Tonypandy railway station is a railway station serving the town of Tonypandy in south Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line, between Llywynypia and Dinas Rhondda, from Cardiff Docks (Bute Town).
History The original Pandy station was opened on 1 May 1861 by the Taff Vale Railway, but was closed on 2 August 1886 and later demolished, to be replaced by Dinas Station. The new station, then known as Trealaw and Tonypandy, was built of red bricks and opened on 9 March 1908. It was opposite the entrance to Foundry Road at the centre of two bridges (one of which crossed the river to Tonypandy and the other which crossed the railway lines to Judges’ Hall and to Trealaw). One year later the name was changed to Tonypandy and Trealaw, and then to its current name on 7 May 1973.
Location The station is accessible via a ramp from Trealaw Road and via a footpath over the Rhondda River from Bridge Street. The station is noted for having poor connectivity within the town and to the local bus station.
Facilities The station has a dot matrix departure screen, a ticket machine, and a waiting area. There is no help point, nor any cycle spaces.
Passenger volume +Passenger Volume at Tonypandy2002–032004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–23Entries and exits143,24083,74571,57884,92678,30582,56694,94277,79679,60088,77079,29082,39682,036114,840110,928102,63093,48615,96261,34078,860 The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.
Services Monday-Saturday, there is a half-hourly service to & southbound and to northbound. There is a two hourly service in each direction on Sundays, with through trains to southbound.GB eNRT December 2015 Edition, Table 130 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.
The services from this station were suspended in summer 2023, due to major route upgrade work being carried out at multiple locations as part of the Valley Lines electrification scheme. A replacement bus service operated between Pontypridd and Treherbert, calling at all local stations, until February 2024. Rail services resumed at the station on 26 February 2024 following completion of the majority of the infrastructure works.
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