Eastbrook railway station

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Coordinates: 51°26′16″N 3°12′22″W / 51.4379, -3.2061

Eastbrook
Location
Place	Dinas Powys
Local authority	Vale of Glamorgan
Operations
Station code	EBK
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Platforms in use	2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	0.154 million
2005/06 *	0.155 million
History
1986	Opened
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Eastbrook from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Eastbrook railway station is a railway station serving the Eastbrook area of Dinas Powys near Cardiff, South Wales. It is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line 5 km (3½ miles) south of Cardiff Central towards Bridgend (via Barry and Rhoose) and Barry Island.

Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network.

[edit] Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service from Eastbrook is:

• 1 train per hour (tph) which terminates at Cardiff Central and calls at Cogan and Grangetown. This journey takes 15 minutes.

• 1 tph which terminates at Pontypridd, calling at Cogan, Grangetown, Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street, Cathays, Llandaf, Radyr, Taffs Well, Trefforest Estate and Trefforest. This journey takes 49 minutes.

• 1 tph which terminates at Merthyr Tydfil, calling at Cogan, Grangetown, Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street, Cathays, Llandaf, Radyr, Taffs Well, Trefforest Estate, Trefforest, Pontypridd, Abercynon South, Quakers Yard, Merthyr Vale, Troed-y-rhiw and Pentre-bach. This journey takes 76 minutes.

• 1 tph which terminates at Aberdare, calling at Cogan, Grangetown, Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street, Cathays, Llandaf, Radyr, Taffs Well, Trefforest, Pontypridd, Abercynon North, Penrhiwceiber, Mountain Ash, Fernhill and Cwmbach. This journey takes 78 minutes.

• 3 tph which terminate at Barry Island, calling at Dinas Powys, Cadoxton, Barry Docks and Barry. This journey takes 22 minutes.

• 1 tph which terminates at Bridgend, calling at Dinas Powys, Cadoxton, Barry Docks, Barry, Rhoose Cardiff International Airport and Llantwit Major. This journey takes 49 minutes.

This turns out to give 4 tph to Cardiff Central, 3 tph to Cardiff Queen Street and stations to Pontypridd　(excluding Trefforest Estate), and 4 tph to Barry.

[edit] External links

• Train times and station information for Eastbrook railway station from National Rail

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