Mountain Ash railway station

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Coordinates: 51°40′54″N 3°22′35″W / 51.6817, -3.3765

Mountain Ash

Aberpennar

Location

Place

Mountain Ash

Local authority

Rhondda Cynon Taff

Operations

Station code

MTA

Managed by

Arriva Trains Wales

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.109 million

2005/06 *

107 million

National Rail - UK railway stations

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Mountain Ash from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Mountain Ash railway station is a railway station serving the town of Mountain Ash in Rhondda Cynon Taff, South Wales. It is located on the Aberdare branch of the Merthyr Line and to the south of the town. The bus station is just outside the railway station; there is a car park on the Henry Street side; and a walkway on platform 2 gives exit to the A5059.

A station serving this area of the town was first opened at Oxford Street by the Taff Vale Railway in 1888. This was closed to passengers by the Western Region of British Railways in 1964. Passenger services were reinstated to a new platform by British Rail in 1988.

1 Facilities
2 Services
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Facilities

The station has 2 platforms:

Platform 1, for Northbound trains towards Aberdare Platform 2, for Southbound trains towards Cardiff

Passenger services are provided by Arriva Trains Wales and run to all Valley Lines destinations.

The station is unstaffed - there is no ticket office nor are there any platform entry barriers. Passengers must purchase tickets on board trains.

[edit] Services

Monday to Saturdays trains from Aberdare to Barry Island via Llandaf and Cardiff Central depart every half an hour. Other major stations served include Pontypridd, Cardiff Queen Street and Barry.

[edit] External links

Train times and station information for Mountain Ash railway station from National Rail

[edit] References

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Penrhiwceiber		Arriva Trains Wales Merthyr Line		Fernhill

v • d • e Railway stations in Cardiff, Newport and the Valleys:

Local lines: Ebbw Valley • Valley lines (█ Butetown • █ Cardiff City • █ Coryton • █ Maesteg • █ Merthyr • █ Rhondda • █ Rhymney • █ Vale of Glamorgan)



Major stations: Bridgend • Cardiff Central • Cardiff Queen Street • Newport



Other stations: Aber • Abercynon North • Abercynon South • Aberdare • Abergavenny • Bargoed • Barry • Barry Docks • Barry Island • Birchgrove • Brithdir • Cadoxton • Caerphilly • Caldicot • Cardiff Bay • Cathays • Chepstow • Cogan • Coryton • Cwmbach • Cwmbran • Danescourt • Dinas Powys • Dinas Rhondda • Dingle Road • Eastbrook • Ebbw Vale Parkway • Fairwater • Fernhill • Garth • Gilfach Fargoed • Grangetown • Heath High Level • Heath Low Level • Hengoed • Lisvane and Thornhill • Llanbradach • Llandaf • Llanharan • Llanhileth • Llanishen • Llantwit Major • Llwynypia • Maesteg • Maesteg Ewenny Road • Merthyr Tydfil • Merthyr Vale • Mountain Ash • Newbridge • Ninian Park • Penarth • Pencoed • Pengam • Penrhiwceiber • Pentre-bach • Pontlottyn • Pontyclun • Pontypool and New Inn • Pontypridd • Porth • Quakers Yard • Radyr • Rhiwbina • Rhoose Cardiff International Airport • Rhymney • Risca and Pontymister • Rogerstone • Sarn • Severn Tunnel Junction • Taffs Well • Tir-Phil • Tondu • Ton Pentre • Tonypandy • Trefforest • Trefforest Estate • Trehafod • Treherbert • Treorchy • Troed-y-rhiw • Ty Glas • Waun-Gron Park • Whitchurch • Wildmill • Ynyswen • Ystrad Mynach • Ystrad Rhondda

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