General information | |||||
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Location | Dinas Rhondda, Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales | ||||
Coordinates | 51°37′03″N3°26′14″W / 51.6174°N 3.4371°W | ||||
Grid reference | ST005919 | ||||
Managed by | Transport for Wales | ||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | DMG | ||||
Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
Key dates | |||||
2 August 1886 [1] | opened | ||||
1 April 1917 | closed | ||||
July 1919 | reopened | ||||
December 2023 | closed for South Wales Metro upgrades | ||||
February 2024 | reopened with upgrades complete | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 40,116 | ||||
2020/21 | 5,860 | ||||
2021/22 | 25,050 | ||||
2022/23 | 29,452 | ||||
2023/24 | 12,016 | ||||
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Dinas Rhondda railway station is a railway station serving the Dinas,Penygraig and Trealaw districts of Tonypandy,Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line.
The station has one platform with one small station shelter and is accessible by a small connector road. There was evidence of a previous platform,which originally served North bound trains to Treherbert,but this was left abandoned after rationalisation in 1982,which saw the removal of the northbound line. However,this platform was rebuilt and re-instated in 2024 as part of the South Wales Metro upgrades. It has a car park,even though it is one of the smaller stations on the line.
Monday-Saturday,there is a half-hourly service to Cardiff Central southbound and to Treherbert northbound. This drops to hourly in the evenings and two-hourly in each direction on Sundays. [2] On 20 July 2018,previous franchise operator Arriva Trains Wales announced a trial period of extra Sunday services on the Rhondda Line to Cardiff and Barry Island. This was in response to a survey by Leanne Wood and the success of extra Sunday services on the Merthyr Line and the Rhymney Line. [3]
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Porth | Transport for Wales Rhondda Line | Tonypandy |
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