Eastbrook railway station

3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) south of Cardiff Central towards Barry Island and Bridgend (via Barry and Rhoose).

Passenger services are operated by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network. It is one of the more recent additions to the route, being opened by British Rail in 1986.

Services

The typical Monday-Saturday off-peak service from Eastbrook is: ^[1]

• 2 tph which terminate at Rhymney, calling at Cogan, Grangetown, Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street, Heath High Level, Llanishen, Lisvane and Thornhill, Caerphilly, Aber, Llanbradach, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Pengam, Bargoed, Brithdir (1tph), Tir-Phil (1tph) and Pontlottyn (1tph). This journey takes 68 minutes if started its journey from Barry Island or 72 minutes if started its journey from Bridgend.
• 2 tph which terminate at Bargoed, calling at Cogan, Grangetown, Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street, Heath High Level, Llanishen, Lisvane and Thornhill, Caerphilly, Aber, Energlyn & Churchill Park, Llanbradach, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, Pengam and Gilfach Fargoed (1tph).This journey takes 58 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 for Cardiff International Airport and Llantwit Major. This journey takes 49 minutes.

These services combine to give 4 tph to Cardiff Central, Cardiff Queen Street and stations to Bargoed, 2tph continues to Rhymney. In the evening, trains run every 30 minutes each way and on Sundays there are 2 tph to Barry Island, one every 2 hours to Bridgend and either two or three per hour to Cardiff.

Eastbrook
General information
Location	Dinas Powys, Vale of Glamorgan Wales
Coordinates	51°26′16″N3°12′22″W / 51.4379°N 3.2061°W / 51.4379; -3.2061
Grid reference	ST162716
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	EBK
Classification	DfT category F2
Key dates
24 November 1986	Opened
Passengers
2020/21	25,534

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Cogan		Transport for Wales Rail Vale of Glamorgan Line		Dinas Powys

References

1. "Train timetables | Wales and UK Rail Timetables | TfW". tfw.wales. Retrieved 29 December 2024.

External links

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