Tonypandy train station
You can reach 18 stations directly from Tonypandy on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Cardiff Central, with 64 trains a day.
Tonypandy is the nearest station for postcodes in CF40. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Tonypandy
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff Central | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Cardiff Queen Street | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Cathays | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Dinas Rhondda | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Llandaf | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Llwynypia | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Porth | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Pontypridd | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Radyr | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Taffs Well | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Ton Pentre | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Treherbert | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Treforest Estate | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Trefforest | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Trehafod | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Treorchy | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Ynyswen | 64 | 65 | 28 |
| Ystrad Rhondda | 64 | 65 | 28 |
Lines serving Tonypandy
Tonypandy is on the Rhondda Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Tonypandy station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Tonypandy 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 Tonypandy station is
112,292 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,708th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Tonypandy and Cardiff Central than any other pair: 37,412 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.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Tonypandy gains 1 destination including Cardiff Bay.
Nearest other stations
- Dinas Rhondda 0.5 miles
- Llwynypia 1.0 miles
- Ystrad Rhondda 1.8 miles
- Porth 1.8 miles
- Ton Pentre 2.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Tonypandy, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Penygraig · 0.6 miles
- Tylorstown · 1.6 miles
- Pontygwaith Halt · 1.7 miles
- Wattstown Platform · 1.7 miles
- Ynyshir · 1.8 miles
- Gilfach Goch · 2.4 miles
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Facilities at Tonypandy station
Tonypandy is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2026.
Getting to Tonypandy station
Tonypandy station is in Rhondda Cynon Taf - Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, and is run by TfW Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J35 (Pen-coed), 7.6 miles south.
7 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Miskin Hotel.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Tonypandy 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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