | 25 |
| Cwmbach | 125 | 126 | 25 |
| Fernhill | 125 | 126 | 25 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 125 | 125 | 27 |
| Merthyr Vale | 125 | 125 | 27 |
| Mountain Ash | 125 | 126 | 25 |
| Penrhiwceiber | 125 | 126 | 25 |
| Pentre-bach | 125 | 125 | 27 |
| Quakers Yard | 125 | 125 | 27 |
| Troed-y-rhiw | 125 | 125 | 27 |
| Danescourt | 124 | 126 | 26 |
| Fairwater | 124 | 126 | 26 |
| Ninian Park | 124 | 126 | 26 |
| Waun-gron Park | 124 | 126 | 26 |
| Cardiff Bay | 68 | 68 | 26 |
| Dinas Rhondda | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Llwynypia | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Porth | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Tonypandy | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Ton Pentre | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Treherbert | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Trehafod | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Treorchy | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Ynyswen | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Ystrad Rhondda | 64 | 65 | 28 |
Lines serving Taffs Well
Taffs Well 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 Taffs Well station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Taffs Well station in the week beginning 21 September 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 Taffs Well station is
256,722 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,245th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Taffs Well and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 75,556 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.
Nearest other stations
- Radyr 1.8 miles
- Coryton 2.0 miles
- Treforest Estate 2.2 miles
- Whitchurch 2.3 miles
- Rhiwbina 2.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Taffs Well, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Glan y Llyn · 0.7 miles
- Tongwynlais · 0.9 miles
- Pentyrch · 1.3 miles
- Nantgarw · 1.5 miles
- Nantgarw · 1.6 miles
- Groeswen Halt · 2.3 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Taffs Well station
Taffs Well is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Parking at Taffs Well station
- Station Parking 51 spaces, 9 accessible
free
Cycle parking: 20 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 19 August 2026.
Getting to Taffs Well station
Taffs Well station is in Rhondda Cynon Taf - Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J32 (Coryton), 1.2 miles south-east.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Taffs Well Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Taffs Well 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